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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
> Actually, most printers only read the chips at start and write at
power
> down. This is why the (swedish?) method of powering the printer up
with a
> good chip and powering it down with a bad one works to reset the bad
one.
> During printing the data may be read/written also, but i don't know
about
> that. I certainly pulled the chips with the printer on and it didn't
mind.
> Only switch off before you insert them or it will empty them again.
Those instructions were written quite a while ago, I'd heard they
don't work with newer Epsons. Easy enough for someone to test it.
http://www.inksupply.com/chipreset.cfmI can get the autoreset chips and empties cheap enough that I just
don't see the point in all this fussing about.
> This is just such unnecessary crap, having to deal with nonsensical
chips
> that are empty all the time.
Agreed.
Steve Greeenfield