Comments on: Parts inside your printer are at the end of their service life https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life Research and development Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.1 By: James Wade https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-337945 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:26:23 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-337945 In reply to Marcel.

@Marcel

Be warned. If you don’t replace your pads you may end up with a mess on your desk.

]]> By: Marcel https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-333578 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:55:08 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-333578 Thanks so much for this Epson stylus C46. Great Christmas gift 🙂

Only one enhancement in the how-to; the following statements are (for C46) in the wrong order:

(The question whether the pads have been replaced pops up after protection resetting)

•If it asks if you replaced with the pads; say “YES”. Then close the window.
•You will see a SSC Service Utilitiy icon (it looks like a printer) in the system tray (next to your click), and LEFT click.
•A menu will appear, from here you can click on “Protection counter” (its a red cross), then “reset protection counter”.

]]> By: marius https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-267490 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 13:08:14 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-267490 Hello i work with Epson r1400 (Davinci pro 6-6 cd printer) and message ”Parts inside your printer are at the end of their service life. See your printer documentation.” apper and ink led and cancel led blinkin intermitent.
I install SSC Service Utility i following al steps ,but when i entire in ” protection counter” in ”show counter value” massage error operation ocured.
Can help me with any sugestion ?

]]> By: ANDY https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-253216 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:07:09 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-253216 excellent help cheers
FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WITH “ERROR OCCURED ”
i did this for 2 hours with no joy

then decided to re download sscserve again and try again and it worked if yours does not work download latest version

]]> By: hm2k https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-199963 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:33:19 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-199963 In reply to Clifford P..

@Clifford

Thanks for the information.

When I contact Epson in the past, they weren’t very helpful.

The page you mention has only existed since 2008, this article was written in 2007.

You really should maintain your ink pads otherwise ink will overflow all over your desk.

]]> By: Clifford P. https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-199864 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:17:19 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-199864 Why hasn’t a single user on this site spoken to Epson about the problem at hand? I spoke with a tech and said it would be a shame to add the printer to a landfill simply due to the ink pads needing replacement. He sent me to a link on the Epson website which provided a utility to reset the counter with which worked like a charm. The file is named EpsonIPRUtility_A10.exe and may be downloaded from their website from this link:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/InkPadsForm.jsp?cookies=no&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes

I have not performed any maintenance on the ink pads and the printer is working just fine. i have been using a CISS ink system for a few years with this printer and it has been a huge money saver. The CISS ink system and replacement bottles of 400 ml ink of each color X 6 cost me $125.00 and will last several years saving the equivalent of about 20 sets of ink cartridges which would cost about $1,500.00! The ink is every bit the equivalent to the Epson in color and all other aspects. I actually feel that the Red reproduction is better then the Espon ink without even profiling the new ink to the paper being used.

]]> By: Mario https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-199846 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:34:19 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-199846 Thanks to this site, I was able to fix Epson Stylus C48 printer which was showing the error: “Parts inside your printer are at the end of their service life. See your printer documentation.”
I opened the printer and changed the pads. My wife had some similar material so I cut 4 pads to size and fit them in.
I also downloaded the “SSC Service Utility for Epson Stylus Printers.” utility and followed instructions given and presto!
Now I have a squeaky clean printer, with new pads, which is producing better printouts than ever before.
Many thanks for the time of putting this on-line…It has saved me a lot of money and the printer now has many more years of life ahead of it.

many thanks,

Mario

]]> By: Bryan https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-199516 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:21:47 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-199516 Forgot to mention, lights on my Stylus 1400 are both flashing, but not simultaneously. They flash alternately, which I have not found anything about. I’m only assuming the sponges are full or print counter needs reset. Can anyone confirm what alternate lights flashing means for sure?
Thanks – Bryan

]]> By: Bryan https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-199514 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:54:59 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-199514 Just found your site and instructions for cleaning pads and running utility for resetting print counter. Looked for info specific to setup like ours, but cannot find. Can you tell me if this works for Stylus 1400 that is also fitted with QuickConnectII bulk ink bags? Thanks – Bryan

]]> By: Nubietech https://hm2k.org/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life/comment-page-3#comment-198791 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:18:12 +0000 http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life#comment-198791 I Have done this already twice and i have this site for reference once again ! thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!thank you!

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