C309g Excessive Ink Usage

We upgraded from an 8 year old HP printer to a new shiny HP Photosmart Premium C309g.
It has sleek thin ink cartridges #564.
Our old printer used these fat huge cartridges at $35 each.
The #564's have a larger black cartridge that is about $30.
I was impressed by the literature at the store that explained how this printer used less ink than the older printers.
So I bought it.
And now I'm wondering why my new shiny printer is using ink twice as fast as my old dinosaur.
Can somebody explain to me how to get this printer to be more efficient? Or should I go get my old printer and give this one to GoodWill?
Thank you.

I've had this printer for less then a year and have replaced all the ink in it at least four times. I RARELY print photos, and when I do they're only 4x6 and I rarely print text with color. Typically I print FAST DRAFT in black. This thing is HORRID on ink. Even though I like the printer's functionality, I'm already considering dumping it and buying a KODAK which do use less ink.

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Hi oceanbob,
I appreciate your frustration, I really do. However, this particular printer uses some color inks even when printing in black only. The reason for this is for servicing tasks and to make sure your printhead does not dry out and cause problems in the future. If you did run out of color and kept printing black only, you will cause problems with the printhead.
For more information here is your User Guide to your printer, see page 74.
To get a better understand of the ink usage, take a look here: Ink Usage in Inkjet Printers
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Photosmart 8250 constant maintenance cycles while printing & excessive ink usage

I'm having a problem with my trusty 4-year-old HP Photosmart 8250: Whenever I print a document, whether in color or black ink only mode, it constantly enters maintenance cycles and excessively uses ink.
Two examples: When I printed a color document (color, HP Bright White Inkjet Paper, 17 pages), the printer behaved erratically, with constant maintenance cycles. It also said I had to change yellow ink, but when I re-turned on the printer to install a fresh yellow ink cartridge (I only use original HP ink), it still showed remaining yellow ink. Then yesterday, when I printed a 32 page graphics document (black ink only, plain paper, normal), the ink meter for black dropped from full to 25% full (I had changed the black cartridge only one week earlier), and the printer went through four maintenance cycles. Neither had happened before in my four years of owning this printer, and the black ink consumption for similar documents in the past was barely a quarter of what it was for this document.
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Hi johnpd,
There have been some significant upgrades to photo printing and the inks since the MP610 was introduced. With the MG7120, and the XL ink tanks (which are comparably priced to the standard ink tanks used in the MP610), you should receive similar or greater page yields. One major reason for this boost is the addition of the gray CLI-251 ink. When gray appears in your printout, instead of using a mixture of all the other colors, the gray ink is used, reducing your overall ink consumption.
At the risk of sounding like a typical salesman, "I want to get you in the model that is right for you"! If you are looking for a photo printer, the MG7120 is one of my top suggestions for a quality Photo All-in-One. If however, you do not plan to make heavy use of the printer and only occasionally print photos, you might get more value from an Office All-in-One.
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There is also a problem with the ink level display, which shows a minimum of about 25% supply remaining, but the print quality print shows garbage on all colors. BW is OK.
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Excessive INK LEVEL LOW warnings; Excessive PRINTER OFF LINE warnings on HP Photosmart Plus B209a-m

HP Photosmart Plus B209a-m Excessive INK LEVEL LOW Warnings: False PRINTER OFFLINE Warnings
I have the HP Photosmart Plus B209a-m, Lenovo T43 running XP SP3.
I love the print quality and the way it looks. But...it's very noisy and the big problem is:
When any one of the 4 ink cartridges gets to around 25%, the ink low warning , comes on, sometimes more than once per minute! And then it opens the LARGE dialogue box right in the middle of the screen showing me ink levels (none below 25% by the way), and * soliciting me to buy ink from them on line or from a dealer or whatever. I close it and the three warning boxes (Ink level low-two boxes simultaneously and Printer Offline)....Then a couple minutes later all them are back. This makes the computer basically unusable.
*These frequent (every few minutes) PRINTER OFFLINE warnings occur even though it is on line. this is a wireless enabled printer. Despite the warning that it is offline, as soon as I issue a print command the printer responds (with the ink level warnings of course, while it's printing).
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On the touchscreen of the printer
touch setup
touch preferences
touch cartridge chip info
then touch OK
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I'm having problems with excessive email usage on my iphone 4/ios 7. Just noticed that it (settings/usage) was using 900+ mb. I deleted all my mail, deleted the mail account, turned the phone off and back on, downloaded any remaining mail on the server to Outlook on my computer, and it still says it's using 661 mb. My ipad uses a fraction of that.
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Howdy there COUGAR444,
It sounds like your iPad all of a sudden seems to be restarting out of no where. If you haven't called AppleCare yet, I would start with quitting either the app that seems to be causing the issue, or all the apps if a single doesn't seem to be the culprit.
iOS: Force an app to close
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
When you have done that restart the device and test the issue again:
iOS: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
If the issue persists, backup your device to iTunes, then restore it as new and verify that it works.
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups
If it does, then restore your backup to either verify it still works and the software just needed reinstalled, or isolate the issue to the backup file itself.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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HP Photosmart 309g-m ink usage, etc.

I purchased this all-in-one from NewEgg.com in January 2010 for $119 on sale. I was thrilled because I was looking forward to owning an HP printer. I used to have an old dot-matrix and loved it. I was replacing a Lexmark X5150 which had served well for five years, but was giving me problems feeding paper, especially envelopes. Also, I thought the ink for the Lexmark was expensive. I was replacing cartridges on the Lexmark about every 3 mos. at a cost of $78.
Since buying the HP Photosmart 309g-m all-in-one in January 2010, basically less than 3 mos. ago, I have spent $178.50 on ink as of April 22, 2010. Yes ... One hundred, seventy-eight dollars. I have replaced all color cartridges three times since January and they now need replacing a fourth time. I have also replaced the black cartridge three times and the photo black once, although I have printed a maximum of four 4 x 6 photos -- only those printed as a test when I first installed the printer.
I do not print extensively every day. The printer is for home use, almost exclusively printing occasional greeting cards, five 8.5 x 11.0 pages per week of 5.5 x 3.5 postcards using Microsoft Publisher 2002 (4 per 8.5 x 11.0 page, not using all the page space), greeting card envelopes, or other relatively small projects such as two 8.5 x 11.0 pages per week of 3.5 x 2.0 business-size cards with color images (10 cards per page) for a children's Sunday School class.
I have kept a record on my computer. Since last replacing all color cartridges, black cartridge, and photo black cartridge between 3/31/10 and 4/10/10 -- a MAXIMUM of 22 days, I have printed 112 documents, some of which were entirely black text, and some of which were 4.375 x 5.75 envelopes (i.e., small). That averages to approximately 5 documents per day, although, as said, I do not print every day. NO PHOTOS, and several documents in black text only or small envelopes.
The point of this post is not to ask a question -- unless it is how does HP get away with making and selling such an blatantly avaricious product. The point is to warn others and to vent my EXTREME anger and frustration. This all-in-one is a total rip off.
I have read other posts on this forum from those who have similar ink usage issues, and not just with the 309g. If it were possible, I would post every where on the web to warn people about these HP products. I personally think it is abominable that they are allowed to produce this kind of product when they KNOW they will rake in a fortune on printer ink.
Do not be misled by the sales pitch that individual color cartridges are a bonus. All color cartridges run low within days of each other and nothing color can be printed if one of them is too low. In addition, it is not possible to determine which low cartridge is responsible for the inaccurate colors on the printed page. Recently the color on a project printed streaked and it required replacing the black cartridge to cause the color to print correctly. I have had similar experience with needing to replace a magenta cartridge in order to correctly print a project where most color in the image was green, yellow, or blue. And, it is not necessary to inform me that the cartridge colors must mix to produce the exact color. That is not the point. The point is it is misleading to advertise that it is a helpful feature to be able to replace only the colors needed when that fact is useless practically speaking.
There have also been other issues with the 309g-m. The learning curve was extreme, and I am not a novice. The software is limited. It is necessary to create a new paper size under custom sizes for every project that involves something other than the preset sizes HP has decided "most people" want, and that includes something as simple as a half-sheet of 8.5 x 11.0 paper. It is not possible to print two-sided projects correctly if the project is a 4.25 x 5.5 booklet (half an 8.5 x 11.0 page greeting card format to avoid "quarter folding") produced in Microsoft Publisher 2002, because HP's software arbitrarily decides the user needs certain margins to allow for binding. Thus it is not possible to customize the software to individual creativity. As a matter of fact, if one changes paper size to 8.5 x 5.5 and the format to booklet in Publisher, HP's printer software will not even allow two sided printing.
The scanner bed is slightly raised so that scanning a page from a large book, or a portion of a large sheet does not produce a clear image because the original cannot be placed flat on the scanner bed. Scanner resolutions had to be modified to prevent grainy or speckled image results. The scan to computer option on the LED screen does not work unless one has the HP Solution Center enabled on startup (or takes the time to start it before attempting a scan).
I have read HP's article about ink usage and find that they have designed this equipment to USE INK. Between every document printed, if you choose to print only one copy, the printer "adjusts" itself, using ink. Every time it is turned on, it "adjusts" itself, using ink. Every time it has set idle, even though on, for a period of 5 min. or so, it "adjusts" itself, using ink. And it was designed this way ... not, as HP asserts, the provide superior printing, but, rather, to provide superior bottom lines for HP from ink sales.
It is a travesty that HP is allowed to do this.
This may never be posted, but I hope it is, and I hope people read it, and I hope others do not get stuck with $119 all-in-ones that cost $178 in ink within the first three months to print color documents, no matter how small or how infrequently. I can't imagine what I would do if I were trying to use this for a business! As soon as I am able to afford it, I will ditch this piece of equipment and buy something else. And HP can be assured I will not stop talking about it for a LONG time.

I'm seeing a lot of comments posted on the 309g's ink use, but your experience seems most like my own. I ran into another 309g owner at an Office Depot and that individual reported the same sort of results. My question is this: at what elevation is the town in which you live? I (and the person I met) live at about 7500 feet and the 564 cartridges act as though the ink is is actually evaporating.
Thanks

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Installed 10.9.4 but it became unusable because of excessive CPU usage. Reverted back to 10.9.3 but now the problem persists!
Basically, if connect the Ethernet cable the CPU increases and temp raises from 45C to 95C. As soon as I remove the Ethernet cable and stay on WiFi things go back to normal. I already have done the most obvious, i.e. reinstalling the OS from time machine, removing launch daemons and plug-ins, and fixing disk permissions. Check the details below. Any idea? It would be much appreciated. I'm getting nuts with this.
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      5% WindowServer
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      47% apsd
      35% configd
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MacBook Pro Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7 (Mid 2010)
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8 GB RAM
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
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MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
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Apple Inc. Display iSight
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Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
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Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
Anywhere
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[not loaded] com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver (2.2.16) Support
[not loaded] com.libusb.USB_Shield (6.0) Support
Startup Items:
Jaksta: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Jaksta
Launch Daemons:
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[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
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smcFanControl
Mail
Internet Plug-ins:
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QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Cannot contact Adobe
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OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.2 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0 - SDK 10.8
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BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
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Time Machine:
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: ON
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
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Destinations:
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Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Please take this step regardless of the results of Step 1.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Start up in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. You must hold down the shift key twice: once when you turn on the computer, and again when you log in.
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IOS 8.0.2 Excessive Cellular Usage

