Anyone downgraded a printer's firmware to re-enable third party cartridges to work?

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Recently I took my laptop to my mother's house and connected it to her printer a Epson XP-415 to my windows 11 laptop. Anyway without me realising, I only installed the drivers from windows itself and did not install the full epson software from Epson but still somehow it upgraded the firmware of the printer and its now e-waste basically as Epson's own ink cartridges are 10-20x the price of compatibles and it now isn't compatible with third party ink cartridges. It is not economic at all to use Epson cartridges. There is a downgrade firmware procedure but a google search has not found an earlier firmware for this printer I can download. My mother uses a Chromebook and despite warnings about compatibility with the printer it still happily will use it without issues and I assume never attempted to update the firmware but of course Microsoft was not happy to leave the printer alone and just automatically updated it. Epson must have decided they are fed up with third party cartridges and have now blocked them.

Anyone managed to sort this for their Epson printer?
 
I have a XP-520 and have never encountered this problem and I get the drivers direct from Epson. There has always been the pop up saying "you appear to be using non-genuine cartridges, would you like to continue?" when you change cartridges but once you click yes it carries on as normal. If this is true that they are now blocking third party cartridges that's another printer manufacturer off my list and I have been a Epson user for a couple of decades.
 
pastymuncher said:
I have a XP-520 and have never encountered this problem and I get the drivers direct from Epson. There has always been the pop up saying "you appear to be using non-genuine cartridges, would you like to continue?" when you change cartridges but once you click yes it carries on as normal. If this is true that they are now blocking third party cartridges that's another printer manufacturer off my list and I have been a Epson user for a couple of decades.
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Yes that was exactly my experience too but now it won't ask it literally just keeps asking for a different cartridge. I've tried multiple compatible cartridges from different suppliers but it rejects them all. I would definitely google how to prevent firmware updates on your printer. Maybe your printer is destined to get a new firmware too soon. However for me it seems like Windows updated the firmware because I didn't use Epson's own software installer just the windows add printer feature.
 
You could get one of these eco tank type printers, I know epson and HP are making them, but someone else is now too, I cant remember off the top of my head who it is without having a look around, but as you pour the ink into a tank, its never going to know if you are using genuine inks or not.
 
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We’ve had an Epson Ecotank for 5 years and we are only on the third set of bottles (it came with two sets). Good quality and very reliable.
 
My printer, a Canon TS5300, at first i had no problems using third party ink set, then one day when printing, it stopped altogether saying ink cartridges not recognised etc, use original ink it said. it would not print no matter what i do, i went to asda, bought their branded ink set, printer still going strong.
 
mercyless said:
My printer, a Canon TS5300, at first i had no problems using third party ink set, then one day when printing, it stopped altogether saying ink cartridges not recognised etc, use original ink it said. it would not print no matter what i do, i went to asda, bought their branded ink set, printer still going strong.
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Isn't that pretty much the antithesis of this thread? :D
 
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