epson ink cartridge have a counter chip embedded. so you cant useother compatible cartridge other than epson.. or refill an original cartridge when they go out.... fortunately people found ways around this... as always.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ling SM" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.hardware.microcontrollers.pic To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [OT]your thoughts reliability analysis >> * I knew someone who did 217 calculations as his job. One of the things >> he did was help design color TV picture tubes so that they would fail a >> couple of months after the 1 year warranty ran out. > > Situations are even worse. > > I have good reasons to suspect that my printer has an algo to > intentionally killing itself and the print head. I shall be able to do > more test when my stock of refill ink run down. For the time being, I > shall resist to swap "old" print head to another "old" printer. > > It is quite a tough money to make in the consumer electronics areana > when compare to the fashion industry when a pair of jean easily price > higher than a MP3 player. But... > > Ling SM > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist