Homebrew PCBs

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:57:52 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:

> I'm not sure most Epson printers will work if the chips don't count
> down during printing. The autoresets work by turning the printer off
> and on again.
> Steve Greenfield


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.

This is just such unnecessary crap, having to deal with nonsensical chips  
that are empty all the time.


ST