Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ak1965@..." <ak1965@...> 
wrote:
>
> Some time ago I purchased a sealed-in-the-box Epson C86 printer with 
> an intention to dedicate it for B&W printing. Just hot a set of MIS 
> EZ B&W cartridges [two black [for glossy and matte paper)+ C + M + Y].
> Opened the box, set up the printer, installed the driver from Epson 
> CD, opened a monochrome file in CS3 ... Ooops! The printer complains 
> that it can't recognise cartridges and suggests to buy Epson ink. 

I had the same thing happen with an R220.  Try turning it off, unplug it, plug it back in, 
restart and see what happens.  If it comes back, try ignoring the warning and print 
anyways.  The R220 warning basically said you were not using Epson ink.  The proper 
response is, yea...so what;)

If the response is that it can't recognize the cartridge at all (wrong cartridge)  it may not 
be seated correctly or the cartridges may be in the wrong slots.  Remove it and reinstall 
and then go through the shutdown, unplug routine.

There have been some occasions with bad chips out of the box from MIS but haven't 
heard the complaint for a while.  

Good luck.