Hi Rachel,
Thanks for the prompt reply and the link - I’ll check it out.
FWIW, I’m very meticulous about following procedures, and carefully pressed the chip onto the cartridge and taped it in place prior to insertion into the printer. The current cart design differs from earlier IJM carts, at least per the video instructions that advise on pressing down to obtain a “snap” where the chip inserts, as there is no “snap” when pressing firmly down with current carts (I’ve never used earlier versions). Where the IJM chip is placed on the cart is just a rigid part of the housing with a hole below where it rests. In fact, I’d say the chip is rather free-floating without the tape, even though the chip’s front slot is guided positionally by a cart plastic pin, and the rear positioned by another pin. It occurs to me that the front plastic pin on the cart that positions the chip slotted end could interfere with the printer’s chip reader central pin, especially if the long IJM ink cartridge wiggles vertically during insertion into the bay. If you examine the cart from the side with the chip side up, you’ll note the front plastic pin extends vertically above the flat plane of the cart’s top. An OEM cart is completely flat on its chip side top. I’ve also not experienced this problem until installing the IJM cart. That said, I’ve installed a number of carts without this issue, including the Green channel on my P9000, so I don’t want to prematurely say it is the cart design that is faulty, but nevertheless, it is the central pin of the printer’s chip reader that appears to be bent upwards in this case, which also seems to be a configuration unique to the green channel when examining those adjacent in this bay. Just a thought…
Thanks,
Michael