- Epson Photo 890 - no color ink but what to print black
- Posted by siboards on November 8th, 2003
This is getting on my nerves - I'm out of color ink on my Epson Photo
890 BUT I only want to print some black text.
Because of this lack of color I can't print *anything* at all (red LED
is lit on the front panel, indicating that a cartridge needs
changing).
I can't get a new cartridge for a couple of days.
Is there a way around this so I can just print black?
Thanks,
Phil
- Posted by siboards on November 8th, 2003
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 13:48:47 GMT, siboards@spamcop.com (siboards)
wrote:
Scrub that, found a great utility to reset the ink counters here:
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
At least it gets around the problem until I get a new colour cartridge
in a few days. :-)
Phil
- Posted by leo on November 8th, 2003
"Ed Ruf" <EG*nospam*Ruf@cox.net> wrote in message
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How could that be as long as he's careful not to print color...
- Posted by siboards on November 8th, 2003
On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 17:55:24 GMT, "leo" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote:
My thoughts exactly. I only did it so I could print some stuff that's
black only.
Having said that, it does make me wonder just how much color ink IS
left in the colour cartridge and whether Epson 'play safe' and say
it's empty when in fact it might be possible to print another few
pages in color fromthe 'empty' cart.
- Posted by AArDvarK on November 8th, 2003
....I would just call around and see if anyone
local sells generic carts ... cheap too
Alex
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- Posted by Mikey on November 9th, 2003
I can say that I took a chance one day and printed 3 8X10 photos after the
color ink counter said it was empty and was reset on my Epson 820 and got
away with it with no problems, so apprently there is quite a bit of ink left
when it indicates empty.
That said..don't try this at home kids unless your willing to take the risk
of head damage.
--
Mikey
http://www.mike721.com
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- Posted by Graeme Cogger on November 9th, 2003
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 11:15:55 -0500, Mikey wrote:
I did the same on my Stylus Photo 895, and got to half empty again before I
chickened out! There's a _lot_ of ink left when it shows as empty.
