On Tuesday 17 June 2003 10:30, Graeme Mathieson wrote: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:07:53 +0100, David Marsh writes: > >> Epsons have an internal timer, which counts the pages you print, and > >> when it gets too high it just stops working, and reports an unknown > >> error. > > > > eek, is that for real? > > I'd hazard a guess that this is a feature of the Epson inkjet printers > which have a separate ink cartridge and print head. IIRC[1], most > inkjet printers of that era had a combined print head/cartridge and so > when the ink ran out you also replaced the print head. The Epson inkjet > I had only had a replaceable ink cartridge. This 'internal timer' was > probably the estimated lifetime of the print head. > > Footnotes: > [1] And I haven't touched an inkjet printer in *years*.
My Epson Stylus 500 is still going strong, after 6 years. Mind you, I'm lucky if I print one page a fortnight. _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
