No other printer type can be at par with an inkjet when it comes to print quality, but it comes with a price. Epson ink cartridges are so expensive, and in selected instances some cartridges are even expensive than the upfront cost of the Epson printer.
Due to this pricing anomaly, most users shy away from the original but prefer cloned or third party ink cartridges. However, using cloned cartridges is not as easy as installing the original, there are steps to follow to take advantage of the economically charged cloned ink cartridges. In all instances the printer will initially reject a cloned cartridge, some things should be reconfigured to allow printing to proceed. Here are some of it:
- Start by installing the cloned ink cartridge, and automatically the printer will issue a prompt “an ink cartridge cannot be recognized”.
- Proceed to “Start”, then “Control Panel” on the computer and double click on the “printer”.
- Look for the icon on the “Epson Printer” and right press and select “Printer Preferences”, regularly found at bottom of the dialog box.
- Click on the tab showing “Speed and Progress” and look at the Epson Printer monitor box.
- Turn off the ink monitor by checking off the “Disable Epson Status Monitor” found within a box.
- And lastly, click “Save” and close the window. That’s about it the printer and the cloned ink cartridges can now start printing operation.
Remember, inkjet cartridges are installed with electronic chips that monitor the printing process and automatically shutdown once operation does not conform to the regular process. Cloned ink cartridges on the other hand have a different chip that may not be compatible to to the original, thus to reconfigure is the only solution to allow printing to proceed.
An Epson Printer can work best with an original Epson ink cartridge, but it can be coaxed to print using cloned or third party inkjet cartridges.
I own a Epson 835, replaced all cartridges by cloned ones and just can’t get them recognized. Thanks for any help or tip
Being a student with financial struggles, having to deal with an old Epson Artisan 730 has become a nightmare both with the difficulty of use and sourcing of affordable ink. I had some clone cartridges from a long time ago that I put in, bought a real black ink cartridge (I was missing), and none of them are detected. “Speed & Progress…” can be found under the Maintenance tab, however this method has yet to show results sadly.
Hello. I believe the best way is to start with knock off inks. You also never want to update their firmware, or it will reject some clones being use.
I agree with the other posts here. I am furious over this issue. I purchased an Epson All-in-One and it worked fine using compatible ink cartridges. One day a firmware update came and installed itself. From that day on, my compatible ink cartridges would not work at all. If I had known this action was coming, I would never have purchased this equipment. Now that I know what kind of company Epson is, I will never purchase any of their products again. I have a box of compatible cartridges that are not usable at all. By the way, the compatible cartridges worked identically to the Epson cartridges but for about 60% less cost. I have had to purchase a couple of Epson cartridges since then, but that’s because I’m trying to decide what all-in-one I wish to purchase next. I do know it won’t be an Epson. I see this action as an attack on their customers and extortion to squeeze more money from people who were devoted clients. Way to GO Epson!!
Hi,
I don’t have the tab “Speed and Progress” available (the printer model is WF – 2750.) Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you in advance for your time.