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I use a 3880 with refillable cartridges. It's a bit of work to prepare the cartridges (you have to take the chip off the OEM cartridges and install them in the refillables, than you have to fill them properly) and I did have some minor problems with cartridges that had not been recognized by the...

I got the printer back from the service. They didn't fight with me over my refillables, instead they have been very friendly and even told me which of the carts caused the problem and that it had nothing to do with the maintenance cart. I cleaned the OEM and reset chip, had to put the cart out...

Information on inkjetfly.com is that their carts for the 3880 all need the proper OEM chips. So what to do? I think I'll have to get the printer back from the service center before they start trying to repair it ... and then I should probably come back to Epson cartridges. hmmm ... I hate to...

Outch! Thanks for sharing your experience. I did have recognition problems of ink cartridges that I had to to take out and put in again for couple of times until they have been recognized. So did you replace the carts with OEMs in the end and forgot about refillables or have you still used...

Sorry for confusion, but OEM not a very common term here in Germany ... I use refillable ink cartridges called "RCS Pro" with ink called "Photochrome AQ880", and yes, all cartridges use the OEM (original Epson) chips that I had to take off the original cartridges and put them into the...

Thanks. I am not sure if I have understood "OEM" correctly. I use third party refillable cartridges, not Epson originals. Only the maintenance cartridge is original. That might void manufacturer's warrenty.

Ink cartridges are OEM, maintenance cartridge is Epson.

Yes, apart from the one that had been in the printer (which shouldn't be filled up yet after 200 or 300 hundred A4 prints?) I tried two different new ones, all original Epsons - no difference.

Thanks. I don't have alcohol but used sensor cleaning fluid instead, but with no positive result. I open the 'door' / cover to the maintenance cartridge, take it out, put it in again, and then the printer seems to recognize it first because the above message changes to "close the maintenance...

Hello, my 3880 suddenly brings up the message: No Maintenance Cartridge - Install the Maintenance Cartridge. There was no warning the cartridge will be full soon (as is mentioned in the manual). Nevertheless, I change the old cartridge for two different new ones, but the message still appears...