printer doth lie !

karrodo · 24-06-2006, 02:08 AM

my epson DX3800 is telling me the ink cartridges are empty but they are brand new. Can anyone advise ?

pelvis_3 · 24-06-2006, 04:48 AM

Did you reset the ink counter?

thomas234 · 24-06-2006, 06:00 AM

If you bought unofficial printer cartridges (eg cheapo ones not made by Epson), then sometimes this can happen. It's becuase they have a chip in the cartridges that tell the computer how full they are, and on cheapo ones, dodgy chips don't work very well. On my epson I just keep printing until the colours start to go funny (they've run out).

Addis · 24-06-2006, 10:34 AM

Yep, sometimes Epson cartridges have chips, so you'll need to buy the appropriate chipped cartridges.

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