QTR-Quadtone RIP

Yes. There are many places that sell 3880 waste-tank resetters (I work at one of them) and the cost of the resetter will pay itself back in a few resets. Google it.

No-one should be throwing these away. One can pull the cotton, reset the chip, and put some paper-towel, or sponge in there and back to the races. This is very good for people printing a lot (aka QuadtoneRIP people).

best,
Walker




> On Apr 9, 2016, at 8:39 AM, goch@... [QuadtoneRIP] <QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I know many of you use the Epson 3880.  Has anyone experienced a sudden report of failure or malfunction of the maintenance cartridge?    Mine went for about 30% capacity to an error message telling me I needed to replace it.   
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> Just to be on the safe or well-provisioned side, I quickly ordered four more cartridges.  They arrived yesterday.  I put one in, fired up the printer, and . . . same message.
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> The original malfunction appeared out of the blue:  I had switched from PK or MK part way through a printing session, and suddenly the error message appeared.  (The maintenance tank was not even close to being full.)
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> Is there any way to completely reset a 3880 (in case it is just a software/firmware glitch)?
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> As nearly as I can tell, there is no way to get around the replace-the-maintenance-cartridge message.
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> Thanks in advance!
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> Myron
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