I was wondering if a print made at 720dpi uses exactly half of the ink of a 1440dpi print, all other things being equal (size, paper, etc...). Also, if the ink used will be the same for a picture archive of 8x10 at 150dpi or 8x10 at 300dpi (or what have you) when both are sent to the printer at the same output res of 1440dpi. This is because I am building my super area-coverage ink-cost spreadsheet for my Epson 2200, in which I dutifully note every print I make in order to eventually find out the area coverage per cartidge (I have made prior attempts to close in the cost, and so far I estimate at around 1% ink per 8x10 at 1440dpi but, you know, I have my doubts). Since the computer can already tell me when a cartidge is at 20% or just plain out of ink, I wonder if manufacturers will ever include this **WAY TOO EASY** feature in their print management software. Heck, the 2200 software says "There remains enough ink to print 20 pages like the one before", so I wonder what the problem could be (and no, I cannot use this to calculate the cost because each color is spent at very different rates). So, in the meantime, it's Excel time for me :( TIA ********************** www.alberto-tirado.com johnploy.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
