Digital BW, The Print

Steven's comments brought to my attention the existence of the  SSC
Service Utility.

I downloaded the last version, installed on XP Pro SP2. It will not
communicate correctly with the R1800. No ink levels show. It prints a
blank nozzle pattern test page. So it recognizes the printer but there
seem to be some conflicts somewhere.

As for carts, I have MIS half-sponge in there. 

Could it be a conflict with the Epson Status Monitor? I checked the
option to disable it, restarted the computer, with printer on and
printer off but to no avail. The Epson Satus Monitor is always on.

Does one have to uninstall the Epson printer software to disable the
Epson Status Monitor? Or is there a simpler way to disable it?

Anyone had this problem and solved it?

Oh and I'm printing 3MK BO. ;-)

Many thanks,

Denis Bouchard