Chris Aitken wrote:
>> p.s. I hope I do not need to say (rule of thumb)
>>
>> 1) avoid lexmark - carts are almost all thermal and melt after one
>> refill.
>> 2) avoid HP - carts are chipped and timestamped - they may have a "use
>> by" date which is enforced by the printer! And there are lost of
>> out of date carts for sale on the net and in shops!
>
> Generally HP printers have integrated print heads in the cartridge, so
> they get replaced with every cart replacement. Epson's heads are part
> of the printer.
> This can cause problems if you've had your HP profiled to produce B+W
> prints without any metamerism, and then run out of ink!
>
> I know you can slso buy Epson chip resetters for when non OEM carts are
> used.
>
I have a Samsung CLP510, which I acquired by accident (should have been
a 550 with PCL5 instead of Samsung's nasty closed source SPLC language).
I have successfully re-chipped the beast with help from a supplier
somewhere in Scotland who sold me the chips for a couple of £. I believe
he also does chips for other printers and can dig up his contact details
if anyone cares to ask. It's now been refilled with toner several times
at vastly reduced cost from buying new cartridges. Interestingly enough,
Cartridge World were no use on this one - almost the same price as a new
toner cartridge from Viking, Staples etc.
Also I can drive it properly with real open source drivers since
recently thanks to the Splix project on sourceforge.
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