Epson Printer "parts Need Service" Message, Printer Stopped Working

[Smithson]

The other day our printer came up with the message "Parts inside your printer have reached the end of their service life" (or something like that.

This has happened before to other printers. If the warranty period is over, it's not worth paying to get the printer fixed. I was told it's an automatic message and doesn't necessarily mean the printer is broken, it just comes up after having printed a certain amount of pages.

Does anyone know more about this? Can it be by-passed in someway? Seems like a scam to me, besides the cost of getting a new printer, it's also a waste of resources.

[Beacher]

This may be an indication that the waste in collector pads need changing eventually.- but not now. you probably have plenty of warning. You might be able to reset your Epson by pressing three buttons to reset the counters: The buttons are "STOP" "Maintenance" and "POWER"

Apparently, the printer will sound like its going to blow up, but thats normal.

I read that you can do this about 5 times before your printer starts to piss out ink over the table because the Waste Ink Ink Pad is full

To avoid eventual flooding go to rear of the machine- remove the little door and rake around for a small plastic pipe buried under some padding under the left side.

Fix to this a thin piece of polythene tube[Fish tank air supply], extend it to our side the machine and place in a suitable container to collect the waste ink.

[Crossy]

YUP ^^^ it's the maintenance pad rip-off.

What is the exact model of the printer, the reset sequence is different for each.

[Smithson]

You might be able to reset your Epson by pressing three buttons to reset the counters: The buttons are "STOP" "Maintenance" and "POWER"

Thanks for the advice. It's a real cheap model and only has 2 buttons, pressing these together didn't do anything.

The message is "SERVICE NEEDED: Parts inside your computer are at the end of their service life etc."

[Smithson]

YUP ^^^ it's the maintenance pad rip-off.

What is the exact model of the printer, the reset sequence is different for each.

Thanks, It's the cheapest one, a C45

[Beacher]

You might be able to reset your Epson by pressing three buttons to reset the counters: The buttons are "STOP" "Maintenance" and "POWER"

Thanks for the advice. It's a real cheap model and only has 2 buttons, pressing these together didn't do anything.

The message is "SERVICE NEEDED: Parts inside your computer are at the end of their service life etc."

Then try "Googling" the model number with the message to find the reset sequence.

[Crossy]

Start here http://tricks-collections.com/2008/07/solu...tter-epson-c45/

Try holding 1 or other or both buttons whilst turning on the power.

Edited January 21, 2009 by Crossy

[Beacher]

I also ran across some info saying that you need the "SSC Service Utility" to do this.

[Guest Reimar]

I also ran across some info saying that you need the "SSC Service Utility" to do this.

sscserve.exe is at the download of Thaivisa.

Cheers.

[Smithson]

I also found similar info, thanks for the help, I'll give it a try and report back.

[Crossy]

I also found similar info, thanks for the help, I'll give it a try and report back.

The pukka Epson reset proggy is here http://printer-resetter.site90.com/2008/10...tter-epson-c45/ only works under XP though (not Vista)

Edited January 21, 2009 by Crossy

[Guest Reimar]

I also found similar info, thanks for the help, I'll give it a try and report back.

The pukka Epson reset proggy is here http://printer-resetter.site90.com/2008/10...tter-epson-c45/ only works under XP though (not Vista)

Have you try to run it in compatibility mode XP Sp2? If not, just give it a try! Most software and drivers work using that function.- which also applies to Windows 7!

Cheers.

[Crossy]

The pukka Epson reset proggy is here http://printer-resetter.site90.com/2008/10...tter-epson-c45/ only works under XP though (not Vista)

Have you try to run it in compatibility mode XP Sp2? If not, just give it a try! Most software and drivers work using that function.- which also applies to Windows 7!

It does indeed run just fine in compatibility mode