I discovered yesterday something that really makes my blood boil. We all know that Ink jet printer manufacturers like to rip consumers off big time with the cost of consumables, hence the big market for compatible cartridges and refill kits.
It turns out that the new epson printer I've got (DX4000) the cartridges have a chip inside them which freezes the printer when a certain number of droplets from that cartridge have been used. What this means is that if you attempt to refill the cartridge with a kit it won't work because the chip still registers the cartridge as empty.
This is bad enough, however what it really bad is that apparently the cartridges freeze when they're still 1/2 full of ink and your forced to replace them, because then the printer won't work. For example, currently my cyan cartridge is 'empty' and I can't even print black and white or anything with the printer.
Not only is this blackmail but cartridges are enviro-unfriendly. Epson are complete and utter f***king b**stards there's no less way of saying this.
There are chip resetting kits apparently that will work for this model (none available yet in the UK) however if anyone knows a way to hack or trick the printer into continuing to print even with an 'empty' cartridge I would be most grateful for a post.
It turns out that the new epson printer I've got (DX4000) the cartridges have a chip inside them which freezes the printer when a certain number of droplets from that cartridge have been used. What this means is that if you attempt to refill the cartridge with a kit it won't work because the chip still registers the cartridge as empty.
This is bad enough, however what it really bad is that apparently the cartridges freeze when they're still 1/2 full of ink and your forced to replace them, because then the printer won't work. For example, currently my cyan cartridge is 'empty' and I can't even print black and white or anything with the printer.
Not only is this blackmail but cartridges are enviro-unfriendly. Epson are complete and utter f***king b**stards there's no less way of saying this.
There are chip resetting kits apparently that will work for this model (none available yet in the UK) however if anyone knows a way to hack or trick the printer into continuing to print even with an 'empty' cartridge I would be most grateful for a post.
