"Epson 9900" is a movie showing that a large amount of ink remains even if the ink is displayed as being empty

Epson's high-end printer "Epson Stylus Pro 9900"Although 700 ml and 350 ml of special cartridge are prepared, American printing company using this printerBellevue Fine Art ReproAfter examining how much ink was wasted, it became evident that some of the cartridges that were supposed to have been displayed with the remaining amount being 1% or less remained ink enough to pour into the beaker It was.

Wasted Ink in the Epson 9900 - YouTube


Epson Stylus Pro 9900's liquid crystal display shows the remaining amount of ink remaining in the cartridge.


The man tears the cartridge indicated as 1% or less of the remaining amount, and opens the ink bag.


If you lean to the beaker as it is, the blue ink will come out of the ink bag that should be empty.


By cutting and opening all the used cartridges, it was found that 100 to 150 ml was left from the 700 ml cartridge and 60 to 80 ml of ink remained from the 350 ml cartridge.


The eleven-color kit of 700 ml cartridge is sold for about $ 2,300 (about 280,000 yen), and Bellevue Fine Art Repro has run out of one kit in a few weeks.Ars Technica UKAccording to the calculation, 90,000 yen of ink per kit will be discarded every time. Bellevue Fine Art Repro contacts Epson, sends ink cartridges, but there is almost no reply, it is said that "there is a mistake" and Epson urges that Epson deal with this problem It seems he has made a movie public.