• KptnAutismus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    epson ecotank ftw!

    yes, they have a page counter that bricks the printer, but you can reset it with sketchy software and a 10€ key.

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      9 months ago

      they have a page counter that bricks the printer

      They have what? Does the printer stop working after a set amount of pages printed or what does this mean?

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        9 months ago

        yup, i don’t know how they do it for the newer models, but older ecotank models stop printing after 18,000 pages and show a warning about the purge tank being full.

        you can clean the purge tank yourself and reset the counter with a key. there are plenty of tutorials on youtube.

        afaik, epson doesn’t even intend for the tank to be cleaned. at least not by the customer, otherwise it would be a dismissable message. the keys are probably meant to be used by epson themselves but are being leaked by someone.

        i think this one was a good tutorial

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          9 months ago

          How very “eco” of them. Thanks for the explanation, I’m never going to buy anything from Epson ever again (not that I was planning to, but…)

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          9 months ago

          The commercial grade ecotanks do in fact have a replaceable purge tank, and it’s very reasonably priced. It’s just the consumer ones that haven’t.

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          9 months ago

          Newer versions should have a replacable waste tank, but the tank does have a chip with serial number.