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[FF]

Yet another Class action lawsuit against Epson and chipped carts.
An interesting read.

Paul



http://www.rechargermag.com/news.asp?id=200311501

 

[Robert Feinman]

Yet another Class action lawsuit against Epson and chipped carts.
An interesting read.

Paul



http://www.rechargermag.com/news.asp?id=200311501

Quite a while ago Epson stated that they deliberately left ink in the
cartridges to prevent air from getting into the system if the cartridges
ran dry.

 

[CWatters]

Quite a while ago Epson stated that they deliberately left ink in the
cartridges to prevent air from getting into the system if the cartridges
ran dry.

That's understood, however it would be interesting to know....

If a cart is marked as containing say 15mL of ink...Does that 15mL includ or
exclude the "unusable" ink that you need to stop the heads drying out? If
you actually get 15mL PLUS say 10-30% then that's acceptable. If it's 15mL
MINUS 10-30% then they may have a case to answer.

I notice that not all manufacturers mark the capacity on their carts and
that's not acceptable in my book. I have the same problem with carbon-zinc
batteries. You simply have no idea how much energy they contain so you can't
compare them without doing your own tests.

 

[CWatters]

Some countries require test reports before they will allow the import of
printer ink. In those reports the makers estimate how much ink will remain
in the carts and end up in land fill. It would be interesting to know if
those figures agree with the 10-30% figures quoted in the article or the 38%
figure mentioned here...

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113112,00.asp

Quote:

"The cartridges actually contain up to 38 percent more usable ink after the
Intellidge chip cuts them off, according to research cited in the suits".

End Quote

Most of the ink printed on paper probably get recycled these days but the
ink in the carts probably goes into landfill?

 

[Matt]

Yet another Class action lawsuit against Epson and chipped carts.
An interesting read.

Paul



http://www.rechargermag.com/news.asp?id=200311501

I suppose it could be argued that the wide availability of reset
devices should have been made use of by those seeking to more
completely utililize their cartridges--no, Epson would never go there.