Homebrew PCBs

--- In 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.cfm

I 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