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.
Go Brother, go Epson.
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.
They have what? Does the printer stop working after a set amount of pages printed or what does this mean?
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
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.
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…)
Newer versions should have a replacable waste tank, but the tank does have a chip with serial number.
I second brother, mines been running strong for almost 10 years