> No doubt, there exist enterprising entrepreneurs engaging in
> engineering elegant excellent ersatz "work arounds" to the
> problem for the HP units. Or one might guess...

Well, perhaps for homers but so far it seems not on the commercial
side. My refill lady says they are aware of the Epson method and
use a reprogrammer to clear the chip in the cartridge. Apparently
HP tried chips some time ago but found they were susceptible to
just that and have now come up with something more fiendish. She's
not exactly sure what. One day when she gets a spare empty one
she'll pass it over for dissection. One good thing to come out of
being a sticky-beak and engaging in counter chat is that she'll keep
an eye out for an HP cartridge I've been looking for. I was given a
Deskjet 400 minus cartridge. Great, I thought. Until I found out the
replacement cartridge will be $89.95 (robbers !!!! It's a bottle of ink
dammit !!). Huh, some gift. If I play my cards right and get her some
help with the refilling problem maybe I can score a discount

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