For 10 years my average cellular data usage per month has been around 250-350MB. Since updating to IOS 8, my cellular usage has gone up to between 1GB and 1.5GB. My daily usage is now in excess of 50MB for which I cannot explain since I disabled almost ALL services from using cellular. With the exception of find my phone and email I do not use iCloud. The applications I use have not changed in the past 3 months. I have checked the cellular data usage page on my phone and although the total amount of cellular data goes up, the amount listed by service only adds up to approximately 10% of the total. I have noted that even over night while on Wifi my cellular usage goes up.
I have done a full device reset with a restore from backup with no effect.
From what I can see from using Techet's "Network Analyzer" and "Status" , apple is maintaining at least two cellular connections to siri.apple.com. With the exception of Siri I don't see any other cellular connections being maintained although I noted that a reboot uses up to 7 MB of cellular data.
With the exception of turning off siri for 24 hours I'm at a loss as to what else to do to isolate my excessive cellular usage. I should also point out that at this point my guess is that this excessive cellular usage is whats draining my battery as well. Prior to IOS 8 I got two full days on a charge, now I get about 10 hours.
I will update this article once I have tested the siri theory.

I have been having the same problem. I average about 100MB of use a day. After switching to iPhone 6/iOS 8, my data usage shot up to 400MB per day.
From the iPhone's data usage tracking function, I realised that the excess data was being consumed by "System Services --> Documents & Sync", and not by any app. Chunks of around 300 MB were being used every day.
Similar to you, my data also goes up even while at home, asleep, and connected to wifi.
I have turned off every option that allows me to block or reduce usage of cellular data, including auto-updates, iTunes Match, background refresh, location services, etc.
I've turned off syncing wherever available, as I back up via iTunes anyway.
My Siri is switched off as well. But the problem still persists.
I've called Apple and they don't have a solution for this. They can only suggest restoring from a backup to see if it works. If it doesn't, they suggest restoring as a new phone.
Apple also refuses to intervene or assist in any way with the excessive data charges, even though I have pointed out repeatedly that the problems only began when I upgraded to iPhone 6/iOS 8.
In the meantime, my data usage is going through the roof and my service provider refuses to waive any of the charges. It is extremely frustrating and I really am at a complete loss as to what to do.

HP B110a High Ink Usage

I have had a HP Photosmart B110a for about 2-3 years now. It seems that the ink usage on it is very high. According to the following site: http://www.hp.com/pageyield/uk/en/PSB8500/index.html, I should expect to get about 800 pages per black XL cartridge, and 750 pages per colour one. Even on supplementary pages, I should expect to get 250/300 pages per cartridge.
The stats of my printer are:
Accumulated Media UsageTotal Page Count: 600
Media Type Pages
Plain Paper: 583
Photo Paper: 22
Other Types: -5
Media Size Pages
A4 (210x297 mm)/Letter (8.5x11): 543
Envelope: 57
Other Sizes: 0
Cartridge UsageCartridge:
Black 6
Cyan 7
Yellow 5
Magenta 6
The average cost of a cartridge in the UK is £15 each, having now installed a total of 24 cartridges, this is a total cost of £360 over a 2/3 year period, an average of £120 a year, or 60p per print out. Exceptionally high costs for running this printer.
Most pages printed are A4 documents, mainly containing text, some are photos, on a higher quality print. Does this seem exceptionally high? Please do let me know how I can reduce this!

Hi Luke, a couple of things you can do is use Fastdraft print modes and XL size cartridges. As some background, there's more info on ink usage in inkjet printers in the link below......
http://h10060.www1.hp.com/pageyield/articles/us/en/InkUseage.html
Ciara
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How do i fix the full excess ink reservoir issue? ip2600 printer

Every time i print on my canon ip2600 printer the message comes up to "contact service center because the excess ink reservoir is almost full" It then prints ok.

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