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Can i over ride the Ink empty warning on a Grenadier?
Is there anyway to over ride the message that a cartridge has run out of ink on a grenadier printer. We are using refillable cartridges and the cartridge in question is full but the printer just keeps beeping. I have changed the black cartridges around but still no joy!
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Yes you can but in our experience using inferior/refillable cartridges cost more damage than good and voids the warranty!
Matt
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you will need to replace the chip in the cart.
Does your ink supplier not send you these with every litre of ink? If not you will need to source ‘permanent chips’ to stop the printer thinking that the cart is empty.john
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My Grenadier came with bulk ink system installed so there must be a way to turn off the ink counter in the service menu.
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Hi all,
I have a Grenadier with bulk/refillable carts. My machine never beeps at me, it always shows that my carts are empty on the menu screen. I don’t have chips in the carts, don’t think any bulk/refillable cart would or have any use for a chip in a cart.
Mark
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Sounds like your carts have permanent chips fitted Mark…….the printer reads the chip to know firstly if there is a cart inserted, what colour ink is in it and how much ink is left.
A permanent chip never needs replaced as it tells the printer that the cart always has ink in it……some ink suppliers send a 1 litre chip with every litre of bulk ink.
john
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John,
Bulk carts are clear. there are no chips in my carts. You said its so the machine knows what colour is in what cart. I think that’s wrong, as when I put my carts in the machine in the first place the carts were picked at random and slotted into the machine. It did not matter what carts I put in and where.
I could swap carts around now, if i was stupid enough to do that and the printer wouldn’t know what colour was in what cart and would happily print away with the wrong colour in it. My printer is now showing empty carts on all 12 carts.
I’ve never had to replace a chip (as I don’t have one) with every litre of ink I’ve put it, and I’ve put loads in it.
Form Mark
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Mark clearly my Mimaki is very different to your Grenadier……
John
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yes very different, its a Roland soljet painted blue lol
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*rofl* yes mine have no chips either, the machine was factory set to accept them.
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