Epson Photo R265 and CISS.

[Dave]

I bought the EpsonPhoto R265 about a year ago, complete with a continuous
ink system and after some fiddle got it working. It worked OK except for
needing a lot of clean cycles for almost every use. I recently got a leak
in the Yellow cartridge and took it out to replace the rubber sealing
grommet. On putting it back the status monitor showed the yellow empty and
all the attempts to reset according to the book failed. Took all cartridges
out and replaced on a replace cycle, now I got all cartridges showing Xs and
a message that the cartridges were incompatible. Bought some standard clone
replacement cartridges of good make and replaced the CISS cartridges, but
still status monitor puts red Xs on all cartridges and message tells me
cartridges are incompatible. Any ideas???

I've read up on some of the forums and find that the reset software for my
R265 isn't commonly available and that maybe I have too much ink on the ink
cleaning pad which needs replacing. Anything like that makes the printer
repair uneconomical by third party. Please help!!!

PS What is a good Photo printer to buy nowadays that allows Ink
systems/refilling.

Dave

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Try unplugging the printer for a few hours, or a day, and then replug.
This is usually caused by a scrambled EPPROM or RAM, and the firmware
needs to reset.

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[Dave]

Thanks. have tried this for 24 hours, no change to symptoms!!!

Dave

 

[Arthur Entlich]

OK, the next attempt is to make sure the cartridges or whatever is
supplying the monitor chip contacts are clean and properly seated so
that the contacts are correct.

However, you should be aware that the monitor chips have a limited
lifespan. They can only be rewritten to a limited number of times
before they will fail. You may just need new monitor chips.

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[Dave]

I have tried the printer with a complete set of new cartidges which contain
new chips, so these will have been replaced. Do you mean by Monitor Chips
the chips on Epson cartridges??
I have cleaned the contacts and reseated them.


Dave

 

[Arthur Entlich]

No, you're correct. I was speaking of the monitor chips that are found
on the cartridges. If they are new and you still are getting no
response, something else has gone wrong, and I am at a loss.

Did you upgrade any drivers for the printer recently? Epson has (with
some models) changed the codes on the monitor chips to try to confound
the 3rd party cartridge and CIS makers, and they can change the firmware
via driver software.

Other than that, I don't know what to suggest.

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[Dave]

No the drivers are the same as they have always been. I did see somewhere on
the web that some Epson printers need servicing of their Excess Ink Pads or
whatever they are called. This needs pads renewal and reset of the printer
by software, that I can't find for my particular printer. I'm actually
getting %£%% off with Epson. I resurrected an old Epson D88 that I had,
but having lost the original drivers I downloaded them from Epson. Now every
time I try to print it tells me that I am not running True Epson Cartridges.
I believe I can only stop this by turning off the Status Monitor. This is a
pain and is certainly putting me off buying another Epson. Its not actually
in the spirit of recycling or minimising consumable consumption is it? I
really thought that the printer manufacturers had opted into being more
environmentally responsible. Not so.

Can anyone reccomend a good Photo Printer that allows use of CISS systems or
does not interfere with refilling cartridges.

Thanks for your halp

Dave

 

[Arthur Entlich]

You might want to read parts of my blog (address below) regarding what
the printer manufacturers are up to. They seem to be least interested
in anything regarding lessening waste.

When your Epson printer reaches its "waste ink pad protection number" it
usually doesn't indicate the problem you mention, but instead indicates
"parts on your printer have reached their serviceable life and require
replacement"

Your printer is not typically worth getting the waste inkpads replaced,
because it is a low end model, but you can do two things.

1) Even when the printer indicates it has reached the protection
numbers, the pads are usually only about half full. You can redirect
the waste ink tube with an extension tube to a bottle outside of the
printer. It can often be accessed via a trap door on the side of the
printer, but best to look on line for a website that shows the process.


2) Your printer guestimates how much waste ink is in the pads, and does
so conservatively, based upon the number of cleaning processes,
purgings, and other processes to calculate the ink that went down the
waste ink tube.

3) To reset the printer's waste ink protection numbers to zero try:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/InkPadsForm.jsp

if your printer was bought in north america

or:

http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml

which supports some printer models.

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