Just another victim in a long line of the current Epson Ink scam…

I never made a single color print with the color cartridges and they now ALL register as empty even though I can shake them and hear the ink inside sloshing around inside.

WHAT A SCAM

I have to print all of the time because I’m a student and I rarely use color. Even though all I print is black it seems that my color cartridges slowly run out. Once the color is gone it won’t even let me print black until I spend a shit ton of money to replace the color cartridges! The entire reason I bought the printer in the first place was to have the advantage of only buying the color I needed as they ran out but somehow they all mysteriously run out at the same time. And this has happened to me on multiple occasions. I’M PISSED!

Epson will not take back my unused ink. Their CX5800F printer bit the dust yesterday. I have over $60 of unused, unopened ink left. When I called this morning, they told me that since my last purchase $60 was one week over the normal 30 day return policy, I was out of luck. I then asked how long the shelf life supposedly is for an Epson cartridge and was told it was 3 years. Then why oh why since I purchased another Epson printer (won’t do that again) will they not replace my old ink with new ink. I think these companies are making their money on the ink and not on the printers since they are throw aways anyway.

epsom should be made to refund everyone who bought these printers after all they must have decided which company was going to manufacture the ink cartridges .they should recall them .I have the same prob with ink and how many more who people are there that haven’t added comments ,hp inks, last for ages, I have gone back to using old hp and it still has ink from 12 months ago and they are a lot cheaper

my printer ran out of ink and showed that evil red light on the left hand side. so i took out all the cartridges and only the black was empty so i took it to a cartridge refill store in Brunswick new jersey, and he reset the chip. but after i reinstalled the reset black cartridge it still popped up a red light. I think all the chips on all the colors have to be reset in order for it to work. tomorrow imma bring all the cartridges to get reset and hopefully this will work. ill let you guys know how it goes

Same here. I don’t care about few extra bucks, but my point I am tired of being screwed by companies like Epson. When you go to “print settings” (and of course you can’t after the error message pops up)there is an option “black ink only” so, as far as my elementary knowledge of English goes, it means I should be able to print with black only. WRONG! And that really pissed me off.

What is even more deceiving, is that, as many of you stated here, you can’t use any functions unless you replace the color ink. Why can’t I scan or use fax when I am out of color ink? There is no need for ink when you scanning. I was in the middle of work, and I can’t finish scanning because I ran out of ink? BS! Where is the logic?

So, this is my plan: I am filing a class action law suit agains you Epson, and I promise you lose this one! Bring it on!

Mike

You will always find your colour inks going down, even if not being used, because the ink acts as a coolant for the printhead, this means that it has to have all inks working in order to operate. Every time you turn your printer on, it recharges the printheads, more ink into the waste pad underneath. If you rechip an empty Epson cartridge, you run the risk of burning out the printhead on your printer.

Cannot believe that I didn’t read this before buying Epson. It’s unbelievably bad. Just replaced all inks and my daughter printed one colour picture and now saying all inks are gone! This happened with the original ones but thought that was down to the 25% thing but now I realise it’s just a complete con. Am taking it back this afternoon!

well, i can’t believe that i’ve just read all these comments going back to 2007 and still epson has don’t a thing about it – i know cos, yes you guessed it, I have a brand new epson telling me my yellow ink cartridge is empty (its not, lots of sloshing), then i bought a new one (bloody fool) thinking maybe the chip on the front was damaged, but the new one now is ‘not recognized’ AND its a bloody Epson not generic one. Blood boiling rage against the bloody machine! I set up a facebook group called ‘never buy this!’ please join and lets get some attention. My guess is most of us don’t find this page till we’ve already been conned.

As I can see I am not the only one that got ripped by Epson and as you all I will not buy any product with the brand Epson on it.

I initially loved my Epson printer, even though I didn’t care for how often the inks would empty. A couple of months ago, it said it needed Yellow. Well I put the cartridge in and it won’t recognize it. I have tried everything. It will not let me go beyond the error screen, I cannot print, scan, copy – nothing!!!

