Got an Epson??? You need to know this!!

[izzetafox]

Guys,

I heard years ago that all Epson printers had an inbuilt counter linked to tasks it performs. When you hit a certain number the printer errors and if you contact Epson they will tell you it is an Engineer Job. Ouch!! Not talking pennies here.

Well I also heard that somewhere there is a fix to reset the counter but as it did not affect me I forgot.

Yesterday I was doing some printing and had to put a new cartridge in. As it went through the cleaning cycle it stopped with the ink light and paper feed light flashing alternately. I tried everything to no avail and was thinking that 5-6 years loyal service was a good run. Then I remebered the counter.

After a load of searching I tracked down the relevant program. SSC service utility. At first it did not work then I did the sensible thing and read the instructions and away it went. My faithfull R200 with full face cd/dvd printing is back in business.

So before you give up on you printer have a look and see if you have been caught in the deceitful manufacturers trap.
Get it here.
myprinter.altervista.org/simplefaq/mysimplefaq.html#counter

Terry

[ped]

And if you don't want to pay the rooking b......ds for their print cartidges use one of these

www.continuousink.com/VALUE-CIS-Ink-System-for-R200-300-220-etc-p70.html

used to have an R220 and now I've got the P50 with this gadget, saves loads on ink so I can buy more things for the Yak ;D

[wobbly1]

Hmm... I suspected something like that for Epson printers... Cunning and interesting. Ah yes, in my experience (I currently use 8 printers!) putting non-original cartidges in is the best way to ruin a printer and reduce print quality.... The most reliable/best printers I have are HPs, but since the print heads are in in the cartridges (HP invented the inkjet process), they are expensive. I get through 2-3 cartridges a week for a single printer, when things get hectic! Simon

[ped]

Depends what you use them for Wobbly, if it's high end photographic printing you may be right but for normal day to day stuff I see no degradation in quality