the idea being that you need to buy a new printer sweetheart. the company puts a sensor there to tell you oops no ink we sell ink for the same price as it cost to buy a new printer. there are solutions to it. EPSON has the same brainy sensor that you can defeat for $40 I am sure some ink supplier can sell you the ink first then the resetter or buy new expensive carthridges. I GO WITH THE CONTINIOUS INK SYSTEM never run out of ink no resetting for what it seems forever. NO cleaning no refilling no mess just use the damn thing. look for that and your printing problems will melt away. good advice