|
|
abbafan1972
regular
Reg'd: Fri
Posts: 1535
Loc: Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
|
I have just inherited an Epson Stylus photo R200 printer from a relative. It has installed fine and the pc recognises it.
The problem I am having is this, the yellow cartridge is empty and I can't seem to find a way to get the Epson to print, as it just gives me the message that the yellow ink is out.
Brother in law has given me what cartridges he had, but there is no yellow. Apart from going to pc world or somewhere today and spending about £15 on a yellow cartridge just so that we can try the printer, is there any way I can get round this?
My last printer was an Epson C84 and this one had the same problem when one cartridge ran out.
Can anyone help please?
--------------------
Dell Inspiron 1720 running Vista Home premium SP1, Firefox 3.0.3
|
|
Fusion
regular
Reg'd: Mon
Posts: 3266
Loc: Darlington UK
|
|
There is no way around this that I know of.
I have an R200 just for the CD/DVD printing facility and when one of the inks is empty, or rather when the printer tells you it's empty, you have to renew the one in question in order to carry on printing.
The idea around this is to allegedly prevent the nozzle(s) which are fed from the spent cartridge from drying up and clogging and potentially costing you a lot of money.
Some say that changing the settings in the preferences to print black only would work. Sadly it doesn't as that option isn't available in the Control Panel. Same with grey scale printing but grey needs the availability of other inks to 'make' grey.
I always have on hand a pack of reserve cartridges should this happen.
--------------------
Paradox Images
Always ask the right question to the right person and always get the right answer!
|
abbafan1972
regular
Reg'd: Fri
Posts: 1535
Loc: Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
|
Thanks. On my C84 I always made sure I had a spare one to put in when one ran out. Of course this printer has just been given to me, as Brother in law has a new Vista pc and the printer won't work with Vista.
It was good of him to let me have the printer, so I'm not complaining lol!
My local stationers had got a Jettec one for £6.99, which I had no choice but to get, otherwise wait until after the new year to use my new printer!
I will order a full set of colours in the next few days, so I have some spare one (I have 3 black ones already).
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
--------------------
Dell Inspiron 1720 running Vista Home premium SP1, Firefox 3.0.3
|
Fusion
regular
Reg'd: Mon
Posts: 3266
Loc: Darlington UK
|
|
 . . . . don't tell the Brother-in-Law, but the R200 should be OK with Vista. The drivers are included with VIsta! They are called . . . >> In Box << . . . 
Happy Christmas
|
abbafan1972
regular
Reg'd: Fri
Posts: 1535
Loc: Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
|
--------------------
Dell Inspiron 1720 running Vista Home premium SP1, Firefox 3.0.3
|
outsider
regular
Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 176
Loc: somewhere in the UK
|
|
Hi
Give this program a go it can over ride Epsom's software
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
--------------------
Any help is a blessing in disguise !!
|
Fusion
regular
Reg'd: Mon
Posts: 3266
Loc: Darlington UK
|
|
** - NOTE! It is impossible to reset ink counters by software methods on this printer (R200).
Use "ink freezer" function to maintain current ink level and "hot swap" to use refilled old cartridges.
As the cartridge is already empty, you'd probably be 'freezing' the empty level which wouldn't help the issue. Buying a full cartridge and then 'freezing' may work but that defeats the object in this instance but could help in the future in a similar scenario.
Worth a try though.
--------------------
Paradox Images
Always ask the right question to the right person and always get the right answer!
|
abbafan1972
regular
Reg'd: Fri
Posts: 1535
Loc: Birmingham, United Kingdom
|
|
thanks for that. May give it a go, although I might just make sure I always have cartridge to change with, so I don't get caught short.
--------------------
Dell Inspiron 1720 running Vista Home premium SP1, Firefox 3.0.3
|
Previous
Index
Next
Threaded
Edit
Reply
Quote
