Epson Printer Ink

No, non-OEM products such as remanufactured and compatible inks won’t defect your printer. In fact, they have the same quality and sometimes exceed the quality of OEM branded inks. 

Yes. Aside from original Epson ink cartridges, they can also use compatible and remanufactured ink cartridges. 

Epson T252XL / 252 XL from YoyoInk is an example of a remanufactured cartridge. It’s a Black and Tri-color XL ink cartridge with smart chip technology for tracking ink levels. It works just as well as the OEM cartridges but at a more affordable cost.

Third-party Epson ink cartridges such as compatible and remanufactured cartridges can be a bit tricky to install. There are installation steps to take to benefit from these cost-effective ink cartridges. In many instances, the printer may reject a cloned cartridge, and some things can be done to reconfigure the device’s settings and allow the use of these units.

1. Begin by installing the third-party ink cartridge, and the printer will display an “ink cartridge cannot be recognized” message.
2. Go to “Start,” then proceed to “Control Panel” and click on “printer.”
3. Search the “Epson Printer” icon, right-click on it and choose “Printer Preferences,” generally located at the bottom of the dialog box.
4. Click the tab that shows “Speed and Progress” and locate your printer’s monitor box.
5. Check off “Disable Epson Status Monitor” to turn the ink monitor off. Click “Save” to close the window.

Your Epson printer may say “ink cartridge not recognized” because inkjet cartridges come with electronic chips that help monitor the printing procedure and automatically shut down if the operation doesn’t follow the regular procedure.

Reconfiguring your printer settings is the only way to proceed under such circumstances. The Epson Printer can be reconfigured to print using cloned inkjet cartridges.

You can replace printer cartridges if you need to. If a cartridge is running low, there’s no need for you to replace the other colors. But you do need to install all the printer cartridges within the printer for it to work. For instance, if you get rid of the empty black printer cartridge and try printing with only the color cartridges, your printer won’t function.