Digital BW, The Print

I noticed on Paul's website that the chip resetter used for the C86 is 
modified.  Does that mean it cannot be used for, say, chips on refillable 
1280 carts?  Is another chip resetter necessary?

Have been using filled MIS carts and am changing to refillables.  New to the 
chip resetting part and a little unclear on the processes.  Just refilled a 
UT2 cart for my 1280 and the printer doesn't recognize the cart.  It did 
recognize a newly filled virgin MIS cart.  I assume that is because I 
haven't "reset" the chip.

Any/all clarification appreciated.

Barbara Woolner

1280 is software reset-able. You can just use a software "SSC Service
Utility" to reset the chips.

If the printer can't recognize an 1280 UT2 cart, it's most likely the
problem of MIS.. lots of their standard chips are not working. What I
do is put an empty epson OEM chip into the cart.. it takes just 1
minute to do with a small knife.

Michael

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bfwoolner"
<bfwoolner@c...> wrote:
> I noticed on Paul's website that the chip resetter used for the C86 is 
> modified.  Does that mean it cannot be used for, say, chips on
refillable 
> 1280 carts?  Is another chip resetter necessary?
> 
> Have been using filled MIS carts and am changing to refillables. 
New to the 
> chip resetting part and a little unclear on the processes.  Just
refilled a 
> UT2 cart for my 1280 and the printer doesn't recognize the cart.  It
did 

> recognize a newly filled virgin MIS cart.  I assume that is because I 
> haven't "reset" the chip.
> 
> Any/all clarification appreciated.
> 
> Barbara Woolner

Barbara,

>I noticed on Paul's website that the chip resetter used for the 
>C86 is modified.

It's actually a separate piece of plastic that has been modified.  The chip
re-setter comes with the accessory that allows it to fit various carts.  

>Does that mean it cannot be used for, say, chips on refillable 
>1280 carts?

No, the 1280 black cart fits the re-setter without the use of the accessory
at all. The 1280 color cart doesn't fit no matter what you do.  (Well, some
modification may work but ...)  So, I reset those chips by putting them on
the 1280 black cart first for resetting.

>Have been using filled MIS carts and am changing to refillables.

I'm not a fan of 1280 filling.  I do it all the time, but bottom filling
bypasses the filter that protects the heads, and there have been a couple
batches of carts over that last year that have had one color or the other
just not feed right.  You'll know if one color goes blank.  Hopefully MIS
has procured better carts now.

Good luck.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com