Digital BW, The Print

FWIW here's my two cents.   I have a 1430 and a set of generic refillable
carts (from China via eBay) with version 6.0 chips. My 1430 recognizes them
as genuine Epson carts which I think is a hoot. While printing when a cart
signals empty the print job pauses and indicates which cart it thinks is
empty. I remove that cart, refill the ink, put it back in and after a
cleaning cycle the print job resumes where it left off even if in the middle
of a print. The chip on the cart is reset to full so I guess that they are
ARC chips. I notice that there is between 1 and 2 ccs of ink remaining in
the cart when it indicates empty so I presume that a real Epson cart would
exhibit the same behavior.

 

HTH,

Tom 

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
remononaz1
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 11:11 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re:Refillable carts & auto reset chips

 

  

I've been refilling MIS carts in a 1400 for about two years. As far as I can
tell, when the MIS carts run out, they just run out. They don't notify you
or stop printing. My SOP with them has been to top all the inks whenever I
top any of them and always check their level before beginning any important
printing. Otherwise, I leave them alone until I run out. 

This said, I have been using five sets of ink in the printer - two color and
three B&W. I recently purchased a new 1430, which is a dedicated color
printer and the old 1400 is a dedicated B&W printer. I won't need to be
changing, and therefore inspecting, my cartridges as often. I may need to
rethink my practice.





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