It's been done before - see the links for this group. I think it will provide the best resolution short of photographic techniques. From what I now have found out, the printer doesn't read the cartridge, rather it counts the droplets and calculates the ink remaining. There are chip resetters, but I'm not sure they will work with these cartridges. More research is necessary.
Mark
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>From: Derryck Croker <derryck@...>
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>Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Epson Cartridge Question
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>On 8 Mar 2008, at 20:00, Mark Lerman wrote:
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>> modifying an Epson Picturemate 200 for direct toner transfer,
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>Very hard to do with an inkjet printer, I'd imagine.
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