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

[–] arken@lemmy.world 4 points 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...)

[–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 2 points 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.

[–] progandy@feddit.de 1 points 9 months ago

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