Barry, Some questions about your post, if you don't mind.... 1---what's this download you were talking about? 2---I have a Canon i550 Inkjet.... 4 tanks...What exactly do you mean by "3rd party inks"? 3---please tell me a bit more about your Epson R200.... my i550 does quite well on photos... (I have discovered, however, that most any printer does a FAR better job when you use photo paper... I like the Glossy stuff.... I think it looks more like a "real" photo!! Thanks for your comments, I'll be awaiting your comments from this.... PAX NancyT There's been many a good printer with many years of useful life left in them that have been dumped because of this little problem, and for the sake of a small download ( if you know where to get it ! ) they could have been saved. Of course it's only worth while doing this if the printer continues to give good service - when they get too worn out to be reliable then it really is time to let go of them :-) When you do get to replacing this venerable printer then its long years of service has to say something for Epson - and we to have used Epson printers without any problems, current model being the R200 which prints direct onto CD's as well as producing great photo's. The good thing about Epson's is there's a good market in 3rd party inks at much lower cost, and despite the warnings from Epson we've had good results from these. What I would advise though is to find a brand you like and stick to it - it's when you start mixing different inks that you get the problems with clogged nozzles etc. Not all inks are made the same and some don't mix well !!

Hello Nancy, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 8:00:49 PM, you wrote: NT> Barry, NT> Some questions about your post, if you don't mind.... NT> 1---what's this download you were talking about? It's a program that allows the user to reset the waste ink counter on Epson printers. When the counter reaches a certain value the printer will cease to function - you are supposed to have the waste ink sponge replaced though it may well be long away from needing it. Some folks take the sponge out and wash it apparently, but that does mean taking the printer apart somewhat !! BTW - Canon printers use a sequence of button presses to do the same job but it varies according to the printer, with some having little or no indication you've pressed the buttons in the right order <lol> NT> 2---I have a Canon i550 Inkjet.... 4 tanks...What exactly do you NT> mean by "3rd party inks"? Inks not made or endorsed by Canon. These tend to be quite a lot cheaper than the 'branded' ones and although the printer makers will tell you that anything else will cause your printer to malfunction, in practice this doesn't happen and these lower cost inks work just as well as the originals. Whether or not you go for these is a matter of personal choice but we've used these low cost ones on our Epson's for years without any ill effects. NT> 3---please tell me a bit more about your Epson R200.... my i550 NT> does quite well on photos... (I have discovered, however, that NT> most any printer does a FAR better job when you use photo paper... NT> I like the Glossy stuff.... I think it looks more like a "real" NT> photo!! Using better quality paper does make a big difference to the print, even if not printing photo's <lol> The R200 has performed great since we got it - even printing some old postcards we scanned better than the original ! CD printing was a bit hit-and-miss until we realised that the tray needed to be pulled through quite a long way and stuck out at the back ... it was being stopped by hitting the PC sat behind and the print job cancelled with an error. Once that was clear it did a grand job of printing direct to the CD top ( using a special type of CD of course, by they aren't much dearer than normal ones ). No good for doing many CD's - each one takes a while to do - but the end results are worth the wait. HTH :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe