Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-05 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 06:18:55PM -0500, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 02:20 pm, Technoslick wrote: Isn't it true on the newer inkjets that you need to apply a software 'patch' to reset the chip, or fool it, into thinking that the refill is brand new? A friend who

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-05 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 09:23 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: A month or two ago I bought a refill for the cartridges on an Epson 777i. It came with a floppy disk of software to install in WIndows to reset the chip so the printer would accept the refilled cartridge. I returned the entir package

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-05 Thread rluchor
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 09:23, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 06:18:55PM -0500, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 02:20 pm, Technoslick wrote: Isn't it true on the newer inkjets that you need to apply a software 'patch' to reset the chip, or fool it, into

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-05 Thread rluchor
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 12:09, Todd Slater wrote: Not if you cut it with vodka. However, it will scare the hell out of your It's funny that you should mention him, I had an appointment with him this morning in preparation for a colonoscopy. I'll lay off the ink for a few days before

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-02 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 11:23 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At local computer fairs I see that a lot of refilled cartridges are available for Epson printers, but some vendors say that they are 'guaranteed chipped'. I've also read recently that the EU are trying to outlaw the

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-02 Thread rluchor
On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 05:20, Anne Wilson wrote: That's what I thought you meant, but now I'm confused! HP printer carts are the ones chipped here in the states and I'm not aware of any Epson carts being chipped, and I own 4 of them at the moment. Can anyone else step in here and help

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Sunday 02 March 2003 09:06 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're probably right about the differences in markets. My HP 930C (Hey, maybe the C stands for Chipped) is sitting in a box right now because it's too much of a hassle to deal with the cartridges. The HP carts are too expensive and

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-02 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 02:29, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Hmm, probably wrong but I always thought the C was for color... Maybe we're wrong and the C stands for CONTRAST - the black against the white, perchance? -- Mon, 3 Mar 2003 09:40:00 +1100 9:40am up 4 days, 23:43, 5 users, load average:

[newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Okay, about a week ago I posted a message about problems I was having with my Epson C62 printer. Just to make a long post -short-, I had used replacement inkjet carts. from Amazon Imaging. In a word -- *DON'T* I replaced them with genuine Epson carts and everything is fine again. ;-) --

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread Technoslick
On Saturday 01 March 2003 01:39 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, about a week ago I posted a message about problems I was having with my Epson C62 printer. Isn't it true on the newer inkjets that you need to apply a software 'patch' to reset the chip, or fool it, into thinking that the refill

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread rluchor
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 14:20, Technoslick wrote: On Saturday 01 March 2003 01:39 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Okay, about a week ago I posted a message about problems I was having with my Epson C62 printer. Isn't it true on the newer inkjets that you need to apply a software 'patch' to reset

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is true for HP printers. The usual way is to have a rotation of 3 carts to be refilled, the printer remembers the serial numbers of the last two carts it used and won't print if you refill a cart and put it back in the printer.

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread rluchor
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is true for HP printers. The usual way is to have a rotation of 3 carts to be refilled, the printer remembers the serial numbers of the last two carts it used and won't print if

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is true for HP printers. The usual way is to have a rotation of 3 carts to be refilled, the printer remembers the

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Saturday 01 March 2003 02:20 pm, Technoslick wrote: Isn't it true on the newer inkjets that you need to apply a software 'patch' to reset the chip, or fool it, into thinking that the refill is brand new? A friend who refills her own told me she had to do this to get her own refils to work.

Re: [newbie] Epson printer warning!

2003-03-01 Thread rluchor
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 17:08, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:52 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:03 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is true for HP printers. The usual way is to have a rotation of 3