My Epson Photo Stylus printer has stopped recognising compatible ink cartridges. Any hints on fixing this?

Was printing just fine for months on compatibles. Last week it decided to reject a black cartridge then as I pressed the ink button and inserted another it decided to 'not recognise' all four catridges. Help!

Answers:
With regard to the above answer, I don't understand how Epson can do this with an existing printer!

Are you quite sure that all 4 cartridges are not empty? Have you tried cleaning the nozzles? Also check there's no dust or muck on the electrical contacts at the back of the cartridge

Go through the printer troubleshooter. In Windows XP go to Start > Help and Support. When the Help page appears type 'Troubleshoot printer' in the search box and follow through the questions.

As a last resort, try System Restore. Type 'System Restore' in the Help search box and when the calendar appears select a date when you know (or hope!) the printer was ok. The computer restarts with the settings applicable to the earlier date.

Hope the above will help,
Epson has started to disallow cartridges form wokring on there printers, it can not be fixed as far as i know.

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