[alt-photo] Re: 3800 maintenance tank ( Re: printer woes)

[Paul Viapiano]

Is there a safe alternative to buying a new maintenance tank for the 3800?

Can the tank be cleaned manually and the "diaper" replaced with something 
else or will the chip prevent it? I saw the tip on putting tape over the 
chip and started to wonder...

Paul


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "henk thijs" <henk.thijs at hetnet.nl>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:22 AM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: printer woes


> 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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