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Could you please tell me if you can remove epson ink cartridges and
replace them with another cartridge, and keep swapping between them.
For example I have cheap compatable inks for everyday printing and
expensive epson inks for photo printing.

Thanks.

my understanding [probably incorrectly understood] is that you cannot remove
a part-used cart, and then put it back for re-use

"gruffydd" <> wrote in message
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> my understanding [probably incorrectly understood] is that you cannot
> remove
> a part-used cart, and then put it back for re-use
>
>

I also understand that the partly used cartridge cannot be taken out and put
back in again....

Bigbazza

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:33:35 GMT, MICHAEL
<no-spam-4-> wrote:

>Could you please tell me if you can remove epson ink cartridges and
>replace them with another cartridge, and keep swapping between them.
>For example I have cheap compatable inks for everyday printing and
>expensive epson inks for photo printing.
>
>Thanks.

No, you'll stuff your printer.
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"MICHAEL" <no-spam-4-> wrote in message
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> Could you please tell me if you can remove epson ink cartridges and
> replace them with another cartridge, and keep swapping between them.
> For example I have cheap compatable inks for everyday printing and
> expensive epson inks for photo printing.
>
> Thanks.


you can do it...but the ink-level monitor *might* read incorrectly

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 19:33:35 GMT, MICHAEL
<no-spam-4-> wrote:

>Could you please tell me if you can remove epson ink cartridges and
>replace them with another cartridge, and keep swapping between them.
>For example I have cheap compatable inks for everyday printing and
>expensive epson inks for photo printing.
>
>Thanks.

Don't know about now but with the old Epson Stylus models, you
couldn't take the cart out once inserted until it was time to change
it. This was because doing so would break the seal between ink
cartridge and printer inlet and break the capillary ink feed. It was
in fact possible to defeat this by taping up the hole where ink
exited the cartridge, then reinserting it in the printer with a swift
action.

Modern day Epson carts have a microchip in them (tho it used to be
possible to buy software to reset it) so the above might not work.

Epson above all other printer comparies are paranoid about people
using non-Epson carts. They often run large ads decrying the evils of
so doing.

The easiest ink carts I have ever found to refill are the transparent
Canon ones. It is simply a matter of pulling out the bung and
refilling - while still in the printer. Carts could be interchanged
(as you wish to do) easily also.

jd

Jimmy Dean wrote:

> Modern day Epson carts have a microchip in them (tho it used to be
> possible to buy software to reset it) so the above might not work.

> Epson above all other printer comparies are paranoid about people
> using non-Epson carts. They often run large ads decrying the evils of
> so doing.

For the record, I've seen the chip resetters on the shelves within the
last...oh, probably two months.

Re monopoly, one printer I *won't* buy is Lexmark, based on them being
the only outfit I know of that's *sued* an aftermarket cart
manufacturer. I don't know if they won or not; the effort alone is
stinky.

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Blinky the Shark wrote:

[...]

> I don't know if they won or not; the effort alone is stinky.


If your efforts are stinky, you're trying too hard.

*brrrt!*

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DC wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:

> [...]

>> I don't know if they won or not; the effort alone is stinky.

> If your efforts are stinky, you're trying too hard.

> *brrrt!*

<lighting a match> Phewww.

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"philo" <> wrote in message
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>
> "MICHAEL" <no-spam-4-> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Could you please tell me if you can remove epson ink cartridges and
> > replace them with another cartridge, and keep swapping between them.
> > For example I have cheap compatable inks for everyday printing and
> > expensive epson inks for photo printing.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
> you can do it...but the ink-level monitor *might* read incorrectly
>
>

It will also take a while (a good few pages ) until the new ink works its
way to the print nozzles unless you go through a few cleaning cycles and
waste a lot of ink. Even then you will have cross contamination of inks.
Printers are getting cheaper every day - consider buying a 2nd printer for
best use.