Does anyone know how to print using this printer when the color
cartridges have run out of ink?

I am getting a message on the LCD that says the ink is low and to
replace the ink cartridges. The black ink is brand new and I should be
able to print in black only. The message doesn't go away even if I
remove the empty ink cartridges.

Since this is an "All In One" it is even preventing me from using the
scanner. Would they really make a printer that forces you to buy more
ink (about $80) before you could scan anything.

Any help would be great.

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"Boba" wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to print using this printer when the color
cartridges have run out of ink?

I am getting a message on the LCD that says the ink is low and to
replace the ink cartridges. The black ink is brand new and I should be
able to print in black only. The message doesn't go away even if I
remove the empty ink cartridges.

Since this is an "All In One" it is even preventing me from using the
scanner. Would they really make a printer that forces you to buy more
ink (about $80) before you could scan anything.

Any help would be great.


I have an RX425 that gives me the same grief. You can usually persuade it to
print in black only, by selecting the " black ink only " option behind the "
Preferences " button on the print manager pane. I don't know if you have the
same item available over there, but here I buy a genuine Epson pack which
contains all 4 cartridges and 100 sheets of photo paper ( I've got so much
of the stuff I could wallpaper the house !! ) for less than the price of two
cartridges purchased individually. It's called " Epson Photo Pack " under
their cat number T055640CC and retails for about 24UKP or around $40. I
don't know if it contains the right cartridges for your 600 - it doesn't say
that it does - but it seems to list just about every other Stylus 'R' series
printer. The contained cartridges are T0551, 0552, 0553 and 0544. If not,
they might well do another similar pack for yours. Lessens the pain of ink
purchase considerably. Incidentally, I have tried 'cheap' cartridges and
refilled cartridges in a previous Epson that I had, and in both cases,
caused head clog problems. I've also discovered that these Epson all in
ones, don't like being left on continuously, because the printhead doesn't
autopark after a period of inactivity, so stays out in the open air, dries
out, and clogs. You're then up for blowing about a fifth of your ink on the
dreadfully inefficient head cleaning routine ... It's a real pain in the
arse really, as I want my printer ready to go the second I hit " print ". It
does my crust in sitting there for 2 minutes whilst it groans and wheezes to
the point where it thinks that it's primed itself ready to roll ... My good
old HP never suffered like it.

Arfa

Boba ha escrito:

Does anyone know how to print using this printer when the color
cartridges have run out of ink?

I am getting a message on the LCD that says the ink is low and to
replace the ink cartridges. The black ink is brand new and I should be
able to print in black only. The message doesn't go away even if I
remove the empty ink cartridges.

Since this is an "All In One" it is even preventing me from using the
scanner. Would they really make a printer that forces you to buy more
ink (about $80) before you could scan anything.

Any help would be great.

http://www.fixya.com/problems-soluti...t-Printer.aspx


Epson printers can´t operate if one of the cartridges is empty. There
is no workaround for that.

"Boba" wrote in message
ups.com...
Does anyone know how to print using this printer when the color
cartridges have run out of ink?

I am getting a message on the LCD that says the ink is low and to
replace the ink cartridges. The black ink is brand new and I should be
able to print in black only. The message doesn't go away even if I
remove the empty ink cartridges.

Since this is an "All In One" it is even preventing me from using the
scanner. Would they really make a printer that forces you to buy more
ink (about $80) before you could scan anything.


Yes, they would! And they have been, for quite a while now.
Epson uses piezoelectric printheads, as opposed to the thermal heads used on
most other printers. The enemy of piezo heads is air bubbles. They can
damage the costly head, and that's why you cannot continue to use the
printer if ANY individual cartridge runs out of ink.
In fact, Epson designed its cartridges to signal "empty" when there's still
around 15% (higher by some estimates) ink left! That's to make certain you
can't run the cart completely dry and thereby introduce air into the head.
If you don't believe that, carefully open up a spent cartridge over a sink,
slice open the plastic film covering the various ink channels and rinse it
out -- repeatedly push in the spring loaded outlet valve as well. There's
so much ink left, it will take quite a while before the water begins to
clear!
It's incredibly wasteful and annoying, but it actually saves money in the
long run, because it's even MORE wasteful to run tons of cleaning cycles
just to purge the head once you've gotten air in the system.