I agree with everyone – we should be able to print in black if we want to. This is RIDICULOUS!

I decided to pick the brains of a supplier of generic inks about Epson and was suprised to find out that Epson printers are programmed to kill the chips in the cartridges when a mere 5ml of ink has been used, even though there is usually the same amount still left in the cartridge. My local ink supplier can sell me cheap inks that the printer will kill after 5ml, or I can buy catridges which the printer cannot kill and they also give me 14ml of usable ink.

EPSON INK IS A SCAM. DO NOT EVER BUY THEIR PRINTERS OR INK.
I’ve never used the colored ink AND THEY TELL ME I RAN OUT. I CHECK AND IT’S STILL FULL!!!

THEY HAVE A CHIP IN THE INK THAT tells you to buy more INK.
WE MUST REPORT THIS AND SUE

What we need folks is some nerd genius to figure out how to alter the program in the printers to bypass the out of ink feature. That way we would get full use of our printer ink and we could keep printing even if one or two were out of ink.

I have a Epson all in one printer. I actually only use the scanner part to bring in hand drawings to my computer. I never really use the printer part that much. Today I was getting an error about one of the cartridges being low, which it shouldn’t be, but I thought I’d take it out and give it a shake to get rid of the error message. Big mistake to say the least.

Now it says that the cartridge is completely out of ink and refuses to start. I don’t even care if prints or not. I just want to use the scanner. I’m not buying another cartridge, guess I’ll just throw it in the trash.

It would be like having your dvd drive go out on your computer and when you go to start it you receive an error message “Sorry you can’t use your computer until you’ve replaced the dvd drive, thanks and have a nice day.” Seriously…

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Ten cents??????????????????? After all we have been through??? Get a real job!!!!

A salesman praised Epson for its quality and reliability and sold me. What he didn’t tell me is how fast the printer used ink and would get little use before having to replace the cartridges.
We have been ripped off as consumers making Epson very rich every time we have to replace ink. Additionally I don’t believe the replacement cartridges are full of ink, meaning they don’t fill them up fully counting on you (we the consumer) to have to replace in a very short time. I for one am looking to replace both printers, throw these in the dumpster and never look a an epson for any of my future printing equipment.
I AM DONE WITH GREEDY $$$$$ EPSON……….

I’ve had this printer for a long time, and I suppose maybe it has gone bad. It started printing crap (blank pages, or just a few gray lines on a page), and when I wanted to do a head cleaning, it said I couldn’t because I was out of ink. Went to try to change the ink cartridge, and the printer won’t let me, because I’m not actually out of ink. (It wouldn’t even let the print head get into the proper position to remove the cartridge.) So I’m in a catch-22 – I can’t print because the head needs a cleaning, I can’t do a cleaning because the yellow is too low, and I can’t change the yellow ink because it’s not empty. What crap! I think I’ll go back to HP – this sucks!

I don’t know if this is the right place to put this, but here it is.

I had been buying Epson replacement cartridges from ClickLinks for several years. The cartridges are expensive and don’t last long. So when ClickLinks offered replacement cartridges for my Epson printer, “just as good” but cheaper, I bought 6 for $54.

Money completely wasted. When I installed the first one, no longer would the printer print with the black, it was an illegible mess.

I emailed ClickLinks — twice — to ask them to refund my money. They have not responded.

So I thought your audience would like to know.

I contacted epson after several issues with 2 printers not recognising the cartridges etc etc. i looked at several forums on the subject of Epson and their business ethics. It seems that Epson are totally unphased by any complaints made and throw all comments back to the customer with their stock reply we only guarantee epson products and our inks will – blah blah blah – below are two replies received – in the second email the representative mentions the Intellidge Cartridges that will record the amount of ink used, apparently if you refil the cartridge the chip will still think its empty – now i thought this practice had been outlawed by the EU in 2006 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/12/30/eu_tells_hp_et_al/

I take the opinion now – epson printers- will never buy another one.

EMAIL REPLY 1
Dear
Thank you for contacting EPSON’s UK Customer Inter@ction Centre.
In reply to your email, as non-genuine Epson ink cartridges are not manufactured by ‎Epson, Epson cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-genuine ink. Other products not ‎manufactured by Epson and non-genuine ink may cause damage that is not covered by Epson’s ‎warranties, and under certain circumstances, may cause erratic printer behaviour.
Epson recommends genuine Epson ‎cartridges as they are specially formulated to consistently produce quality prints. Genuine Epson inks ‎will also guarantee the reliability of your printer and prolong its life.
Epson’s innovative genuine ink is ‎developed and manufactured by Epson and Epson provides a complete printing system that combines its Micro Piezo technology, the printer and genuine Epson inks and paper and, all of which are designed to work together to provide optimum performance and print quality. Each genuine Epson ink cartridge is manufactured to the highest possible specification and is in fact an ‎entire system for preserving and delivering ink consistently.
When using Epson products you can be sure that each print will be the same high quality as ‎the last. For sharp everyday printing, and longer-lasting glossy photos, only genuine Epson ink and media guarantee the best quality for your Epson printer.‎
We are continually trying to maintain and improve the standard of service that we provide, therefore customer feedback, both positive and negative, is an essential part of our evaluation. We value the comments that you have made and I would like to thank you for bringing them to our attention.
If you require further assistance please do not hesitate to contact the EPSON Customer Inter@ction Centre and we will endeavour to resolve any further queries you may have.

Regards

Tom Bellingham

e-Service Support Technician

EPSON Customer Inter@ction Centre
Epson offers a choice of ways to contact us for support and assistance. Call, chat with or email our advisors from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm.
Call us on 0871 4237766. Calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras. For customers in Ireland please dial +44 (0)1436 7742.
Visit http://www.epson.co.uk/Contact-Us and click ?Start Online Chat?.

EMAIL REPLY 2

Dear
Thank you for contacting Epson’s UK Customer Inter@ction Centre.
In reply to your email, ultimately, the choice about which make of consumable to buy is up to the consumer. Epson are reiterating the benefits of using genuine inks and confirming we can not guarantee the results when using compatible cartridges. Fortunately, most consumers recognise and appreciate the quality of Epson products, even though other brands of supplies for Epson printers are widely available.
The Intellidge Cartridges will record the amount of ink used from that particular cartridge. When refilling these cartridges, the microchip has no means of recording that the cartridge has been refilled and as such is relaying information to the printer that it is still empty.
With regards to the ink prices, most devices being launched today offer consumers a choice of cartridges with corresponding pricing to meet their needs. In addition, Epson is constantly reviewing the price of ink cartridges to ensure that they are competitive, and affordable for our customers.
Epson has no control over the prices that other retailers sell at and as such you will find suppliers that sell Epson cartridges at varying prices. The prices displayed on the Epson website are consistent with the UK RRP for Epson consumables.

We are unable to verify information posted on a non-Epson website. The views expressed by the forum users are personal and we can only deal with issues that are brought to our direct attention. Additionally, the conclusions made by users of this forum have not had Epson training in order to correctly assess the problems discussed.
Please be assured your comments are taken onboard and your feedback has been passed onto our marketing team.
Regards
Rachael Worthington-Jones
e-Service Support Technician
EPSON Customer Inter@ction Centre

I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER EPSON PRODUCT EVEN THOUGH THE PRINTER PERFORMS BEAUTIFULLY BECAUSE IT CONTINUES TO REPORT THAT IT CANNOT RECOGNIZE THE CARTRIDGES (EVEN AFTER IT HAS HAD A “SPELL” OF RECOGNIZING THEM). I WILL TRASH THE MASHINE BEFORE I WILL BUY ANOTHER EPSON CARTRIDGE.

You have to have separate driver software to scan and it has nothing to do with having ink. I guess it depends on what you are using for scanning software, I use the EPSON SCAN software, super user friendly and easy to install. If it didn’t come with your Epson, go to Google.com, type Epson scan drivers and it will take you to the Epson US website. From there select your model and install the correct scan software driver. It’s fast and easy as pie, and then you won’t need to have any ink to scan with you Epson. Unless by some chance you have an older Epson and it is different, but all of mine had separate scanning software. I have had three Epson printers over many years and loved every one of them. First of all Epson has the longest lasting ink I’ve ever used for the best price of all companies. Office depot sells the black for $9.99 most of the time, even better if you buy doubles or multi packs with color and black, or the high capacity. Office depot also gives you credit and rewards when you bring in your empty cartridges. And as far as longevity and life of the actual machine, Epson is second to none in my mind. I have used all brands and types of printers in my career and all brands of copy machines, or all-in-ones and Epson is by far the most affordable and longest lasting with the least amount of technical issues. Starting with the most expensive and least reliable, my list of 4 would be… Kodak, Cannon, HP and then Epson.

So.. we decided to buy Epson and it was one of our biggest mistakes. EVER.
I knew, that i will need to print a lot for my studies, so we decided to buy a lot of compatible black ink cartridges through internet. And of course.. they couldn’t be recognised… After 5 hours of stress, anger and all other super extra negative feelings I forced printer to print with compatible black ink cartridge. I was so happy, that I beated that damn devil machine.. But after few days i wanted to make a copy and i couldn’t, BECAUSE my blue ink cartridge was somehow “empty”. Even if I need only black and white mode, it doesn’t work. So now I cant do anything with that printer, i even cant scan!!! My other colour cartridges are also getting low, so it means, that i need to buy all set of colours, and its more expensive than all Printer 😀
Im so angry!! I will never ever buy Epson again. I will tell all my friends also not to do that. So i hope Epson will get what they deserve by charging people for nothing.

I read review of the Epson xp800. I was very pleased with the review. I had an HP that was a total piece of junk printing photos (it would eat my paper like crazy)

so I get the Epson, print about a dozen great photos with brand new cartridges. Come back about 2 week later, I have half my ink left. WTF? last print job said I had still almost full cartridges. I look in the printer and yup the cartridge park spot is saturated with ink. 2 weeks later, no printing, my cartridges are EMPTY. In a month they were empty without even using them. Now I read the comments in this group and see that this same problem has been going on since 2003?!? a full decade and Epson gets away with the same crap? What the hell is wrong with the consumer protection agency. Epson is clearly scamming customers.

my next purchase, I’m going to try and see if the generic ink and cartridges work at inkxpro.

so so so disappointed at Epson.

hey i have also faced the same problem.. but i resolved the problem with the help of this link…
http://goo.gl/HLYNdp

SAME thing…. Even though this is an old post, its obviously still a very current business practice. I am done with Epson. My company is swapping our print dollars back to a more honest competitor. Productivity and Epson, economy and efficiency and Epson: DO NOT MIX. Very dissapointing.

Just wasted 2 sets of 30EUR worth cartridge packs and the thing got them empty in no time, and now doesn’t recognize anything, even the older appears like nothing on the computer.
Dont Buy Epson

I turned off plugged in unplugged and waited- re-installed did this several times to my Epson printer it reads incompatible ink cartilages they worked a month or two ago and I hardy used the printer to begin with still don’t know what to do

About generic scare mongering –

The XP620 allows generic cartridges up to a point.
Mine was printing fine until all of a sudden it ‘failed to recognise cartridge, please replace’!.

Sack of putrid excrement! Nothing will get it back. Nothing so far – any ideas? HELP!
My printer is being a bitch. It won’t print. Just all of a sudden… grrrr.

Ditto, Epson are absolute crooks. I bought a refil recently, hardly used it and it’s empty. Several times.

Two days ago, my M cartridge was empty, my B cartridge was low and the other two were fine according to the software. I replaced the M and printed fine. Today, the printer needed the B replaced. I did that and suddenly the other two cartridges were reading empty! It just can’t be – I printed one B&W text document!

Bought Epson color cartridges 3 pack #88 have had them in printer for two weeks. Printed 6 black and white pages. Black ink is still near full, but can’t print because printer says color cartridges are now empty. How can that be? Now not only is my remaining 60$ black ink going to go to waist, as I refuse to buy more color ink and be ripped off in order to use it. But 3 brand new color cartridges claim to be empty despite being un used. Wasted about 100 dollars to print 6 black and white pages over a two week period…….never again. Epson is poison.

Printer manufacturers are tarnishing their image by charging exorbitant prices for ink cartridges that contain less and less ink every year. This on top of making customers buy 3 cartridges when one goes empty just to keep the printer operational turn off customers even more. These tricks may provide cash in the short term, but turn off consumers to the brand. Short-sighted product managers are ruining the brand. I find myself printing less and less — and always in B&W draft mode. When my current printer dies, I’ll probably never replace it. Printing things on paper is so yesterday and it destroys trees. Hi-res graphics and docs can be presented much faster digitally via iPhone, iPad and other means.

I just replaced all my epson ink cartridges (the printer would not let me print grayscale before replacing *EVERY* color!) and have only printed about 15 pages and it is already giving me low ink warnings! How is this possible?! I certainly feel like this company is majorly scamming customersl; firstly forcing me to replace the color inks which i do not need for my printing and now it seems magical fairies must be printing while i’m sleeping because thats the only way I could possibly be running low after printing FIFTEEN PAGES!~! Outrageous!

I too wish I had read these comments before I bought. I never print in color although sometimes grandkids do. I have a full black cartridge but the others are empty and I need to print a report! Won’t buy another epson!

get a cartridge resetter

Seriously, how in the name of Jesus Christ do I load the paper into this Epson Small-In-One?!?! It tells me how to load letters and photos and I could care less about that!

There isn’t a picture ANYWHERE in the user manual, on their website, on YouTube, or on the entire damned internet that will tell me. The paper just does NOT go in. No matter what I try to do with it, it doesn’t accept the paper. Am I just supposed to ram it in as hard as possible or something? It’s not like this is the first time I’ve used a printer and I’ve never had this problem before. Sensor issues or whatever the reason – wasted $150!

I just purchased the XL Epson 220 ink cartridge and the blue, yellow, and magenta – installed them this afternoon and the one page I tried to print wouldn’t even show the lines in the table. Guess what? My Epson Workforce 2650 is already saying the ink levels are low and I have not even printed one page yet. They are scamming people, for certain.

Like so many past and recent reviews, Epson either purposely or through utter quality control failings does not read ink levels correctly. Furthermore, its nag-screen about using generic ink and “recording its use for future warranty service” comes across as bullying and threatening. What is this? The Epson Police? Will we be written up and sent to printer detention?! Lower the price of your inks (and make them print properly, regardless) and we would be more inclined to buy. So, what kind of printer should you buy instead? BROTHER. Never had problems with print quality. Can adjust settings to print in black and white when out of color. You can even choose to use the Photo Black when running out of regular black! Built solid. Sorry I gave my Brother away. Huge mistake…fortunately, I’ll live. 😉

CHEATERS, LIARS AND INEFFICIENCY FROM Epson.
Epson ——– LEAST BOTHER FOR SERVICE AFTER WARRANTY.
Customercare ———- INEFFICIENT, MISGUIDING AND STUBBORN.
SERVICE CENTRE ——- INEFFICIENT, ARROGANT AND STUBBORN.
These people say that they have escalated my matter to the highest possible level on 22nd July all LIES but uptill now dated 27th July there is no help from Epson, only false hopes and lies. They are LEAST INTERESTED in giving support after WARRANTY. Once newly purchased there is help and soon as WARRANTY is over the customer is left deserted by giving some FAKE AND FALSE HOPES, only ASSURANCE but without HELP. Never ever purchase any of Epson products and if purchased forget for the support. Only in WARRANTY period the product works fine after WARRANTY gets over the product starts giving trouble.

