Epson Printer Waste Ink Pad Error Reset Program

[Anais Wachowski]

removeall carts, and turn the printer off for a few minutes (unplug all cables). After plugging in the power cord and turning it back on, the printer will indicate no carts are installed. At this time, reinstall the set of carts to see how the printer responds.

Thank you very much for replying to my post. Yes, I used it the Piezoflush kit as instructed and it worked fine I believe.

After the cleaning, I was able to print off a few test sheets and ran two head cleaning cycles which got it almost perfect. I was excited.

I replaced all new Epson ink cartridges since the initial error popped up. i was hoping that would take care of it it but no such luck. Everything is snug, lids shut. Just now, I removed all ink cartridges, started it up and same error message and blinking lights as before. I put all ink carts back in and still same message. I have reset ink counter using an inkreset software, and also I noticed when checking ink info it said status was fatal and my inks were unavailable.

Hope this info might help you figure this out. Not sure if I want to repair ($400 overhaul according to my epson tech) get another one these models or go one size up. Any suggestions? Thank you and thank you for this forum!

Our instructions for the print head cleaning kit specify to use it directly on the print head, so did you disconnect the dampers to use the cleaning kit directly on your print head, or did you use it in the cartridge bay, pushing fluid thru the ink lines to try cleaning the head?

The alternately flashing power and ink lights may be signaling your waste ink pad sensor estimates pads are full. In this case, we recommend installing an external waste ink bottle, which you can find here: =18&category=-118, and resetting the sensor using the Adjustment Program (which is only Windows compatible) or WIC reset utility from www.2manuals.com

When you reset the sensor, did you receive any error at that time?

Did you use the WIC reset or Adjustment Program?

Did you replace the ink soaked pads with new pads, or leave the bottom of the printer empty?

Have you thoroughly the inside of the printer, print head patch and cartridge chamber to make sure everything is in place, no foreign objects are in the way, or no excess liquid is visible?

Does the print head move at all when the printer starts up, or does the error appear before the head moves at all?

If you used the print head cleaning kit in the cartridge chamber, did any PiezoFlush get onto the cartridge chip sensors, or in the cartridge chamber anywhere?

Using my Mac 10.7.5, does anyone know of a download that will reset the waste ink counter on my Epson Artisan 730 printer. I have changed the waste ink pads, but my 730 printer has locked me out until I change the waste ink counter back to 0. The printer screen message is:" A printer's ink pad is at the end of its life.Please contact Epson Support. Turn Off." Epson support says go to an Epson Service Center and have the machine serviced. The Service Center charges over $100 to do a reset. I found a reset program online but it was only used on PCs not Macs. Any help would be greatly appreciated, to get my printer back in service.

That out of the way, to answer your question there are Windows only utilities that will work to reset the printers waste ink counter and just need to be used to complete the reset. Once reset the printer can then be returned to the MacOS machine and not need the windows machine again (well, not until the waste counter hit maximum again).

Alternatively there's a MacOS compatible pay-per-reset option in the form of a utility called iWIC. This requires the purchase of a one-time digital key to complete the reset itself but the utility can be used without a key to read the waste counters and get some other information from the printer.

One critical thing to note though is that resetting and then ignoring the waste ink is a bit of a daft thing to do so if you do decide to reset, then consider replacing the waste pads or fitting something like a Printer Potty to you don't later discover you need a new carpet, etc...

My Epson printer that I spent $600 on was 2.5 years old. Yes, it was outside of warranty. But it was working fine, and it was hard to justify replacing it with something that was working. If it was outside of warranty could I try to fix it myself? No.

I have just encountered the E-11 message, and after reading comments from other Epson users, I think this is a bit scandalous, that they would make a product, that would be made to break down after a specific time. Many people can not afford to keep buying printers, and this is share capitalism and exploitation from a Company, and at these difficult times, spending money on a fault that can not be cheaper to replace new, people will change to other makes.

Same here. Very annoying as the printer was fully functioning just 24 hours before. Been online, read various suggestions, shut diwn this, shut down that reboot Windows 10, uninstall drivers, reinstall drivers, uninsrall printer, reinstall printer all to no avail. So it now looks like a new printer. Always had Epsom but with the policy of built-in obsolescence. Will probably look elsewhere.

Same thing here. What an annoying feature. Seems like this was built in to make you replace the printer. Just this morning it printed fine and now nothing. This makes me want to go away from Epson moving forward.

Translated: I too am blocked by this E-11 message. We should do a class action. I cleaned my stamp from my Epson XP-320 printer and nothing changes. I also have several new unused cartridges.

As with everyone else on here I have had the same error on my ET-2650 but as I am using a Chromebook I am struggling to find a reset option that is compatible. Can anyone point me in the right direction here?

Its a complete rip off, you buy the printer and the ink then they sting you every year to buy a code to reset the counter, bad form Epson it is the last printer I ever buy from you, most other manufacturers offer free reset tools so you can service the printer yourself.

I own the printer so I should be able to fix it myself not pay a stealth payment to Epson or some other nerd everytime the ink pads are full, they fill rather rapidly too more so than my other printer (canon ).

Something should be done to stop this rip off.

Q: Does the HP Smart Tank 530 printer come with any form of waste ink pad? I mean, of course it does but where is it located and can it be replaced/serviced by me? I looked everywhere for this info and went through the whole manual but no such info was mentioned. Googling it didn't come up with any results either.

Im looking to buy a new printer and im doing a long and tiresome research about which printer to pick. After numerous hours of research, I landed on 3 models from 3 different brands, one of them being this hp 530 Smart Tank printer:

I made sure this time to focus on durability and serviceability for the long run. Im looking up costs for parts such as ink and the most important replacement part, the waste ink pad (or whatever the technical name that hp uses for their printers). So, does hp Smart Tank 530 contain a serviceable waste ink pad? Where is it located in the printer? What is the part number so I can look it up? Can I just take off the sponge pads and wash it off, or DIY it and replace it with my own pads?

Im not an expert when it comes to printers and I learned my lesson after buying my first expensive one and using it for 7 years. This time im going for one those "big tankers" that offer a lot of cheap OEM ink and no more expensive proprietary cartridges and all that mumbo jumbo. I also just discovered this thing called a "waste ink pad/maintenance cartridge" stuff. I've always wondered where that wasted ink goes when I do a nozzle cleanup. I thought it gets evaporated or recycled and pushed back to the cartridge, or something of that sort, but now I know! This should be a part that I can easily and cheaply service/replace by myself without needing to send it to a service center.

There is no waste ink pad holder or collection unit in HP Ink Tank 530 printers that can be replaced. That means when it gets full with waste ink it will leak indise the printer. By the time it gets filled with ink the printer will be long out of warranty and you can only buy a new one.

If you are looking for serviceability you would be better off looking at one of the PageWide models such as the P577. these units have a replaceable ink collection unit. These are a great printer if you have the volume of printing to ensure it gets used on a regular basis.

Are you being sarcastic or exaggerating, or is that really how they designed the HP 530 printer to be? Surely it's not going to get filled up and overspill inside the printer lol? Did you mean that there is indeed some kind of a pad to absorb that wasted ink, and after the counter hits a certain limit it would ask me to send it to HP for service?

The only comparable solution by Epson in my local market is the Epson L3160, which I almost bought but I discovered that they don't allow you to replace the maintenance box at all. I have to send it to a service center for "repairs" which could cost me the same amount as a whole new printer, so it's a no-buy for me because I need to be able to service my waste pads in the far future. So annoying and frustrating to have enough ink and no broken parts in the printer, but then get blocked by software from using it because of a filled waste pad.

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