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Hello All
I have the Epson C80 and I can't get the yellow or black to work and I would
like to know how to purge the Print Head myself ...
Don
"Arthur Entlich" <artistic@telus.net> wrote in message
news:9Cw3d.88874$XP3.64605@edtnps84...
> Without getting into a battle over which printers are best, as each have
> certain advantages and disadvantages (and I don't like Epson chips at
> all), the one possible pitfall of resetting the chip on an Epson cartridge
> before it runs out is that you may run the cartridge dry and that can lead
> to an air lock in the head.. This has become a problem in some of the
> recent "all in one" Epson printers. In the C60 it is less of a issue
> because the C60 cartridge used dye inks that are a bit easier to purge and
> get running, and overall it restarts fairly easily, but I did want to warn
> people that some of the newer Durabrite printers seem to be having some
> problems with airlocks in the heads causing difficulty in restarting the
> ink flow. In most cases even those can be restarted, but they are more
> difficult than earlier models.
>
> Art
>
> Pete wrote:
>
>> First of all, when your C60 cartridge says its empty there is still
>> approximately 30% more ink left in it. The best thing for you to do is
>> buy a
>> chip resetter and reset the OEM cartridge prior to refilling it. This
>> will
>> give you many more prints before you have to refill it. The resetters are
>> available on the internet for $10 to $15. Your first mistake was buying a
>> printer that takes a chipped cartridge. Canon or HP printers are your
>> best
>> bet. Pete
>> "fabio" <fabiom@wooow.it> wrote in message
>> news:cijfvt$tq1$1@lacerta.tiscalinet.it...
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>i have an Epson stylus c60 printer;
>>>this is my problem, my cartridges are empty, i have the ink for refill
>>
>> them,
>>
>>>but i haven't the software for resetting the chip of the cartridges.
>>>Can someone tell me where i can find on the net a software to do it?
>>>else exist an hardware method to reset them?
>>>
>>>thank you all
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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