ReInk

About

ReInk - is experimental utility to reset ink level in new chiped Epson cartridges programmatically through regular printer interface (i.e. without any additional hardware controllers).

This utility is supposed to be an Open Source alternative to Windows program named "SSC Service Utility".

Features

To find out features of current ReInk version look at the source code :).

Major functions list:

• Infrastructure for communicating with printer by means of IEEE 1284.4 protocol (initializing, opening/closing channels, service discovery, data transmission and so on).
• Read from arbitary EEPROM address for supported printers.
• Write to arbitary EEPROM address for supported printers.
• Get ink levels for every EPSON Stylus printer I think (almost "copied" from escputil).
• Reset ink levels for supported printers.
• Reset waste ink counter for supported printers.
• Can make test reports, containing information about printer

Supported printers:

• EPSON Stylus Photo 790
• EPSON Stylus Color 580
• EPSON Stylus Photo 1290
• EPSON Stylus Color 680
• EPSON Stylus Photo T50
• EPSON Stylus Photo P50

Note that program written in the "wide" way, so it's easy to adjust it to work with other printers. Just try. :)

If you are not a developer, but want your Epson printer become supported, look here.

Usage

Run the program without arguments. :)

In most cases you should power-off and then power-on printer after reseting ink level. This will allow printer to save new data in the cartridges.

Download

The program redistributes as a source tarball, which can be downloaded from GitHub. Run "make" to compile.

Full changelog

Authors

1. Alexey Osipov (public _a_ alexey.osipov.name)
   first version.
2. Elena (elena _a_ elenadomain.it)
   reverse engineering of the protocol.