Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-04 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok? On 4/4/2014 9:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:12 PM, John wrote: I don't shoo

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-04 Thread John Sessoms
On 4/4/2014 9:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:12 PM, John wrote: I don't shoot much film any more, but when I do, I'm not doing so thinking I'm going to save money. IF you're not doing it for the sheer joy of shooting film, you should probably just forget about it. Sheer

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-04 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:12 PM, John wrote: > > I don't shoot much film any more, but when I do, I'm not doing so > thinking I'm going to save money. > > IF you're not doing it for the sheer joy of shooting film, you should > probably just forget about it. Sheer joy? I thought that the idea was:

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
John, http://i.imgur.com/DVF4MjU.jpg Cheers! Igor Thu Apr 3 17:12:53 EDT 2014 John wrote: > I don't shoot much film any more, but when I do, I'm not doing so > thinking I'm going to save money. > > IF you're not doing it for the sheer joy of shooting film, you should > probably just forget

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread John
I don't shoot much film any more, but when I do, I'm not doing so thinking I'm going to save money. IF you're not doing it for the sheer joy of shooting film, you should probably just forget about it. On 4/3/2014 4:43 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: 2,400 exposures @ $.15 each for develop and print wou

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Ann Sanfedele : I think I'll be fine - the main thing is, they guy didn't specify it as out of date.. and he should have Maybe he didn't realise that inks have a 'use-by' date. I didn't until I read this thread... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
2,400 exposures @ $.15 each for develop and print would be $360 then you've got to scan the good ones. Look how much digital is saving you! Regards, Bob S On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:30 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2014-04-03 11:18 John wrote >> >> I suspect it has similar risks to what buying "ex

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread steve harley
on 2014-04-03 11:18 John wrote I suspect it has similar risks to what buying "expired" film used to have. just saw an almost complete case of 200 12-exposure rolls of Kodak Max 400, all expired 2004 (at a thrift store for $25); i was thinking of it as the equivalent of a 64GB SD card -- P

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think I'll be fine - the main thing is, they guy didn't specify it as out of date.. and he should have ann On 4/3/2014 13:18, John wrote: I suspect it has similar risks to what buying "expired" film used to have. On 4/2/2014 5:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-03 Thread John
I suspect it has similar risks to what buying "expired" film used to have. On 4/2/2014 5:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist a $4.95 cyan cartridge - when I got it, the date on the bottom of the box was 06 2012 ... Think I'm ok? The thought of s

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Kenneth Waller
Never had an issue with Epson cartridges in over 17 years of exclusive Epson printing - never checked the dates. -Original Message- >From: Ann Sanfedele >Subject: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok? > >I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks everyone - I got it free, essentially - so if it doesn't work well, not a biggy... I once had some leakage on a cartridge - but that was a few years ago. I've been using Epson inks/printer for longer than 5 years ann On 4/2/2014 20:22, Igor Roshchin wrote: Ann, It really depends. I

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, It really depends. In my about 5 years of using Epson R2880, I've had 3-4 bad cartridges: 1) those showing being empty after the first page printed, and 2) those showing being empty suddenly after (and while still) having about half of a cartridge. All those were genuine Epson cartridges p

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Jack Davis
Don't think I want to really want to endure the knowledge. (Scary) Jack Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 2, 2014, at 4:42 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > Good point! > > btw - you are already my follower and vice versa > > (let the masses scratch their heads over that aside :-) ) > > ann > >> On

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Good point! btw - you are already my follower and vice versa (let the masses scratch their heads over that aside :-) ) ann On 4/2/2014 19:33, Mark Roberts wrote: Ann Sanfedele wrote: I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist a $4.95 cyan cartridge - when I got it, the date on

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Ann Sanfedele wrote: >I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist a $4.95 cyan >cartridge - when I got it, the date on the bottom of the box was 06 >2012 ... > >Think I'm ok? I'm not sure *you're* OK but I'm pretty sure the ink cartridge is. ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography &

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks, Mark _ I'm reassured :-) I actually don't do a lot of serious color printing. But I print labels and such almost every day. No real way to know for sure if it's ok until time to change the cartridge - but it was good to get a real bargain ann On 4/2/2014 19:11, Mark C wrote: The c

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Mark C
The cartridges on my Epson 3800 are pretty large and I don't print so much these days. I printed several images for the exhibit I had last month - looking at the expiration dates on the cartridges in the printer they range from 05/2009 - 09/2011. None are remotely in date. The prints looked gre

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Well, if it's pigment based then it's archival ink. Supposed to be good for over 100 years. :-) On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist a $4.95 cyan > cartridge - when I got it, the date on the bottom of the box was 06 2012

Re: OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist a $4.95 cyan > cartridge - when I got it, the date on the bottom of the box was 06 2012 > ... > > Think I'm ok? > The thought of sending it back is really annoying I can't speak to wh

OT - Epson T48220 cartridge - old date ok?

2014-04-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I had a #40 gift cretif for Amazon so how could I resist a $4.95 cyan cartridge - when I got it, the date on the bottom of the box was 06 2012 ... Think I'm ok? The thought of sending it back is really annoying ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi