Epson Status Monitor and ink replacement

KW said:

I just finished my first cartridge of my Epson Photo 710. I remember some
of you saying about 'remove the empty cartridge and insert it back' to
squeeze out more prints. I know that's a dangerous act. After I saw the
first
'ink low' signal (I was on an A4 printing), I removed the cartridge and
tapped
it on a piece of paper. I could only see a very little of the remaining ink
spilt on the paper, and it's real empty. I don't think it could last for one
more A4. The Photo 710 is an upgrade of 700 and I think it's only available
in certain region. The Status Monitor supplied was version 3, and I think it
reports quite accurately about the ink level. Who ever using older
version of
SM, see whether you can get an update or what.

For those who recommended the 'remove and re-insert the cartridge' method, I
have a question: when you re-insert the cartridge, the printer will think
that
you install a new cartridge and the Status Monitor will reset to full level.
The printer will go on printing until nowhere. How do you know when the ink
is real empty? And how do you remove the cartridge for changing when you
think it's empty but the printer doesn't?

Now I'm trying on a third party product - Nippon-Ink. I found that it's
better
than Epson's original! I saw that being demonstrated at shopping: parallel
printing and comparing with Epson's ink. I decided to give it a try. Now I'm
happy I did that. When Epson's ink came out fresh from printing, I wouldn't
get the final color (I'm using normal photo paper). After more than 12 hours
the color would shift to yellowish and stayed there. But Nippon-Ink didn't
exhibit this habit. The color was stable and skin tones were more natural.
The salesperson even said it's waterproof! I haven't tried yet.

Regards

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Wil said:

I was the one who re-insert the cartridge back to the printer in order to
crank out more pages!!
Normally, you would press the cleanning button(flashing) for 3 secs and
wait for the head moves to the left. but this time you press the
load/eject button for
a few secs and it should go to the left and replace the empty cartridges!

Somehow, it reset to full level and I keep printing until I see there is
a missing
color showing on my print then I know I have to throw it away! Simple !

I doubt the guage is accurate because it shows full when I put the empty
one back on and I don't think there is some kind a sensor that will measure
the ink level??!
You may say this doesn't make sense but it works for me!

Good luck!

Wil

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Wil said:

I was the one who re-insert the cartridge back to the printer in order to
crank out more pages!!
Normally, you would press the cleanning button(flashing) for 3 secs and
wait for the head moves to the left. but this time you press the
load/eject button for
a few secs and it should go to the left and replace the empty cartridges!

Somehow, it reset to full level and I keep printing until I see there is
a missing
color showing on my print then I know I have to throw it away! Simple !

I doubt the guage is accurate because it shows full when I put the empty
one back on and I don't think there is some kind a sensor that will measure
the ink level??!
You may say this doesn't make sense but it works for me!

Good luck!

Wil

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KW said:

Now I'm trying on a third party product - Nippon-Ink. I found that it's
better
than Epson's original! I saw that being demonstrated at shopping: parallel
printing and comparing with Epson's ink. I decided to give it a try. Now I'm
happy I did that. When Epson's ink came out fresh from printing, I wouldn't
get the final color (I'm using normal photo paper). After more than 12 hours
the color would shift to yellowish and stayed there. But Nippon-Ink didn't
exhibit this habit. The color was stable and skin tones were more natural.
The salesperson even said it's waterproof! I haven't tried yet.

Regards

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Wil said:

Somehow, it reset to full level and I keep printing until I see there is
a missing
color showing on my print then I know I have to throw it away! Simple !

I doubt the guage is accurate because it shows full when I put the empty
one back on and I don't think there is some kind a sensor that will measure
the ink level??!
You may say this doesn't make sense but it works for me!

Good luck!

Wil

Member said:

I just finished my first cartridge of my Epson Photo 710. I remember some
of you saying about 'remove the empty cartridge and insert it back' to
squeeze out more prints. I know that's a dangerous act. After I saw the
first
'ink low' signal (I was on an A4 printing), I removed the cartridge and
tapped
it on a piece of paper. I could only see a very little of the remaining ink
spilt on the paper, and it's real empty. I don't think it could last for one
more A4. The Photo 710 is an upgrade of 700 and I think it's only available
in certain region. The Status Monitor supplied was version 3, and I think it
reports quite accurately about the ink level. Who ever using older
version of
SM, see whether you can get an update or what.

For those who recommended the 'remove and re-insert the cartridge' method, I
have a question: when you re-insert the cartridge, the printer will think
that
you install a new cartridge and the Status Monitor will reset to full level.
The printer will go on printing until nowhere. How do you know when the ink
is real empty? And how do you remove the cartridge for changing when you
think it's empty but the printer doesn't?

Now I'm trying on a third party product - Nippon-Ink. I found that it's
better
than Epson's original! I saw that being demonstrated at shopping: parallel
printing and comparing with Epson's ink. I decided to give it a try. Now I'm
happy I did that. When Epson's ink came out fresh from printing, I wouldn't
get the final color (I'm using normal photo paper). After more than 12 hours
the color would shift to yellowish and stayed there. But Nippon-Ink didn't
exhibit this habit. The color was stable and skin tones were more natural.
The salesperson even said it's waterproof! I haven't tried yet.

Regards

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Leon Wittwer said:

Are you using Epson's photo paper or another brand? I've printed
hundreds of photographs using Epson OEM inks and Epson's photo paper and
never has one turned yellowish within hours. Leon

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Tisya said:

Well, to me I don't even have to remove the cartridge. It would tell me
it's empty but I could still get some prints out of it. You could tell
when it is actually out of ink when your print out becomes lighter or
misses some colors. As long as you don't get annoyed by the blinking
lights from the printer just leave the cartridge and see your output. I
have Epson 750 and Epson Pro Stylus.

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Michael Drexler said:

Where can one download the newest status monitor? I often use the Epson
750 to print in black and white and to print text. It bewilders me that
the status monitor shows the color cartridge depleting when I'm not using
it at all! Any assistance would be appreciated.

Michael

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