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 | | From: | HF | | Subject: | Re: Damn HP!!! | | Date: | Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:02:26 -0000 |
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 | Not really !!!
"Orak Listalavostok" wrote in message
news:1103970134.719168.117700@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Just ran across this article
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> http://www.alotofthings.com/inkjetinformation/TheNewInkJetMarketplace.htm
> > some HP (and Lexmark) cartridges have the expiration dates burned in
> > at the time of manufacture, not the time of installation.
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> I think there might be two dates 'burned' into the HP 14 c5010a ink
> cartridges.
> 1. FINAL EXPIRATION DATE (dies 4.5 years from date of manufacture)
> 2. IN-SERVICE DATE (dies 2.5 years from date of initial installation)
> The "actual" HP14 ink cartrdige expiry date is the first of these two!
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> I think the 4.5 year expiry date is burned in at manufacture time;
> I think the 30-month expiry date is burned in when you install it.
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> I don't think HP burns in a serial number;
> I think it burns the actual date!
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> Witness these facts:
> Today, Christmas Eve, my color cartridge said it was out of ink.
> When I put a second cartridge in, it said the SAME THING even though
> the cartridge was full of OEM ink (it was only used ONCE on the day I
> bought it). Same with a third OEM full HP 14 color ink cartridge.
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> I infer that the 30-months contiguous service is burned into the smart
> chip at the time of install.
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> Interesting, since all three cartridges were put in service on the same
> day in the same machine, and all three are saying "out of ink" even
> though only one can possibly be out of ink, I suspect the date burned
> into each cartridge is the SAME DATE (and not some unique serial
> number).
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> That is, I'm surmising, the HP D145 printer is seeing the second and
> third ink cartridges EXACTLY the same as the first (it appears). If I
> had only put them in service on a DIFFERENT DATE, then perhaps it would
> recognize the second and third cartridges as different.
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> In summary, I think the HP D145 printer is assuming the three ink
> cartridges are one and the same because all the HP ojd145 "sees" is
> the same date burned into the smart chip on all three (which were put
> in initial service in the same machine on that same date months ago).
> Does this make any sense?
>
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