Epson Photo 890 - no color ink but what to print black

[siboards]

This is getting on my nerves - I'm out of color ink on my Epson Photo
890 BUT I only want to print some black text.

Because of this lack of color I can't print *anything* at all (red LED
is lit on the front panel, indicating that a cartridge needs
changing).

I can't get a new cartridge for a couple of days.

Is there a way around this so I can just print black?


Thanks,
Phil

 

[siboards]

Scrub that, found a great utility to reset the ink counters here:

http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml

At least it gets around the problem until I get a new colour cartridge
in a few days.


Phil

 

[Ed Ruf]

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 14:33:33 GMT, in comp.periphs.printers

At least it gets around the problem until I get a new colour cartridge
in a few days.

And possibly cause a bigger problem of over heating and burning the print
head out.

 

[leo]

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 14:33:33 GMT, in comp.periphs.printers


And possibly cause a bigger problem of over heating and burning the print
head out.

How could that be as long as he's careful not to print color...

 

[siboards]

How could that be as long as he's careful not to print color...

My thoughts exactly. I only did it so I could print some stuff that's
black only.

Having said that, it does make me wonder just how much color ink IS
left in the colour cartridge and whether Epson 'play safe' and say
it's empty when in fact it might be possible to print another few
pages in color fromthe 'empty' cart.

 

[AArDvarK]

....I would just call around and see if anyone
local sells generic carts ... cheap too

Alex

 

[Mikey]

I can say that I took a chance one day and printed 3 8X10 photos after the
color ink counter said it was empty and was reset on my Epson 820 and got
away with it with no problems, so apprently there is quite a bit of ink left
when it indicates empty.

That said..don't try this at home kids unless your willing to take the risk
of head damage.

 

[Graeme Cogger]

I can say that I took a chance one day and printed 3 8X10 photos after the
color ink counter said it was empty and was reset on my Epson 820 and got
away with it with no problems, so apprently there is quite a bit of ink left
when it indicates empty.

That said..don't try this at home kids unless your willing to take the risk
of head damage.

I did the same on my Stylus Photo 895, and got to half empty again before I
chickened out! There's a _lot_ of ink left when it shows as empty.

 

[Joel]

This is getting on my nerves - I'm out of color ink on my Epson Photo
890 BUT I only want to print some black text.

Because of this lack of color I can't print *anything* at all (red LED
is lit on the front panel, indicating that a cartridge needs
changing).

I can't get a new cartridge for a couple of days.

Is there a way around this so I can just print black?

If you try to print with emptied ink then you will get to the printer
nerves. From my experience the LED is just the warning and you can
print 2-3 more full pages of PHOTO mode, but if you print on emptied ink
cartridge then it's a big chance to burn the heat resistant (something
like that) and may end up throwing the printer away.