On 5 Oct 2003 at 0:04, Bryon Daly wrote: > >From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> So they do exist? O.K.. (But aren't there kits to refill > >>the cartridges, then?) > > > >I don't know if this is currently in use or was simply being > >mentioned as a possibility, but I read something awhile back about > >the chips in the cartridge keeping a count of how many pages were > >printed, and after n pages the cartridge would simply stop working > >until it was returned to be refilled and the counter chip reset by > >the company, so even if you refilled the cartridge yourself, the > >printer still wouldn't work. > > Epson printers for sure are chipped (eeprom, not RFID, tho) to make > them hard to refill. The eeprom tracks how much ink is used, so the
I have a cheap Epson I keep arround for the 2-3 times a year I need to print in colour. I don't even HAVE a black cartridge in the thing... > If you want to refill your ink cartridges, there's really only one > clear choice, which is Canon printers. Their ink carts are clear so > you can see the ink level, they are not chipped, and they are easy to > refill, so there's a whole boatload of 3rd-party ink suppliers that > support them. In terms of Inkjets anyway. Most laser cartridges IME can easilly be refilled. > >> Good for the EU. > > > >Seconded. > > Thirded. I hate the razor/razor blade marketing some of these > companies do with their printers and ink cartridge pricing, which > results in astronomical costs per page for some of these printers, and > also cases where a set of ink cartridges for some low-end printers > cost nearly as much as buying a brand new printer (which comes with a > set of cartridges)! It IS pretty silly. Then again, a *refill* for my laser printer cost me £70. To put that in perspective, I print a lot and a mostly-full cartridge lasted me two years. My printer's an old Kyocera FS-3600. They're old 16ppm medium-office lasers, and I picked it up "broken" (right, 15 minutes of cleaning...) for £130. One of the best deals I've ever made... (and being Kyocera, I don't have to worry about drum replacets either. The drawback is it CAN'T handle graphics of any size, but hey this is what a network and housemate's printers are for :P) Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
