Hi Jan,

Sorry, I've been a bit slow in my reply. Lots of "stuff" flying around...

There are a few possibilities.

Since the 880 blessedly doesn't use a microchip, this isn't about bad
chips, etc.

I don't have my 880 accessible at the moment to pull cartridges out of,
but most pre chip cartridge used some type of pressure or other
activated switch within the cartridge carriage area. It can look like a
small rubber button or appendage sticking out when the cartridge is not
installed. Look for this and see if it is ink encrusted or otherwise
appears to be sluggish or non functional. Clean the area carefully with
water and isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab. Make sure it is clean
and mobile and try to reinstall the cartridge again. Occasionally, a
cartridge will be malformed, or some foreign matter has stuck somewhere
that is not allowing the cartridge to seat properly in the carriage
area, etc. This button may be at the base of the ink carriage area or
on one side of it.

Art

Jan Alter wrote:

We have an Epson 880 at our school that doesn't want to reset the black
ink-out light once a new cartridge is placed in the ink chamber. The light
iremains on solid red. I have tried repeatedly to lift the clamp cover and
reset it (at least 10 times) but the light will not go out. I even tried
using the old cartridge to see if that would work to reset the ink out
light, thinking that the new cartridge might be physically faulty. That has
not helped.
I'm thinking that there may be a pcb malfunction but am not sure. We are
using the printer with an Apple Emac so even considering using the SSC
utility software to overide the out light would not be relevent as the
software is only used for a PC. Any ideas how to deal with this problem?
By the way, I have several other dead 880 printers on hand to scavenge
should anyone have a possible solution.

Thanks,

Jan Alter

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