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Colour-blind brain burp (longish)
I have an Epson printer, which means that there is a separate cartridge for each colour. This is important.
Last night I was doing some printing for my mum, & the magenta cartridge ran out (yes, I know. Epson doesn't have pink, blue & yellow cartridges; it has magenta, cyan & yellow. Guess they couldn't think of a 'sexy' alternative to yellow). Since I have a habit of replacing cartridges as soon as a new one goes in my printer, I had all the colours readily to hand. It should be noted that they were not valid Epson cartridges (which cost up to 3 times as much as non-brand cartridges!)
I cheerfully went through the replacement process, as I have many times before, & set it to print again. I got an error message - the cartridge was not compatible.
I took the cartridge out, made sure the little computer chip was clean & the hole for the ink was clear, & reloaded the cartridge. Once again, the cartridge was not compatible. 
Rather annoyed, I took the cartridge out, replaced the empty one (since there was nowhere else to put it) & taped up the ink hole on the new cartridge (so that it wouldn't spill everywhere). I then packed all the cartridges into my bag & went to bed, fully intending to return them the next day with a sharp word to the vendor about not testing their products.
Fast forward to the next day. I got up, went through my morning routine, & got in the car to go to work. Half-way to work, doing 70 on the dual carriageway, it suddenly hit me - the reason the cartridge was not compatible? Printers don't tend to work very well when you're trying to put the cyan cartridge in the magenta hole...
Last night I was doing some printing for my mum, & the magenta cartridge ran out (yes, I know. Epson doesn't have pink, blue & yellow cartridges; it has magenta, cyan & yellow. Guess they couldn't think of a 'sexy' alternative to yellow). Since I have a habit of replacing cartridges as soon as a new one goes in my printer, I had all the colours readily to hand. It should be noted that they were not valid Epson cartridges (which cost up to 3 times as much as non-brand cartridges!)
I cheerfully went through the replacement process, as I have many times before, & set it to print again. I got an error message - the cartridge was not compatible.
I took the cartridge out, made sure the little computer chip was clean & the hole for the ink was clear, & reloaded the cartridge. Once again, the cartridge was not compatible. Rather annoyed, I took the cartridge out, replaced the empty one (since there was nowhere else to put it) & taped up the ink hole on the new cartridge (so that it wouldn't spill everywhere). I then packed all the cartridges into my bag & went to bed, fully intending to return them the next day with a sharp word to the vendor about not testing their products.Fast forward to the next day. I got up, went through my morning routine, & got in the car to go to work. Half-way to work, doing 70 on the dual carriageway, it suddenly hit me - the reason the cartridge was not compatible? Printers don't tend to work very well when you're trying to put the cyan cartridge in the magenta hole...
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