> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Austin Franklin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 8:33 AM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: OT: How to reset Epsons with "chipped"
> cartridges
>
>
> Just because it can get status information on the ink level in
> the cartridge
> from the printer, does not mean it can 1) write it back TO the printer, or
> 2) that this information is 'maintained' on your PC.
Duh, I don't think I made either claim. Read what I wrote.
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
>
> > If the information is not sent back to the computer, then how does the
> > computer give a visual display of the amount of ink remaining in each
> > cartridge? In fact, the computer is sent this information
> > continuously as a
> > print is being made, because I can watch the graphs go down as a
> > large print
> > is being made. Computers these days receive all kinds of
> information from
> > the printer. Even my HP printer sends my computer information on
> > ink levels
> > and it does it without any visible chip on the cartridge, don't
> > ask me how.
> >
> > Frank Paris
> > marshalt@spiritone.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > > [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Austin Franklin
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:51 AM
> > > To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> > > Subject: RE: filmscanners: OT: How to reset Epsons with "chipped"
> > > cartridges
> > >
> > >
> > > > It apparently turns out that the Epson 870/890/1270
> printers with the
> > > > chipped cartridges work by reading the cartridge info once upon
> > > > installation, then that info is sent to the computer and
> then software
> > > > is used to keep track of the ink levels until the cartridge
> > is removed,
> > > > at which point the new ink level info is written to it.
> > >
> > > That is not my understanding of how the chipped cartridges
> > work. The ink
> > > use is read from the cartridge every time it is powered up, or an ink
> > > cartridge inserted, and recorded back to the cartridge every
> time it is
> > > powered down, or removed from the printer. It is not sent back to the
> > > computer at all. That would make no sense to do it the way
> you suggest.
> > >
> > > What is the source for your information?
> > >
> > > BTW, I do not believe this link is correct:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
