Peabody wrote:
"Killer chip?" ;-)

Epson is the only one as far as I know. Yes, you can buy a resetting
tool to reset the chip to read "full". And I think there is also a way
to do it via some software you can download. But I have a Canon i850
(from their great new "i" series) and have the ability to refill freely
without any hindrance nor fear of clogging. For these two reasons alone
I would never buy an Epson; I don't need the hassle. The new Canons
have a removeable print head for convenience of replacement should it
ever falter, Epsons don't.

-Taliesyn

"Bill" <bill@c.a> wrote in message
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No it will work fine but read as empty.

Bill wrote:
Not quite, the cartridge will still fully work. What won't function is
the ink level meter, it will continue to show the cartridge as empty.
I know, my sister uses an HP-930 as backup for the Canon i850. She was
printing for over a year with refilled cartridges showing empty. I
finally read in this group where I had to tape over the top left 4 pins,
insert the cartridge. Remove it, remove the tape, and then tape the four
pins on the right. Then the meter would reset. I think that's the order,
I haven't done it for a while.

-Taliesyn