Printer Cartridges

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The expire dates are there to ensure quality of prints, on some manufacturers there will be two dates, 1st one is the expiry date of the ink (which is normally 1 1/2 years after it's been filled) and the 2nd one is the warranty expiry on the cartridge itself (which is normally about 2 years from when it was made); but it does differ between companies. Some companies have been known to stop printing when the expiry date comes round, others don't.

As inks are more refined/technologically tuned there could be an age limit on them, as we've printed material out on expired ink and could tell the difference (we're not talking about a couple of weeks here, we're talking about from 6 months to a couple of years expired, end users didn't check the cartridges).

-ken