C82 Epson destroyed by compatible ink cartridge

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David Gaudine

I've used "compatible" ink cartridges in my Canon S450, i550, and
i560 for some time now, with no problems at all. I recently tried
a compatible black cartridge from the same company in a C82, and the
print quality gradually deteriorated until a couple of days later
there was no ink coming out at all. I replaced the black cartridge
with an original Epson cartridge, and still get no black at all.
I did a lot of cleaning cyles, so naturally a couple of the color
cartridges ran out. I replaced them with "compatible" cartridges.
So, those colors stopped working too. I would blame the Chip that
Epson uses in its cartridges, but that wouldn't explain why the new
Epson black cartridge doesn't work. The company I got the ink from
seems to have a good reputation.

Any thoughts? Has anyone had a similar problem with this printer
(or any Epson printer) and determined whether it was bad ink
or something about the chip? Is there something that has to
be reset if a cartridge with a bad chip causes a problem?

David
 
David Gaudine said:
I've used "compatible" ink cartridges in my Canon S450, i550, and
i560 for some time now, with no problems at all. I recently tried
a compatible black cartridge from the same company in a C82, and the
print quality gradually deteriorated until a couple of days later
there was no ink coming out at all.
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Some companies have notoriously ignored the fact that Epson C80/C82 printers
require pigmented inks: so why not name them ??
It simply means the apparent cheapest is not the best.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111767,00.asp PC World article
where several unrite inks are named.
Tony
 
I've used "compatible" ink cartridges in my Canon S450, i550, and
i560 for some time now, with no problems at all. I recently tried
a compatible black cartridge from the same company in a C82, and the
print quality gradually deteriorated until a couple of days later
there was no ink coming out at all. I replaced the black cartridge
with an original Epson cartridge, and still get no black at all.
I did a lot of cleaning cyles, so naturally a couple of the color
cartridges ran out. I replaced them with "compatible" cartridges.
So, those colors stopped working too. I would blame the Chip that
Epson uses in its cartridges, but that wouldn't explain why the new
Epson black cartridge doesn't work. The company I got the ink from
seems to have a good reputation.

Any thoughts? Has anyone had a similar problem with this printer
(or any Epson printer) and determined whether it was bad ink
or something about the chip? Is there something that has to
be reset if a cartridge with a bad chip causes a problem?

David
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Maybe you can salvage the printer by taking a weak ammonia solution on
a pad and stuffing in where the cartridge goes for a few hours, then
run a couple cleaning cycles. Either that, or clean out the culprit
cartridge and fill it with the same cleaning solution etc.
 
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