On 9/8/14, 20:11, Ed Vance -> All wrote:   
      
   HI Ed:   
      
    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!!!!!!!!!!   
      
   I have an Epson NX420 here in my home office along with an HP LaserJet. The   
   NX420 is wireless, the HP is not. Epson printers can be finicky in that they   
   will refuse to print if any one of the four cartridges is low or out of ink.   
   And, if you try to use refillable cartridges, the printer will complain or   
   refuse to reset.   
      
   I use refillable cartridges because they're about half the price of the Epson   
   branded ones. Anyway, if you go on line and use your googling skills, you can   
   find ways to bypass the low ink or out of ink restriction and also how to use   
   refillable cartridges.   
      
   I also buy refillable toner cartridges for my HP. I can buy refillable toner   
   at a much lower cost.  I do a lot of B&W printing for our Bible studies and   
   hand outs.  Not so much for color.   
      
   Have fun and be nice to your NX430. :)   
      
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