For the 5th time – in the middle of a 250 page print run this damned printer needs new ink. I have the cartridges but now the on-screen OPEN and ACCESS cartridges icon has vanished (again). Following EPSON instructions takes me to their damned shop – and updates (again). It used to work well but I am throwing this crap machine in the dustbin. I’ll give the ink I just bought £40 to charity. Which printer works without me spending hours and hours just to replace ink??

HP does the same thing and I swear I’ll never buy another HP product. Looking for an honest printer company without cartridge scam.

i bought epson printer yesterday, today black ink has finished after printing 5 pages, i am going to return it tomorrow,never buy epson.

Epson doesn’t know how to make good printers anymore. I used a large format 7800 for years with little problems. Now that I replaced it with a 7900, I have nothing but trouble. It’s as if the engineers set out to destroy it by overcomplicating every single feature. I waste so much time fussing with it! I would have happily purchased the 7800 again, but no, they had to “IMPROVE” (read: totally ruin) it. And what a waste of ink!!!!

I also tried a desktop model. I went for a less expensive model, hoping it wouldn’t be overloaded with features that don’t work properly. What a wretched excuse for a printer!!!! You send to print, and of course it can’t find the printer. Yes yes, go through all the literature…to no avail. Seriously, Epson wants to ruin your life.

So, I went from an Artisan 710 to an Artisan 1430. The prints were just gorgeous. I started printing more and more from labs because when I got my fancy computer with calibration devices, I just could not get my prints to match my screen. So, flash forward to this military ball I photographed. Before the ball, I figured I would run some test prints off so I looked at my ink levels. They all looked great except for Light Magenta and Light Cyan would probably need to be replaced by the time I was done with them. So I ordered them and threw in a black. A day or so after, I noticed that my yellow was probably going to not last long so I ordered one of those. The Magenta and Cyan were completely full. Mind you, I buy the HIGH CAPACITY cartridges.

I must have printed off about ten prints of various sizes to check for coloring, etc. I ran a check on the heads to make sure they were clean. I ran a test to make sure that the heads were aligned. Suddenly the yellow was flashing as being out. I went to replace it and Epson had sent me the wrong one! Mind you they OVERNIGHTED me the ink cartridge and it arrived just today. No hassle. Completely professional. By this time the Magenta is halfway empty and the Cyan is halfway empty.

Tonight print out a 4×6 of an image from the military ball and the entire image is a series of magenta stripes, seemingly over the top of the image (mostly blues and blacks). I check and the Magenta is now at 1/4. So literally I lost FIVE DOLLARS printing out that 4×6. I ran a test on the heads and suddenly they all need to be cleaned?????? So I ran the cleaner. Then, ran the test. Again….. had to run the cleaner. Magenta ink…… COMPLETELY OUT and now I can’t print. The closest ink cartridge is over an hour away at Staples. How is it even possible that the Magenta is gone? Now I can’t print out and get these orders in the mail.

I am livid.

My pro lab charges me around the same prices that Wal-mart charges consumers. They do not charge for shipping and I usually receive it in three or four days. I can pay a bit extra (which is accounted for in my markup) for two day shipping. So, guess what Epson….. I am going to buy a cheap printer to print out client release forms that uses black ink that I can get cheap on Amazon. The printer will not be an Epson. I am going to purchase my prints from the lab which uses a better process anyway than inkjet. You have accepted thousands of dollars for me over the years and your technology is NOT that great! I have this printer that prints great images, but the day I got it I almost broke it because it moves so damned slow that you think you can put the slider tray in, or you think you can lift up the ink cover only to have the mechanism start to move again and make some horrible crunching sound. Yes, your printers systems are SLOW and inconsistent. I will not be paying for any more ink after these military ball orders have been processed. As a matter of fact, I’ll just order the prints through the lab. The five remaining orders that I have will total up to less than two ink cartridges. Worth it.

