I use a C80 with 3 color and 1 black cartridge. The cartridges have a chip
on them that are preprogrammed to tell the printer when they are empty. The
chips have no electrical connection to the ink in the tank. Most of the
time, however, when you take the "empty" tank out, there is still
substantial ink in it. Annoying to say the least. ( They always f*!% you at
the drive through (as your buying ink)).
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kennedy McEwen" <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] printer woes
> In article , David Thatcher <davidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >If it is the same as the 600 series:
> >
> >- - the 'well' is actually a cap which caps the print head when the
carriage
> >is parked...
> >
> >- - The cleaning process dumps the ink into a well, & the platen motor
> >drives a pump which draws this waste ink into the waste pad in the
> >bottom of the unit. when the printer's 'brain' decides the waste pad is
> >full (by counting the number of cleans) the printer stops working...!
> >the service manual explains how to change the pad & reset the brain
> >(something about hold this button, infuse eye of newt, and turn it on).
> >
> Yes, its an Epson nasty that - an intended non-user serviceable part
> which times out. The printer counts the number of cleaning cycles and
> on/off cycles and, when a preset number has been reached, it just locks
> the printer up and it "must" be returned to Epson or a service centre
> for "repair". Since this is undeclared in either the user manual or at
> the point of sale it would appear to fall foul of numerous trading
> regulations worldwide, but I don't know of anyone who has instigated
> proceedings against them yet, but its only a matter of time as it was
> with chipped cartridges.
>
> In the meantime, a free Russian program is available which will defeat
> the cartridge chip and the waste ink dump software locks on most Epson
> printers. You can get it from http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
>
> Unfortunately the 2000P seems to be one of the printers it doesn't
> directly support, but it does operate with the 2100 and 1270/80/90 and
> some of those may function with your printer.
> --
> Kennedy
> Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
> A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
> Python Philosophers
>
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