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I just installed refillable cartridges in an Epson Artisan 50. I have a few simple questions. The first is followed by a quote right out of the Epson user manual. 1. Will the after market ARS chips do the same thing? If not, how will I know that the cartridges need to be refilled (other than...

I'm confused. From what I gather, there seems to be more than one chip type being used at this time by the respected suppliers of 3rd party re-fillable cartridges. In addition to so-called "auto reset" chips, what other types are available? For instance, I have seen a chip where all colors are...

Is there any place where I can buy retail quantities of the subject ARC chips? I have a few sets of the refillable cartridge cases but they need the latest ARC chips. Richard

After powering printer up, it goes through the usual start up actions then it stops with the red ink error light on. Status monitor indicates all cartridges are OK. However, there is no sign of ink flowing through the printer head into the waste ink sponge under the carriage parking station...

I would like to understand the inner workings of the chips used on Epson (non-OEM &/or OEM) cartridges. Hopefully, some of the more knowledgeable people on the forum can help. I already know the basic stuff like set, reset, etc. but know little about the functions of the electronic circuits...

This is a C/P quote from another post on this forum. "'Reason I ask on this point is that some folks have reinitialized the whole printer EEPROM and ended up with a printer that thinks it's a different model and therefore won't accept the local cartridge chips." I don't understand what the...

Can some one tell me what the difference is between these chips? 1. OEM chip with 9 square contacts (maybe 3 year old cartridge) 2. An old (1 - 2 years) CIS chip with elliptical shaped contacts? Richard

I have been using a CIS for several years problem free, then I ran into the "Service Required" issue. It was easy enough to reset the waste ink counter using the Epson utility provided for this job. Concurrently, I removed the CIS ink cartridge set to do "some house cleaning" inside of the...