Question Mimaki jv33-160 Ink cartridges

You don't have to change them every 2 months. 2 months is how much time they give you once the cartridge is actually expired. Usually when you buy new cartridges you get anywhere from 8 months to a year+. The easiest way would be to find someone who sells the chips. Usually 3rd party manufacturers sell them. Plenty of people use 3rd party inks in Mimaki printers.

 

No sure on what mode you have your Printer setter up , But you could set the printer by recognize empty Cartridge instead of ink expires !so you do not have to buy any chips...I hope this helps

 

You can’t set up a mode for the printer to recognize the amount of ink left. Each time the printer runs a cleaning, print, test print, etc. It writes to the chip of how much ink has been used. But as stated above most dealers will send you ink that have a shelf life of at least 8months until they are expired. As long as you have the inks in your printer prior to that date you will be able to use that ink for roughly 60 more days passed expiration.