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Re: Anyone heard more about the Ekocycle 3D printer?

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Originally Posted by mman1506 View Post
Nope, the cartridges contain a chip that stores filament type and length remaining. As filament is extruded the printer updates the length remaining value on the chip. When that value hits zero the printer will refuse to print even if filament is available.
I wonder if there's a way to tweak that similar to how you can mess with the toner cartridges from Brother printers.

Could be a fun student exercise.
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