Digital BW, The Print

This being a new printer, I had not loaded up any of the drivers.  I
figured I would get to it after i had the ink thing worked out.  then
a lightbulb went on above my head saying "you dummy, you could load
the drivers, and it would probably tell you which chip was bad!"  so i
went ahead and did just that, and sure enough, after a few error
messages, i saw that my yellow cartridge was reporting as empty.  so
now i know which one it is.

i went ahead and popped the old chip off just for fun, then re-glued
it hoping that perhaps it was just not making good contact.  it still
didnt work.  so i guess my next step is to buy another chip and a
resetter.

i do have a help desk ticket in with mis.  has anyone had luck getting
them to pony up for a replacement chip?


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Philip Schwartz"
<Philip.Schwartz@...> wrote:
>
> Here are a couple of things that have sometimes worked for me:
> - Assuming you have a chip resetter, reset all the offending chips.
> - Sometime the tabs that mount the chips to the cartridges extend
>   slightly above the face of a chip and prevent good contact. Use
>   an Xacto knife to trim the tabs flush with the face of the chip.
> - Don't forget you can always "borrow" the chips from the color
>   carts that shipped with the Epson
> 
> Chips do go bad -- or get destroyed by the printer -- I lost two in
> one day last week. The only defense is to always have spares on hand.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "p3guru32371"
> <coryjenkins@> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I am having problems.  I installed the carts properly, ensuring
> > that they all 'clicked' and that they were in the correct position. 
> > However, the printer is telling me... 
> > 
> > "ink carts cannot be recognized or are installed incorrectly"



> > 
> > i have pulled them all out, an put them back in at least 10 times, all
> > to no avail.
> > 
> > i cannot recall, but i think i remember reading somewhere that
> > occasionally chips go bad, and need to be replaced, at a cost of $2
> > each.  
> > 
> > Short of the hassle of re-chipping all 6 carts, are there any other
> > suggestions anyone could offer?
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, "p3guru32371"
> > <coryjenkins@> wrote:
> > >
> > > As i mentioned in a previous post, (Epson R220 compared to Epson 
> > > R260) i went ahead and picked up an R340, and got the R220 inks
from 
> > > MIS (the UT-R2 to be specific).
> > > 
> > > Well, my printer, matte paper and MIS inkset arrived yesterday 
> > > evening and i plan to run my first set of tests tonight using
CS2.  I 
> > > know that a generous Paul Roark has made several free .icc profiles 
> > > for use within Photoshop for the inkset and paper i purchased.  i 
> > > plan to start there.
> > > 
> > > I have also read up a bit on Quad Tone Rip, in the user guide
written 
> > > by Tom Moore, and know that i would need to calibrate, and then 
> > > linearize before i make any meaningful prints.  
> > > 
> > > eventually though i will want to move up to a different paper, that 
> > > likely will not have a free profile built.  So, instead of going 
> > > through the time, ink and paper to calibrate and linearize
myself in 
> > > QTR, I would be more than happy to pay the going rate $25-50 for a 
> > > custom built .icc profile.  However, the people i have emailed that 
> > > do custom profiles only do them for color inksets and targets.
> > > 
> > > So my question (finally) is this...Does anyone on this board
know of 
> > > someone who makes b+w .icc profiles.  Or for that matter, does
anyone 
> > > on this board want to make a few bucks and do a couple for me
when i 
> > > make a decision on the papers i would like to use?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance for any info.  After i make a few prints and get 
> > > through initial learning curve i will post my opinions on how it
all 
> > > worked out on this thread.
> > > 
> > > As a point of reference, this is the equipment and workflow that i 
> > > use.
> > > Lenses:  Autofocus, Prime
> > > Capture: 11.1mp DSLR Raw files
> > > Adobe Camera RAW: 16bit, 300dpi, PSD files
> > > 
> > > Photoshop: Crop, Straighten, Levels, Channel-Monochrome Convert to 
> > > b+w, Curves, Any other creative effects i may want to make,
Highpass 
> > > Sharpen, Image-Size-Resample if required for output size.
> > > 
> > > Thanks again.
> > > Cory
> > >
> >
>