[Leica] Help with Epson Artisan 50

[Christopher Crawford]

There¹s no mechanism in the cartridge. The chip on it does two things. It
keeps track of how much ink is used so that Epson¹s software can tell you
that it is time to replace the cartridge, and it prevents people from
refilling the cartridge to avoid paying Epson¹s criminally high ink
prices. A filled cartridge will still show as Œempty¹ and the printer will
refuse to use it, thanks to the chip. There are companies that sell
chip-resetters to circumvent this.

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On 4/16/17, 10:28 PM, "LUG on behalf of herbertkanner"
<lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of
hkanner at sonic.net> wrote:

>As far as I can tell, all heads are working.  Also, I am sure of my
>settings, which specify that the printer is not repeat NOT to do any
>color management. All settings are the ones that used to work perfectly.
>The test pictures are not that far out of gamut. They have bveen used
>before as printer tests. However, the printer has been idle for about a
>year, and I don¹t know the state of the cartridges. While the printer
>heads are part of the printer, it is obvious that there is a mechanism
>(probably a pump) in the cartridges, because they have an electrical
>contact panel which has a protective cover and a warning not to touch it
>after cover removal.
>
>The difficulty I have now, intending to, as a start to replace the two
>cyan cartridges, is that this ³clever² machine, as far as I can tell,
>does not allow me to even open the cover of the cartridge container until
>there is at least one that requires replacement because of exhaustion.
>The unit ordinarily settles in a position where the cover cannot be
>opened, but settles in one where it can be opened when it knows you have
>to replace a cartridge. I¹ll have to see if Epson has a customer service .
>
>kanner at acm.org
>
>If you question authority,
>the authorities will question you.
>
>> On Apr 13, 2017, at 8:34 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>> 
>> does an ink test show all head working?
>> 
>> ric
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 13, 2017, at 11:11 PM, herbertkanner <hkanner at sonic.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks. Yes, I¹m still alive. Had some setbacks, but am slowly
>>>regaining strength and thinking again about photography. My printer is
>>>driving me nuts. It¹s an Epson Artisan 50 that has been quite accurate
>>>for years and has decided to act up. My monitor has been calibrated
>>>with one of those Spyder things and I always used to get prints that
>>>were visually close to what showed on my screen. But now, after a year
>>>of disuse, it prints purple flowers as red. I¹ve done everything I can
>>>think of, including head cleaning and replacing several old cartridges,
>>>but this gross error persists. I¹m using LR 6.
>>> 
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> Herb
>>> 
>>> kanner at acm.org
>>> 
>>> If you question authority,
>>> the authorities will question you.
>>> 
>>> 
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