Casio CW-50 ink cart stupidity...

[LanceSteel]

I recently got a CW-50 cd printer which is supposed to get 20-40 prints per ink cart (I'm using the black ones.) Now after printing about 23 or so disks the casio printing prog says the ink cart is used up. I take out the cart and look at the ribbon (that is I unwind it and pull it out of the casing.) I don't know if anyone else noticed this but only half of the cart is used during its lifetime. You would think that once you print a strip the ribbon would stop at or very near where the last print occured. It doesn't. It seems that the ink ribbon forwards itself like 3-4 inches before in starts printing the next label (that 3-4 inches of unused ink ribbon.) In the end you have a few feet of unused ink ribbon! At $6-16 dollars a piece, thats a complete waste!

What's up with that?

[mysterio1]

I have the casio too and noticed it skips 3 to 4 inches between every print thats stupid, very badly engineered product or is it casio purposely doing that for you can keep buying more ink ribbons, Im sure its both reasons.

I fixed that problem I took off the clear top cover and drilled a hole in it and put it back on the cartridge , I just spin it back when i use it with a small pick. it works everytime.

[BJ_M]

some fax machines do the same thing (like brother fax machines) ... it is a rip off to be sure .. and those can be re-rolled and used again several times also ..