Epson R320 Cartridge Replacements

[Bill Helbron]

My R320 manual (page 51) gives a caution note that says: "You cannot print if
any ink cartridge is empty. Leave the empty cartridge installed in the printer
until you have obtained a replacement, or the ink remaining in the print head
nozzles may dry out."

At present, my black ink cartridge is down to about 13%; all 5 of the color
cartridges are down to about 30%. Can I replace the black cartridge alone or do
I have to replace them all at the same time? If I have to replace them all, that
seems like a waste of color ink, or is that just the way it is?

Bill

 

[Tony]

My R320 manual (page 51) gives a caution note that says: "You cannot print if
any ink cartridge is empty. Leave the empty cartridge installed in the printer
until you have obtained a replacement, or the ink remaining in the print head
nozzles may dry out."

At present, my black ink cartridge is down to about 13%; all 5 of the color
cartridges are down to about 30%. Can I replace the black cartridge alone or do
I have to replace them all at the same time? If I have to replace them all,
that
seems like a waste of color ink, or is that just the way it is?

Bill

Bill
You can change them one at a time as they become empty.
Note that the printer driver will warn you when any cartridge is nearing empty
and will refuse to print when that cartridge reports empty.
Tony
MS MVP Printing/Imaging

 

[Roy G]

My R320 manual (page 51) gives a caution note that says: "You cannot print
if
any ink cartridge is empty. Leave the empty cartridge installed in the
printer
until you have obtained a replacement, or the ink remaining in the print
head
nozzles may dry out."

At present, my black ink cartridge is down to about 13%; all 5 of the
color
cartridges are down to about 30%. Can I replace the black cartridge alone
or do
I have to replace them all at the same time? If I have to replace them
all, that
seems like a waste of color ink, or is that just the way it is?

Bill

Hi.

Buy your replacement carts, and keep them handy, but still in their
packaging.

Keep using the machine until it actually refuses to print because of an
empty cart. At that point you can replace the empty one.

Even if it should stop in the midlle of a print job, just press the Ink
button, replace the cart, & press the button again. It will do a cleaning
cycle and then start printing where it left off.

Roy G

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Although what Tony indicated is accurate (that you can change each
cartridge individually as they run out) it may not actually be
advantageous to do so.

Each time you remove a cartridge and replace it with a new one, the
printer does a purge session, where it tried to empty the head and any
air injected when the cartridge is replaced. Since the purging pump
covers all the heads at once, that means each cartridge will be purged
of a similar quantity of ink. If you keep on replacing one cartridge at
a time, you will be purging each cartridge remaining in the printer
every time a cartridge is replaced. I suggest that if you have
cartridges within about 5-7% of one another is terms of ink left, you
remove all in that group at once and replace them. You can keep these
cartridges and if you refill cartridges yourself, use the ink in them
toward refills, or you can use these cartridges together in a pinch when
you have a set that is all at about the same level until the run out
together.

If there is more than 7% between them, it may be worth waiting until
they are further used up.

Art