I had the same problem with the R260. I picked one up for my church. We just started recording the sermons on CD, and wanted to print a simple text label on the disk. The folowing week when I checked in with them, they said they could not print anymore. The printer was says all cartriges were empty. That was after printing 10-12 cds, with about 4 lines of black text on each. I called Epson and complained, she told me that the printer will use color, even when printing only in black. But she sent me a full set of cartriges for my trouble.
I have actualy picked up a R260 for my house now also. Here is the secret. This printer defaults to BEST QUALITY with every job. Change that! When printing text, be sure to go into Manual Print, Properties (Change the quality), Advanced (Click Greyscale)
I print dvd lables at home, and I get about 120 full color beautifull labels per set of cartriges. The trick there is DRAFT. Draft looks like crap for just about anything on this printer EXCEPT when printing on disc. Draft looks beautifull on disks.
I also only use "Compatible" cartriges which I pick up on ebay for around $22 per set shiped.
I also never turn the printer off. Turning it on makes it prime the print heads and waste ink (I swear there is a little cup where the ink must get squirted in when priming, or where it like to shoot the color ink during your black text jobs, and rainbow-bright comes and drinks that ink every night
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I had the same problem with the R260.
I picked one up for my church. We just started recording the sermons on CD, and wanted to print a simple text label on the disk.
The folowing week when I checked in with them, they said they could not print anymore.
The printer was says all cartriges were empty. That was after printing 10-12 cds, with about 4 lines of black text on each.
I called Epson and complained, she told me that the printer will use color, even when printing only in black. But she sent me a full set of cartriges for my trouble.
I have actualy picked up a R260 for my house now also.
Here is the secret.
This printer defaults to BEST QUALITY with every job. Change that!
When printing text, be sure to go into Manual Print, Properties (Change the quality), Advanced (Click Greyscale)
I print dvd lables at home, and I get about 120 full color beautifull labels per set of cartriges.
The trick there is DRAFT. Draft looks like crap for just about anything on this printer EXCEPT when printing on disc.
Draft looks beautifull on disks.
I also only use "Compatible" cartriges which I pick up on ebay for around $22 per set shiped.
I also never turn the printer off. Turning it on makes it prime the print heads and waste ink (I swear there is a little cup where the ink must get squirted in when priming, or where it like to shoot the color ink during your black text jobs, and rainbow-bright comes and drinks that ink every night