Hi Kim.
I use an Epson RX500 to print my photos on usually epson presentation matte paper. I love the way it looks. The only problem is if the prints get wet, they run. What can I do to "fix" the print?
Lara Ashby
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:28:52 -0500
From: mrkimmosley@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Epson 1270 Printer reset software
To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please correct me if I'm wrong but the non-Epson inks are dye rather than pigment based and prints made from them don't have the longevity. Kim Mosley
I think Epson has changed the chip software on their carts as right
insertion isn't working with the latest Epson color carts now. No reason to buy
Epson color carts anymore. I been using an off brand for the black.
Roy
In a message dated 8/4/2010 1:57:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx writes:
With the 1270 you can run the carts dry. You remove the top shell of the
printer. (I have both of my 1270 printers indefinitely unshelled). When you
need a new cart you put it in normally which is on the left side.
Then you click finish and the cart moves back to the right and the Epson
status monitor indicates the color cart is completely full. Then you put
in the old cart on the right side and you are ready to print.
Maybe you can do the same with the CX9400. The reason it runs out
of ink is that Epson printers every time you turn it on or at some set
interval Epson carts do a little charging which loses some ink of all colors.
Roy
Speaking of Epson printers, I have a CX9400 fax, and the absurdly
expensive color ink cartridges run out and the printer shuts down even when
I have not printed any photos. I'm convinced this is not due to
evaporation, but rather to the greedy marketing geniuses who have figured
out a way of FORCING people to buy new cartridges regularly, even though
there's likely ink remaining.
Is there any way to over-ride the program that shuts down the printer
when one of the cartridges "runs out" of ink? Is there any
way to fix it so that I can use just the black ink to print Word Documents,
and thus save money?
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