A:AnswerI don't understand your question. I don't know what you mean by 'register' the tanks. The printer will not print without ink. When you get the printer and follow the setup, the instructions will tell you when to fill the tanks to the top line, which is just about the whole bottle of ink and that it takes about 10 minutes (the first time) for the ink to charge and make ready the printer. You do nothing until that is done, then you continue with the setup.
A:AnswerI don't know, mIne never sits inactive for more than a day or two. I know the cartridges would dry up without regular use. I used to refill Canon Cartridges, but only tried it once on low end Epson, that printer never worked again.
Anyway, don't know if the ink in the tanks will dry up or clog up if it sits for awhile. The ink in these tanks last a looooooonnngg time. You don't have to refill them very often. I usually just top them off and that's maybe once a month or so.
I would like to say, that sitting a month or two would not be a problem, but I honestly don't know.
Sorry I couldn't be more help.
A:AnswerI have not counted the pages, but I used the cartridge type printers for years, Canon and Epson, but not HP. But I would think the cartridges are all pretty much the same. I was going broke buying cartridges. This is my 2nd Eco-Tank printer. I do a lot of trial printing of projects, so I throw out a lot of stuff til I get it right. It used to frustrate me really bad because of the usage of expensive ink cartridges that would run out just when I needed it. But with these tanks you don't have to worry about all that. You can print anything, anytime on a whim or just notes because you got old hands that don't like to write any more. :-) Anyway, it is fantastic, the ink last a really long time, I love the tanks.
My first Eco-tank printer, I bought over 2 yrs ago because I was doing A LOT of printing of stuff for our 50th high school reunion and the cartridge cost was horrible. I figured the new printer would be more cost effective because I had already spent almost enough on cartridges to have bought the new printer. That printer was still working just fine, but the the sly devils at Epson slipped in something to make you buy a new printer. It's called little messages saying 'the ink pad has neared the end of life service', but it kept printing, then about the 3rd notice, it said 'the ink pad has reached the end of it's service life' and the printer died. I did a lot of research on this issue. Basically I learned that with a low end printer, it was better to just invest in a new printer. Also learned that the counter could be reset, but my printer already died, it would turn on and off, that's it. I mention this because this new printer, in the settings, lets you check how many pages printed and also give you the option to reset the counter. I will be watching that and resetting it periodically. You could use this as well to get an idea of how many pages you can get with one bottle. Keep in mind that you are dealing with 4 bottles of ink (Black and 3 colors.
Hope this helps
