• 163 Answers SOURCE: Replacing the pads is costly, messy and requires the printer to be taken completely apart. If you have little or no experience of stripping down printers it is best left to a proffessional. Mhp3rd English Patch 100. Contact Epson to find your nearest service centre, but remember to get a quote as it may be more economical to replace the printer. Sometimes the counter can 'jump' to the end of life number, this especially happens where 3rd party or refilled inks have been used. If you believe this to be the case and there is no sign of ink leakage and the pads look fairly clean then you can just reset the counter using special software called the SSC utility. See these sites: More information about this issue and the 'official' Epson resetter is available from the Epson web site, please read this link: Please take a moment to rate this solution.

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Posted on Apr 14, 2009. You have confused the software in either changing a cartridge when not required or having a chip failure whilst changing multiple cartridges. Full info on how to get out of this is on my site. Please go to my website. I have the latest version of SSC Service Utility to download directly onto your computer and instructions on how to use it, what to click on etc etc. Click any of the Epson links if you can't find it, everything you need to know will be there, including printer Firmware resetting which sorts out a multitude of problems.

The 'maintenance required' problem with Epson printers has absolutely nothing to do with which cartridges you are using, it is a built in page counter in your printer firmware, which has a different maximum amount for each Epson model. Don't listen to old wives tales and heresay, we are the experts and it's an Epson scam to cause a lot of people to pay for maintenance or throw their printers away. I haven't found a model that can't be reset with the latest version of SSC Serve or the manual reset on my site. For Epson RX500 users there is also a manual reset on my site, as the SSC Serve software won't do it for you. When using the program & choosing your printer from the list, it may have a weird name with 'x' in the model number, this is because some configurations are for many models in a series.

For example, the C46 will be listed as C4x as it is for the C42, C44 & C46 models. Lexmark X422 Printer Driver Windows 7 Download Preactivated Version. I hope this helps all Epson users to overcome the Epson scam of page counting and locking out until you pay their dealers money for maintenance. If you like what I've done for Epson users, please show your appreciation by spreading the word and perhaps buying your ink from my site.

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Epson printer resetting software and maintenance ( The INK Store ) Click one of the above links to navigate or browse The INK Store website Epson Printer Resetting & Maintenance Please DO NOT call or email us for information, this is a FREE service and many weeks of work have been put into this page for your use, please read it thoroughly! All the information you may need is either on this page or can be found somewhere on the Internet. This page is now more extensive than before and holds the information to reset almost every Epson Printer.

Please download the Help information on, which should help with all models. I will make this page a bit easier to use in the future, but for now, it's all here for you to find! All the problems you encounter have been made by Epson and we are simply trying to help here. Unfortunately, not all models can be reset using this free page, but there are links to some paid services should you need them, but our new Help pages should allow most models to be reset. No responsibility will be taken by The Ink Store for any problems caused to computer files, programs or printer firmware & settings as a result of using any of the programs or methods available on this website. None of the software programs or procedures available here were written or modified by us in any way and it is not known if any harbour any unforeseen malicious intentions. Resetting your Epson printer (FREE) Modern Epson printers have built in software / firmware that counts the prints that you do and each model has a set limit that will generate messages, saying something like 'your printer requires maintenance' or 'parts inside your printer may be worn'.

These messages will continue unless you reset the 'Protection Counter', this period is called the 'Overflow'. Each model also has a set amount of prints allowed on the Overflow, after which your printer will stop working and lock you out completely (we call this 'Lock Out'), usually with two alternating flashing lights on the printer. All is not lost!