One of the reasons, I believe, it's normally impossible to take out a cartridge and reinstall it, is supposed to be to avoid emptying it completely. If you do, the ink may dry and damage the pipe, transporting ink to the nozzle and thje nozzle itself. Annother reason is, that the chip that controles this mechanism prevents refilling the the catridges, which would mean less money to EPSON.
I want to reset the chip - not to refill it - but to simply reinstall whenever I have taken it out - to clean the printer using a cleaning cartridge. I don't want to damage the printer. I just don't want to throw away a lot of perfectly good ink. I talked to an ink company yesterday. The guy said there are no chips in cartrides made for my printer, Very odd. So why can't I reinstall a half used cartridge. Hoe does the printer know that it has been out? Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 4. december 2004 05:41 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Epson Printer (Stylus Photo) - resetting the chips On Dec 4, 2004, at 4:58 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: > I think I found the keyword my self: Chipsresetter! For app. 20 USD I > can > buy a chipsrestter, which will reset my ink cartridge so the printer > believes it is full, not empty. > Annother tool is buying/changing the cartridge chip. This is even > cheaper. > > Anyone tried this? A friend of mine uses one with his Epson 2100. I don't remember how much extra printing he gets from it, but it was quite a lot. However I have heard rumours that running the ink out on a regular basis could damage the print head. This rumour may have been planted by Epson, but it's enough to scare me away from doing it myself. I might sell him my used cartridges cheaply... Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
