Inkjet Challenge!! Ink in colour carts...

[bluemax]

Okay, I'm in retail sales and I want to know which one of us is right - me, or one of my "superiors" in this matter....

I say that an HP inkjet colour cartridge that says it has 19ml of ink has 19ml in total.
HE says that it's 19ml per colour.

What do YOU think, and do you have any fact to base this upon? I'll be trying to get an official answer from HP regarding this matter within 24 hours.

Being in retail, I refuse to sell using bad info - I MUST know the correct answer.
Imagine that... integrity in sales. Whodathunkit? 😛

 

[digitalsm]

Might help if we knew which inkjet cartridge or which printer its for.

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: digitalsm
Might help if we knew which inkjet cartridge or which printer its for.

Not really. HP, Epson, and Lexmark (and many Canon) cartridges all work on the same principal.
If they advertise an ink amount at all it's only one number, so is it a total amount or a number to be multiplied by three?

My superior's logic is the number of pages the HP cartridge that started the debate was rated to print.
"How could an HP 78D (19ml) cartridge print 450 pages of 15% coverage if it only has 19ml of ink?"

I think it's flawed logic and I'm hoping to prove to this young know-it-all (without gloating or being rude) that he is spreading false information to our customers.

Of course, if *I'm* wrong, I'll have to adapt and use this new information correctly. We'll see when I can get a hold of an official source. Until then, we can see who on here has the "smarts" on inkjets. 😉

BTW, the printer brands were listed in the poll... 😉

 

[Wolfsraider]

i agree with you

as for facts i have none

but i print maps daily with an hp 932c and i only get about 150 pages per cartrige using the ink saving feature lol

thats about a month and a half of maps.

when it starts running out it fades rather quickly and colors in "stripes"

it is a fine mist it and doesn't take much ink

i used to do pictures with it but it never seemed worth it,at 32.00+ usd a cartridge.

as i stated i don't have facts but my money is on the 19 mil total

mike

 

[zephyrprime]

1 mL = 1 cubic centimeter.

So 57cc would be like a cube that were 3.8cm on each side. Seems to me like this would be bigger than an entire cartridge.

 

[wfbberzerker]

19ml total sounds right.

 

[bluemax]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
1 mL = 1 cubic centimeter.

So 57cc would be like a cube that were 3.8cm on each side. Seems to me like this would be bigger than an entire cartridge.

I don't know if my math is right, but a cubic centimeter seems pretty darned big - much larger than 1 ml! I think 1 millimeter (1/10 of a cm) cubed is closer..... but hey, it's been a while. 🙂


So.... who voted for the _?_ml * 3 ? Maybe you know something we don't? 🙂

edit, courtesy of dictionary.com:
millilitre
Milliliter \Mil"li*li`ter\, Millilitre \Mil"li*li`tre\, n. [F. millilitre; milli- milli- + litre. See Liter.] A measure of capacity in the metric system, containing the thousandth part of a liter. It is a cubic centimeter, and is equal to .061 of an English cubic inch, or to .0338 of an American fluid ounce.

You win 5 points. 😛

 

[cobo]

I have a color ink refill kit from Compujet for an HP51649A 3 color cartridge. The box says 4 Refills/31ml/per color. So 7.75ml x 3 = 23.25ml per cartridge. The box of the photo cartridge (HPC1816A) for the same printer says 22.8ml / 0.77 fl oz. The economy color cartridge that came with the printer (HP51649G) says 11ml.

 

[bluemax]

No more challengers?

 

[BD2003]

Id say 19ml simply for the fact that if it really was 57ml total, they sure as hell absolutely would advertise that. Bigger always is better.