It is really a quest to use recycled cartridges with Lexmark printers – whence taking the printout is essential and on the other hand, it is highly expensive, because of high-priced original Lexmark cartridges. Many a people found a new way; they started using recycled cartridges or refill kits to cut the per page printing cost. Please note – it is the best way to cheapen the printing cost, you do not get poor quality prints even after lessened per page cost.

But now, the Lexmark has started rejecting recycled, remanufactured, and refilled cartridges. Any of the Lexmark printers doesn’t support such cartridges anymore. When installed a remanufactured or refilled cartridge, there appears a message on the user’s computer screen ‘Unrecognized Cartridge’. The company kept an eye on the market and has come up with this solution to increase and maintain the performance of their products. While a number of critics are calling it a trick to force the consumers to buy their original cartridge.

To keep on using the refilled or recycled cartridges, you shouldn’t allow any update for your Lexmark printer software. If Automatic Update is turned ‘ON’, change it to ‘Never Check for Update’. By making this change in the settings of your printer software, you can keep on using your Lexmark Printer with recycled or refilled cartridges. Do keep in mind that these updates are irreversible, and once you have accepted and installed it, it won’t be possible to use remanufactured or refilled cartridges with it.