> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> [mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Alan Womack
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:43 AM
> To: Majordomo leben.com
> Subject: re: filmscanners: OT: How to reset Epsons with "chipped"
> cartridges
>
>
> The epson status monitor does get ink levels from the
> printer/chip. However, this is NOT stored on the computer.
Hopefully you aren't accusing me of saying that the computer "stores" the
information it receives from the printer, if by "store" you mean putting it
into persistent storage, because I certainly did not say that (read my text
below). It obviously "stores" it in Windows controls in the printer modeless
dialog, since you can see the graphs. But that dialog goes away when the
print is complete.
> The HP gets its ink from esitmating the use from squirts just as
> the epson dees, however if you took that cart out and put it back
> in, the printer will think it was full, just as the earlier epsons do.
You should have actually tried it before making that statement. I just tried
it on my HP 2000C and it knows how much ink it has in each cartridge
regardless of their being pulled out and put back in. What a silly
implementation HP would be responsible for if what you say were true.
Frank wrote previously:
> >> ? In fact, the computer is sent this information continuously as a
> >> print is being made, because I can watch the graphs go down
> as a large
> >> print
> >> is being made. Computers these days receive all kinds of
> information from
> >> the printer. Even my HP printer sends my computer information on ink
> >> levels
> >> and it does it without any visible chip on the cartridge,
> don't ask me
> >> how.
Frank Paris
marshalt@spiritone.com
