Digital BW, The Print

>I've been happily using a C84 fed with MIS EZ inks through a CIS for 
>about 2 years now. I have just received the "parts are nearing the end 
>of their service life" message and the printer refuses to go further. 
>...


>1. Is there a way to reset the suicide counter and let the little beast 
>soldier on until the output really does start to fall in quality?

The Russian utilities can probably reset the counter.  Do a Google for it.
My C86 continued for a long time after I reset it.

>2. Barring that, is there a current Epson model that takes the same 
>cartridges, so that I might not have to replace the whole CIS unit 
>(which cost a LOT more than the printer itself)? 

The C88 will do that, I believe.  The cart type changed after the C82.

The C88 works reasonably well with the C86 settings, etc. that I have at
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C86-EZ-UT-Readme.htm

For a little preview of other C88 results, see
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/C88_EZ_CSR_SPECTRO.pdf



Paul
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