Epson LFP Remote Panel / Ink usage
A second CD ships with the 4800, containing the installer for LFP Remote Panel.
LFP is a stand alone application that includes a whole bunch of utilities grouped into four areas:
Media Adjustment: includes auto adjustment, custom paper settings, clock setting, printer information, auto alignment
Power Cleaning: includes nozzle check and power head cleaning.
Firmware Updater: lets you browse to a firmware update and install it, as well as view current firmware details
Media Counter settings: lets you turn counters off and on for roll and cut sheet paper and set related warnings.
Digging around in LFP there's a lot of useful stuff, especially in Media Adjustment > Printer Information > Job Information. Look at this - a history of ink usage per print, now that IS something useful.
posted by Pete Walsh @ 12:36 PM 2 comments
At 1:10 PM, stephen best said...
Yes, very interesting. Adding them up gives 1.46, 1.59 and 1.75ml per print so roughly 1000 prints at this size (and for this paper) for 220ml carts. Ignoring priming the pumps, cleaning cycles etc. this works out at about $1.30 (+GST) per print in ink. Better than I thought.
At 11:28 PM, Pete Walsh said...
The ink usage continues to be pretty good. All up I'm like these bigger carts a lot and will move up to 220ml for those inks it consumes quickly, once the usage pattern becomes clearer.
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