Anyone know if there are inkjet pri

[Mithrandir01]

Anyone know if there are inkjet printers out there that know when they are out of ink, and just don't print until they get ink?

I looked at a student's printer the other day which wasn't printing. It was correctly hooked up and the OS (XP) had no printer errors. All jobs in the que were just waiting, no errors. The printer had a red light blinking; when I looked at her black ink cartridge it was empty, or nearly empty. So I told her to get a new one and see what happens.

What I'm curious about is why the printer wasn't just spitting out a blank page like most inkjets do? This was a new printer, looked like it was not a cheapo. I can't remember the brand, but it was not HP, and I don't think Lexmark.

Thanks...

 

[SESaskDFC]

Howdy:

All three of my Epson's are like that.. If either black or color cartridges run out, it stops all printing until the empty cartridge is replaced.

Murray

 

[Mithrandir01]

Thanks Murray. The computer doesn't otherwise give any error messages?

 

[rockerfellerz]

Got a HP business deskjet 2600; all the ink cartridges have a chip built in and it monitors the ink usage. if a cartridge runs out it will stop in the middle of a page and ask for a new cart. This happened at night one time. Icame in in the morning and put the new ink in. It then finished the job without a hitch. If you're going through Hell...keep going... (Winston Churchill)
RocKeRFelLerZ

 

[SESaskDFC]

On my Epson's, the printer utility itself tells me when the ink is getting low and then when it runs out.. That is the only message..

Murray

 

[Mithrandir01]

Ok, sounds like case closed. Thanks for the help!