Re: The 1270-Bad news

["George Newbury" <newbury@tidalwave.net>]

Time to form a user group so people can trade carts.  Otherwise there will
be no refilling and the 1270 user will probably pay about $1.40 (US) per
milliter of ink.
Or maybe we can overclock it to be able to go for 4 times as many drops.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Jacobson <stevej@dji.com>
To: Epson Ink Jet List <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 11:38 PM
Subject: The 1270-Bad news
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> chip is a small RAM that stores the cart information as well as the
> estimated usage drop count.  When the drop count reaches some threshold,
the
> cart is declared "empty" and must be replaced (kinda like the 1200).  The
> difference is that the count (and the empty indication) stays with the
cart
> (on the chip), and just taking out the cart and putting it back in doesn't
> reset the counts.
>
> Bottom line:  Unless the 3rd party ink folks (like WeInk, MediaStreet,
etc.)
> figure out how to either: 1) externally reset the chip, 2) fool the
printer
> into using a cart that doesn't have a chip, or 3) somehow reverse
> engineering a chip to build a new 3rd party cart with chip in it, the days
> of refilling or 3rd party carts is over.


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