[alt-photo] Re: printer woes

[henk thijs]

Chris,
Just borrow a PC , download the program (see websites), and the  
resetting is a 'ten seconds job' .

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/35608
http://tricks-collections.com/reset-counter-epson-r1800-r2400/

After resetting to be on the safe site, just put something under the  
printer in case there is a real overflow of waste ink. It never  
happens on my Epsons , and i did reset it different times.
The trick for the 3800 is even more simple: just a piece of tape over  
a small part of the chip on the 'waste cartridge'.
cheers,
Henk

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On 19 jan 2010, at 22:22, Christina Anderson wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> What a PITA.
>
> My printer was working fine yesterday and then all of a sudden it  
> came up with a "parts inside your printer are at the end of their  
> service life" and it will not print anymore unless it is repaired.
>
> Epson 2400.
>
> If you get this message here is what's up:  the diaper that  
> collects ink underneath the ink cartridges is full.  That diaper  
> needs to be replaced.  It is about $43.  There is no manual to take  
> your printer apart, but the repair service in Portland said you can  
> find directions to do so online pretty easily.
>
> What needs to happen is first to reset the counter (yes, every time  
> you clean your heads the counter records it and predicts when the  
> diaper is at its end whether it is or not.  So the 50 times I  
> cleaned my printer head when trying to get the Snow Leopard/Epson  
> 2400 driver incompatibility problem figured out made that counter  
> count and how.)  Then with the manual's help, presumably, install  
> the diaper.  He said it is not hard to do at all.  Unfortunately I  
> am not a gifted person mechanically and here is the other snafu.
>
> If you send the printer with a full diaper (I know this is  
> beginning to sound ridiculous) it will spill over and ruin the  
> printer.  Thus you cannot ship it.  You have to bring it in to the  
> service center.  Of which there are none (reputable) in BZ. Those  
> of you in a big city are fine, though.
>
> And try ordering a 3880--they are backordered everywhere....
>
> End of story.
>
> Thought I'd share in case someone on the list comes across this  
> issue and lives in a big city. Bottom line, the printer is NOT  
> actually dead but "playing possum".
>
> I've got a techy guy coming over shortly who works out of his home  
> so hopefully it'll get solved.
>
> OH and let me gripe some more.  My Canoscan FS4000 does NOT work  
> with Snow Leopard.  So now tell me how I like Snow Leopard??
> Chris
>
>
> Christina Z. Anderson
> christinaZanderson.com
>
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