"Tony" wrote in message
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"Andy C" wrote in message
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I've just bought a complete set of Jet Tec compatible cartridges for my
Epson R300. They work beautifully and at a quarter of the price of the
original Epson cartridges they seem very good value. One problem
though -
every time I print anything Epson Print Monitor pops up an error message
saying "The installed ink cartridges differ from the original EPSON ink
cartridges... Do you want to continue?". I've set the printer to not
display
error messages but this one still comes up. As it happens every time it
gets
a little annoying. Is there a way of getting this to stop? I've got a
feeling that there isn't and it's just Epson's way of making you buy
their
cartridges, but if this is the case it will actually just persuade me
not
to
buy their printers!

Cheers

Andy C
This is completely unusual - as that message is set to appear only when
the
cartridges are first installed and primed. There is the possibility that
one
set of pins maybe - at the back of the cartridge seat housing - is not
making correct contact with the cartridge chip ?? Other than that have you
tried reinstalling the drivers.
The contact pins are quite delicate and brittle,made from a hardened
contact
point so it is wise if and when you clean them to only stroke gently down
with a cotton bud. The cartridge not present message for instance does
appear when the pins are dirty with ink and the drivers go around in a
seemingly never ending loop.
Let us know if you think you have found the cause
Tony

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Get the same problem with my CX6400, The only way I could prevent this from
happening was to uninstall the Epson Status Monitor. But if you are using a
MAC it may not be that simple. Seems like Epson are doing this on all the
latest range of printers.

Martin