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From: John McWilliams on 24 Apr 2008 10:10
Arthur Entlich wrote:
> Epson ink cartridges, even chipped ones, do not carry of use a date of
> manufacture as a variable in determining if the cartridge will function
> or not. They will read unusable or empty if the amount of ink the
> printer wrote to the cartridge is great enough as to be considered close
> to empty. If you refill such a cartridge without resetting the ink
> level chip, it will read empty and not allow the printer to work.

Thanks for the info on the date. One cartridge I have showed a date of
2001, several years before I acquired the printer!
>
> There are two inexpensive fixes for this.
>
> 1) buy the appropriate chip resetting tool (about $5-10 US in places
> like eBay) Make sure you get the correct one for your printer.

Received mine a few days ago, along with a nice set of filled carts. All
I need now is an accurate scale and I'll be set.
>
> 2) If the cartridges are still reading partially full, with some models
> you can freeze the ink levels as long as they are partially reading
> full, by using the SSC Utility found at:
>
> http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
>
> Maker sure to read the instructions and that this feature is supported
> for your printer model.
>
> In regard to the ink status monitor not working, you might need to
> upgrade your drivers if such an update is available.

Drivers are most recent, at least as of a week ago. They work under the
Mac's Tiger OS, but not the latest, Leopard as to the utility showing
ink levels. With a proper scale, and resetting the chips, I'll be
relying on weight rather than the "guess" that the chip reads out.

John

> John McWilliams wrote:
>> I am not able to get ink tank info from the drivers installed in Mac
>> OS 10.5x (Leopard) but I am able to get it from Tiger (10.4)- is
>> anyone able to do so with Leopard, and if so, what version of the driver?
>>
>> My main question is, though, how can I reset the dates on some
>> cartridges? I have a set of half full cartridges but apparently they
>> won't run as they are several years old, but have been carefully
>> stored, sealed, in a cool environment. At least, I am presuming these
>> are chipped carts, and that they aren't running because the printer
>> software deems them too old, or refilled, or both.
>>
>> Is there an inexpensive solution?
>>
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