Ok so I was trying to hook up my Epson Stylus C62 today and could not get it to work even after I refilled the color ink. I later discovered that the ink cartridge has a chip that keeps track of how much ink there is on the cartridge and it won't allow you to print after a certain point unless it detects a new cartridge and a new chip. You can't even print in black unless there is a color cartridge available. Is there a way to circumvent the chip, or better yet can anyone recommend a printer, which is good for photos, works with Linux and cost less than US$ 150. By the way I would not recommend an Epson to my worst enemy, I had trouble with it in windows and the pages would get stuck sometimes and now that I found out about the chip this is something that satan should get for his birthday.

An interesting observation: this is something to stick into the HCL. The C61 is there but no the C62 - do you know any other printers with this "feature"?

If you look in the HCL, you'll see lots of suggestions. Under "epsom" the C61 seems to use "generic" cartridges - if a little small. There are others from other manufacturers ... eg. have a look at HP Deskjet 3820...

I bought my first (and last) Epson last year. It's an Epson Stylus Photo 830 and it has the same problems. It doesn't even work well in Windoze. If you don't print for a while, it is as if the ink is congealed or something. I'll never buy another Espon.

Those chips are in many printers...they are demonic...they're designed to make you buy more ink. The HPs have a warning in Windoze that tells you they're out, but I just use them until they actually run out...much longer. HP just wants you to buy some more of their ink.

I have used HPs DeskJet 930C and now have a DeskJet 920C. I think they are both out of production, but were always around $100 if you can find one. They print photos almost as good as a lab if you get quality paper. I only used the HP photo paper, and Kodak photo paper. They work with CUPS and are easy to setup. I have a really old HCL entry, but with Slack-10.1 it's as easy as starting CUPS by entering "localhost:631" in your browser.

There are resetters available all over the net. Check on ebay you can manage for less than $1. Anyway I am very happy with my CX4600.