Aftermarket carts and ink can save lots of money, but they're a crap shoot.
Fed up with OEM price gouging and scare tactics, I decided to try a
clear-cartridge refill kit for my R200. The RX600 uses the same kit:
http://www.inkjetcarts.us/servlet/Detail?no=8

Only $44.95 for 6 spongeless carts with autoreset chips, 2 syringes, plus 4
ounces of ink for each of the 6 colors. That's cheap! I find the magenta
and light magenta are the only trouble areas with this kit, as they aren't
quite as vibrant as Epson's. All the other colors match. Increasing the
magenta level in the printer driver solved that problem and now I'm getting
beautiful skin tones and perfect grays. Printer test images, such as
http://www.sd9.org.uk/Printer%20Test%20file.jpg come out a damn close -- if
not exact (using only my calibrated eyeballs) -- match to the Epson ink.
I'm sure you could get an even closer match, if necessary, by further
tweaking the driver settings.
The drying times seem on par with Epson as is smudge resistance. It remains
to be seen whether they fade over time any faster than Epson inks, however.
It also remains to be seen whether they eventually clog the nozzles any
worse than Epson inks.
The documentation is excellent, but they might have mentioned one more tip.
If your printer was left sitting for a while with original carts, you may
have to run the initial purge cycle as I did, using the
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml program.

CAUTION: Unless you intend to replace ALL carts, do NOT attempt a chip
test/read or anything else relating to the chips using the SSC program on
certain printers like the R200 -- you will end up with chips indicating near
empty levels! Even if you could manage to fool the chip with a resetter,
you still won't know how much ink is really in the original carts, which
could lead to air entering the system. I took a couple of my Epson carts
down from around 27% to around 3% when I hit the wrong button. Ok, I was
half asleep and shouldn't tinker when I'm in that shape, but it happens.
Fortunately, I had planned to swap all the carts with the refill kit anyway,
so it wasn't a total loss.

Btw, no, I don't work for inkjetcarts.us, and this is my first order from
them. I have no idea as to the lifespan of their ink, either on paper or in
the bottle, or whether it will end up clogging my printhead. I'm simply
impressed with the INITIAL quality and price of the kit, as well as their
customer service. They answered my email questions promptly and included
documentation and image files for review.
If you're not in the USA, shipping cost might be higher than the product, so
you'll probably want to shop around for suppliers in your area.

Or, you could keep buying original carts. I just personally felt ripped off
when I did that.

"Boba" wrote in message
ups.com...
Does anyone know how to print using this printer when the color
cartridges have run out of ink?

I am getting a message on the LCD that says the ink is low and to
replace the ink cartridges. The black ink is brand new and I should be
able to print in black only. The message doesn't go away even if I
remove the empty ink cartridges.

Btw, I forgot to mention that Epson printers actually use a LITTLE ink from
ALL the color carts, even when you select "black only" in the driver. They
do this to help keep the nozzles from clogging in the case of users who
mostly print in black. Nobody [besides perhaps Epson] ever claimed Epson
printers were the most efficient or environmentally-friendly ones in the
world.

"Boba" wrote in message
ups.com...
Since this is an "All In One" it is even preventing me from using the
scanner. Would they really make a printer that forces you to buy more
ink (about $80) before you could scan anything.

Oops.. u said scanning not printing. My bad. Well, I dunno why they
prevent u from scanning when the ink is gone. That doesn't make a lot of
sense. Are ya sure it isn't only preventing scanning direct to printer
output? Is it also disallowing scanning to file?

We have the same problem with an EPson CX5400. I only found out about
the low ink stopping everything when it stopped. I was livid!!! I
wil never buy any Epson product again, and I tell everyone who happens
to discuss printers to avoid Epson like the plague.

H.R. Hofmann

Ray L. Volts ha escrito:


Btw, I forgot to mention that Epson printers actually use a LITTLE ink from
ALL the color carts, even when you select "black only" in the driver. They
do this to help keep the nozzles from clogging in the case of users who
mostly print in black. Nobody [besides perhaps Epson] ever claimed Epson
printers were the most efficient or environmentally-friendly ones in the
world.

That explains why, in every Epson printer I had, the color cartridges
seemed to evaporate. Even if one prints only black text, seems that
invariably for each two black cartridges replaced I have to replace the
color set of cartridges, regardless if I used them a lot or not.