I put 4 new wf 200 in cartridges in the printer and it is not printing I want to know how to get it working
John

But they can also have a lot less ink in them too.

I made a mistake it should be Epson 835 Artisan Printer NOT 735

Cant say in just a few words.

I have documented proof that Epson programs their copiers to intentionally decrease the quality of the copy if you admit to using another brand of ink. I own 7 Epson copiers
in my office complex and I have personally witnessed while printing Color Brochures using Brand X ink, the Brochures were fantastic until a screen pops up and ask “Are you using Genuine Epson Ink” When you say No, The printer stops and then Re-adjust to a new setting, the copying continues, but now the color is faded and the streaks show up. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. The first 20 copies were perfect, Now, after the pop up, they are really bad.
Same Ink, Same Paper, same print request. NOTHING HAS CHANGED except the programmed reset of Epson by Epson.
I have the documents to prove it.

In my experience and opinion: The best answer is DO NOT buy Epson as they have done the most terrible job of causing people to be cheated. I saw: First, spend far more than the Epson piece of junk was worth. Then, the device would STOP even just printing black (even when black had not run out) and I was told I had to spend money on several other colors before it would print any color again, including black (yet a good black only printer uses ONLY one black cartridge and does print in various needed shades of black (what most people really need anyway) and no need for those other cartridges. Epson, just one rip off after another. And the system was designed to stop completely until a person spent far more money (and repeated time) before they could even print anything again even in black. You would need to keep nearly an unknown number of ALL colors (paying for EACH one) and never knowing which one would claim to be OUT and needing replacement just to print a simple black printed document, and running out of ink far too soon. No way that suddenly, 3 or 4 were out at the same time, every time the machine stopped and this happening with very little use in between. And I found it to be WORSE than with other well known companies in this field. After the way EPSON treated people, the answer is: DO NOT BUY “EPSON” anything, ever.

But why buy Epson at all?? In my experience they cheated people and I’ve found better options so I won’t waste time using such a company (they do not deserve my business) and then trying to trick the machine or otherwise have to deal with it. I would not be surprised if they are successfully sued. Epson has given me numerous reasons to not trust them.

Me Too!!! Happened to me today. Grrrr!!! I was using generic cartridges just fine and then all of the sudden it stoped and said “failed to recognize cartridge.” This is illegal. Federal law prohibits any company from requiring you to purchase only their products and prohibits a manufacturer from voiding your machine’s warranty simply by using alternative cartridge solutions. I just don’t know how to force them to “obey the law!” Sucks!!!

It’s bad time this market should be regulated, it’s just a big legal robbery at the expense expense of consumer, they are selling 1 litre of ink for 3thousand euro. Epson has created a firmware that will disable the printed if your cartridges are not original. Consumers are blackmailed into an extorsión proceso racket to buy their cartridges for which are not even garateed that will work, as after 100pages are already empty, a clear robbery by the most crooked people

You can fill the cartridge with your own ink by using a diabetic needle to fill the Epson cartridge as long as you do not touch the magnetic strip. Be sure to wipe excess ink off ,certain to avoid the strip.

I hear you, I have the exact same issue with a barely used Epson XP-330. So angry!
Let me know if you found a way around it. Best, Michael

Same here! Epson XP-446

I guess I’m just lucky
I got 3 whole pages ???? lol

I just bought ink because it said the color ink was empty and when i removed them the color cartages were still FULL. I have used Epson printers for years and yes the fix there cartages to stop working or show as low when infact they are 25% to 1/2 full. they have been doing it for years and they have some of the most expensive ink around.
the only way to get them to stop ripping us off is to stop buying Epson Printers and Inks.
it’s time I am done with Epson, I got rid of my wide format Epson Printer and got a Roland. I got rid om my Epson office printers and Got HP and Brother. I have one small MF Color Printer and when the Ink is gone the Printer is also gone. It is time for everyone to hit them in the wallet.