EV>When I buy something and the Receipt is printed on Thermal paper I put   
   EV>it on my Epson NX430 AIO and make a Copy of the receipt on PAPER in   
   EV>case I have reasons to return the item to the store and the Bar Code on   
   EV>the receipt is faded out, the Copy on regular paper can be scanned.   
      
   EV>I've only had a thermal paper receipt fade on me one time that I had to   
   EV>use my copy to show the store so they could give me my refund.   
      
   EV>I was wanting to do that today even though two of the Color Cartridges   
   EV>needed to be changed, by Scanning the Receipt and printing it from   
   EV>Irfanview, because I had learned that this AIO prints using all 4 Inks   
   EV>when I use it to make a Copy of something, and I was only wanting to do   
   EV>a B&W job today, and choose Black/Greyscale in printer Options for the   
   EV>task at hand.   
      
   EV>I scanned the receipt in Greyscale with the Epson Scan program because   
   EV>I learned the B&W Option normally doesn't make good looking Scans.   
      
   EV>Then Opened the file with Irfanview.   
      
   EV>I Selected Print and changed the Option for Black/Greyscale printing.   
      
   EV>I use Print Preview and when I clicked the Print button I saw the Epson   
   EV>Printer window appear with a message about I couldn't print anything in   
   EV>Color but was allowed to print with Black Ink.   
      
   EV>But "IT" Didn't print my job and the only message in the window was   
   EV>that I needed to change the 2 Color Ink Cartridges.   
   EV>There wasn't anything saying I couldn't print in Greyscale because   
   EV>of somesuch thing.   
      
   EV>After messing around looking at the Print Queue and other Printer   
   EV>things I clicked on the button for Epson Help (over the Internet, of   
   EV>course, because Epson didn't include a Online Manual with the NX430 as   
   EV>they did with the CX3800 AIO.   
      
   EV>After reading a page or two I clicked on the FAQ and typed the word   
   EV>"Black" in the Search Area.   
      
   EV>Among the Results a FAQ I clicked on says my AIO will use a bit of each   
   EV>Color even when the job needs only Black Ink.   
      
   EV>Their explanation is that it keeps the Ink in the Color Cartridges from   
   EV>Drying Out (my words) by the AIO always using a little Ink from each   
   EV>Cartridge for Black Jobs,iirc.   
      
   EV>So I put the two new Color Ink Cartridges "IT" Needed and got the job   
   EV>done.   
      
   EV>Epson NX430=1    Ed=0   This time.    BAH!!!!!!!!!!   
      
   That is typical of the better color ink printers.   
   I am stuck in "IF it Works do not fix it " mode and stil use Monochrome   
   Laser printers. My old, most favored, HP 6P finally died on me and I   
   replaced it with an HP P1606dn   
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