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I have a simple Lexmark Z2300, and was thinking to save a few bucks by refilling the black cartridge. Turns out that there is some fuse that pops when the cartridge goes empty and when the software detects this when the printer software is called upon, it sends you the notice to get a new cartridge. You can't do any printing until a new cart is installed. So, even if you refill the cart it will not work due to this fuse. Gone are the days of just ignoring the warning and printing away...printer manufacturers have managed to force us into buying their ink cartridges.
Now, I am wondering, there must be someone out there who has the smarts to write a simple program to override the printer software, or maybe just modify the code, to allow you to get around this. Alter the printer software, so that it will ignore this empty cartridge signal, thus allowing you to refill the cartridge.
There probably is such a thing, just have to know where to look or where to ask. So I put this thread forward, that all of us who are paying through the nose for ink jet ink can maybe network around the web and see if there is anyone out there capable of helping us.
Now, I am wondering, there must be someone out there who has the smarts to write a simple program to override the printer software, or maybe just modify the code, to allow you to get around this. Alter the printer software, so that it will ignore this empty cartridge signal, thus allowing you to refill the cartridge.
There probably is such a thing, just have to know where to look or where to ask. So I put this thread forward, that all of us who are paying through the nose for ink jet ink can maybe network around the web and see if there is anyone out there capable of helping us.