From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 5 22:17:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.lokmail.net (MAIL.LOKMAIL.NET [209.48.2.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7140F37B67D for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 22:17:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.lokmail.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lokmail.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA31877 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 01:16:42 -0500 Message-Id: <200102060616.BAA31877@mail.lokmail.net> From: pv To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Epson's weird cartridge-replacement rules MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <31872.981440202.1@mail.lokmail.net> Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 01:16:42 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have an Epson Stylus Color 480SXU USB printer which I got for free from one of the parental units. I'm running FreeBSD 4.2. I notice the included "Start Here" insert states: "Don't open an ink cartridge clamp to remove a cartridge except to replace it with a new one. Once you remove a cartridge, you can't reuse it, even if it contains ink." There is a Windows utility that warns when the ink is low (there's no low-ink light). If one does need to replace an old or damaged cartridge before the ink runs out, a special Windows utility needs to be run for that. I'm thinking this sort of setup wouldn't lend itself well to non-Windows environments. I had lots of bad luck with Epsons and cartidge replacements at my last job and am wondering if I should just take the other choice, a Cannon BJC-2000 parallel instead. If I do take the Cannon, I get a free Color-Image Scanner Cartidge which also contains Windows software. Would I necessarily need that to get it to scan under *BSD? I'm thinking not, but I could be wrong... P.S. The Epson insert further reads: "Keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children and do not drink the ink." I want to know if anyone's tried this and what the motivation was. --------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message