Resetting the counter on drums/Imaging units is dubious at best--you will eventually need to replace some parts for sure! And there are a lot of things you need to need to consider after that like clean filters, rollers (many many many rollers), clean paper dust out of all the things, et cetera. Do not buy chips unless you cannot figure out how to change the settings--it is a waste of money and "confuses" the machine.
If you figure out how to change the settings (make it work without rechiping), this can work for you if you maintain the machine properly. HOWEVER you are eventually going to have print quality issues. Buy a service manual and show these guys that you are competent enough to read and understand the content. [if you do this be very cautious you can quickly mess up your 200.00 machine] Most of these guys here depend on people like you to make a living so they tend to get crabby toward end users.
All that said, if you do not have the time to figure this stuff out, you need to hire a tech to at least show you some stuff (if he/she is willing) and go through the machine to properly clean it and supply a list of things that you need to get immediately and what you can possible skimp out on (you got it cheap enough).
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