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SIX-SECOND RESET DEVICE FOR CHIPPED INKJET CARTRIDGES CRACKS EPSON'S LOCK ON MARKET
Release date: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dateline - Wayne, NJ, September 5, 2001 - Cartridge rechargers and printer owners can now refill Epson's "smart chipped" inkjet cartridges and then reset the chip to read
"full" in six seconds using a new resetting device from Repeat-O-Type Manufacturing Corporation.
In the past several years printer manufacturers have been attempting to prevent refilling and compatibles from entering the market by installing "smart chips" on their ink cartridges. These chips prevent the cartridge from functioning after the initial ink supply is depleted. This practice has kept the price of printing high by locking out the possibility of refill kits and aftermarket cartridges.
Repeat-O-Type has announced the availability of two electronic reset devices that address all of Epson's current chipped inkjet cartridges. The resetting process is accomplished by touching the resetting device to the "empty" chip for six seconds. Fred Keen, Repeat-O-Type's Director of Sales and Marketing, claims that the resetters have self-contained battery-operated circuitry that will reset hundreds of cartridges and that the battery will last for about five years of normal use.
Model #R2 resets Epson's T007 and T015 black cartridges and Epson's T008, T009 and T016 color cartridges.
Model #R4 resets Epson's T017 black cartridge and Epson's T018 color cartridge.
Each resetter retails for $35.00.
"We are already manufacturing bulk inks for most of the Epson chipped cartridges and now that we have developed the resetters we expect to have end-user refill kits for the various Epson chipped cartridges in production shortly," says Keen.
A photo of the product can be seen at http://www.repeatotype.com/EpsonReset.jpg
Repeat-O-Type Manufacturing Corp. is a family owned corporation that has been engaged in the manufacture of office reprographic products since 1931.
