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@Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:31:37 +1000
Subject: Re: New printer?
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Stephen Worthington wrote:

>My Epson Stylus Color 900 printer has just died (the print heads
>blocked up completely), so I am looking for something to replace it. 
>Is there anything out there that people can recommend?  The 900 had the
>good German Epson drivers, so it could produce a really good hi-res
>picture, which it could not do using the Omni drivers.  And it would be
>nice to have one that was not quite so expensive to run, maybe with
>individual colour ink bottles.  Maybe I should also be looking for a
>network connected printer too now?  Any suggestions?
>
>--
>Stephen Worthington   fe31{at}jsw.gen.nz
>  
>

Hi Stephen,
Greeting from across the Tasman.
Don't know if the following is relevant, but passed on from from an NZ 
friend, "Consumer July 2003 number 427 [www.consumer.org.nz]" :

    Design fault or deliberate ploy:

    The Epson Stylus Photo 915/925 use ink cartridges fitted with
    computer chips. These chips warn the printer when it's running low
    on ink.  At this point the printer software duly passes on the
    message: "Black [or Color] ink out", and tells you to replace the
    cartridge.

    But it's not true.  The chip merely *estimates* the level of ink,
    and it errs heavily on the side of caution. The user has no say in
    the matter.  the printer stops working, and won'tcontinue until a
    new cartrodge has been fitted.

    To see how much ink is being wasted, our testers used a "reflasher"
    device to reset the chip and trick the printer into carrying on. 
    This is not an easy solution for the lay person.

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Mike

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