Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am saving my Epson 700 for the Cone Colour inkset. He told me it would work with the 700, so that set's me up well - 700 for colour, 1160 for B+W. Simon Nathan Wajsman wrote: > As suggested by others, buy an older model without the chip. I use MIS quadtone > inks in my Epson 700 and the results are excellent. > > Epson's new chip is of course designed to prevent use of aftermarket cartridges, > but I doubt that it would be considered anti-competitive in the legal sense, > given that there is vigorous competition in the printer market between Epson, > Canon, HP etc. > > Nathan > > "Cochran, Adam" wrote: > > > Has anyone had experience trying to use the piezography inks on Epson models > > 870 and above? Apparently there is a chip in these later models (mine is a > > 875DSC) that will not permit the software to recognize the piezo cartridges. > > This seems relatively anticompetitive in my view. Does anyone know of a way > > around this (other than a class action suit)? > > > > Adam > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ > Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > >