It is also important that you place the external tanks next to (so level with)
your printer.
Don’t put them at a higher or lower elevation than your printer as this may
affect the flow of your ink from the tanks to the cartridges inside the
printer)
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There are chips on the end of each cartridge which have a 'memory' of how
much ink you have used. Printers also have a 'memory' of your usage.
These memory systems assume you've run out of ink when you have
consumed a certain amount. They don't realise that you have a large
external tank feeding your cartridges. So after some time you'll get a
message on your PC screen telling you to replace your cartridges. Check
your ink level in the external tanks. Most likely there will still be a ink in
these tanks. If this is the case, you'll need to reset the chips using the little
white reset button on the cartridge.
Press the red flashing button on the printer to get the print head to the
“
replace cartridge” position
. Simply press and
hold
the white reset
button on the cartridge for 3-4 seconds. (If you have an older-style cartridge
(pre-2008) you won't have a white reset button. In this case you'll need to
remove the cartridge and put it back in. You'll then need to turn off and
then turn on your printer.) Now press the red flashing button on the
printer. Your cartridges are now reset.
It is important to note – the cartridges cannot be reset at just any point –
the Epson ink monitor must report out of ink (for any cartridge), and then a
reset of all cartridges can be done. Once reset, all chips report full
cartridges.
Reset cartridges
