Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)
I have looked at the service manual for the ip4000 and it simply says the
following regarding the waste ink counter:
> 1. Check the waste ink amount by service print or EEPROM information.
> See 3.3 Adjustment settings (not very useful)
> and 6 Service Mode (not in the supplied document)
There is no reference whatsoever on how the end-user is able to reset the
counter.
However on careful inspection of the manual it does say that no tools are
required, and that it would take an engineer less than a minute to perform
the reset, which leads me to think that there may be either a jumper or
point to short in order to reinitialise the logic board assembly. Without
taking the printer apart I cannot comment further (and I am sorry to
disappoint you folks by refusing to strip my printer since it is only a week
old.)
I am annoyed though. Is this another ploy by the manufacturers to extort
more money from the end user by regulating when the printer will cease to
function without servicing from one of their own engineers. It does not
matter if you use OEM inks or otherwise.
It also says that the estimated lifespan of the iP4000 is estimated at 300
A4 borderless prints or 5 years whichever comes first. That is quite an
alarmingly low statistical fact.
The other facts are not too bad, but the stats seem low for photographs
since it is after all a photo printer.
Black based on 1500 chars = 7200 pages
Colour A4 @ 7.5% duty per colour pattern =5400 pages
Colour A4 Photo borderless printing =300 pages
Colour 4x6 Photo borderless printing =3600 pages
Colour Postcard Photo borderless printing 1500 pages
Could this be a misprint?
The service manual indeed suggests that the waste ink counter is stored
within the printer itself on an EEPROM. It does not indicate how the
end-user can access this or bypass this.
So to reinforce my argument, although I hope its a few years before I come
across it, it's a little devious to engineer an expiration counter which may
even be inaccurate and may not even be required if a user decides to
relocate the ink expiration tube so that it soaks away into an empty bottle.
Come to think of it... Why couldn't the printer be designed with a soakaway
drawer at the back which the user can empty or replace at their
leisure....??
Nuff sed!
I have looked at the service manual for the ip4000 and it simply says the
following regarding the waste ink counter:
> 1. Check the waste ink amount by service print or EEPROM information.
> See 3.3 Adjustment settings (not very useful)
> and 6 Service Mode (not in the supplied document)
There is no reference whatsoever on how the end-user is able to reset the
counter.
However on careful inspection of the manual it does say that no tools are
required, and that it would take an engineer less than a minute to perform
the reset, which leads me to think that there may be either a jumper or
point to short in order to reinitialise the logic board assembly. Without
taking the printer apart I cannot comment further (and I am sorry to
disappoint you folks by refusing to strip my printer since it is only a week
old.)
I am annoyed though. Is this another ploy by the manufacturers to extort
more money from the end user by regulating when the printer will cease to
function without servicing from one of their own engineers. It does not
matter if you use OEM inks or otherwise.
It also says that the estimated lifespan of the iP4000 is estimated at 300
A4 borderless prints or 5 years whichever comes first. That is quite an
alarmingly low statistical fact.
The other facts are not too bad, but the stats seem low for photographs
since it is after all a photo printer.
Black based on 1500 chars = 7200 pages
Colour A4 @ 7.5% duty per colour pattern =5400 pages
Colour A4 Photo borderless printing =300 pages
Colour 4x6 Photo borderless printing =3600 pages
Colour Postcard Photo borderless printing 1500 pages
Could this be a misprint?
The service manual indeed suggests that the waste ink counter is stored
within the printer itself on an EEPROM. It does not indicate how the
end-user can access this or bypass this.
So to reinforce my argument, although I hope its a few years before I come
across it, it's a little devious to engineer an expiration counter which may
even be inaccurate and may not even be required if a user decides to
relocate the ink expiration tube so that it soaks away into an empty bottle.
Come to think of it... Why couldn't the printer be designed with a soakaway
drawer at the back which the user can empty or replace at their
leisure....??
Nuff sed!
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram