The service maintenance that would then be carried out is the draining / replacement of the ink pad that catches all the waste ink and resetting of the protection counter. The ink pad replacement may be unnecessary, as this is rarely full when the maintenance messages appear. Free Epson L120 Resetter. Reset Epson printers Waste Ink Pad counters. Download FREE Resetter - WIC Reset Utility. MAC and Windows support.
If your printer is displaying an end of life service message, please review the following FAQs.
Please explain the message I am getting in my printer driver that says parts inside my printer are reaching their end of service life.
Like so many other products, all Epson consumer ink jet products have a finite life span due to component wear during normal use. At some point, the product will reach a condition where either satisfactory print quality cannot be maintained or components have reached the end of their usable life. This is the normal product life cycle for highly mechanical devices like printers. This message is a warning that certain parts have reached the end of their usable life and that your printer will no longer work until it is serviced.
If you want to continue using the printer, Epson recommends having the printer serviced at an Epson Authorized Customer Care Center. In most cases, when this message occurs, other printer components also may be near the end of usable life and satisfactory print quality cannot be maintained. Most consumers who are out of warranty elect to replace a lower-cost printer when they receive an end of life service message.
Which parts are we talking about?
The message refers to the ink pads, which are actually a number of porous pads in the printer that collect, distribute, and very importantly contain the ink that is not used on printed pages. Ink is collected by these pads during the initial setup of the product, during cleaning cycles, and when printing borderless photographs. Most users will not receive this message before the printer is replaced for other reasons. Some high-volume users or those who use the printer for many years may receive this message about ink pads before other components reach the end of their usable life.
Is there anything I can do to continue using my printer?
Most consumers who are out of warranty elect to replace the printer because replacement of ink pads may not be a good investment for lower-cost printers. In most cases, when this message occurs, the printer's other components also may be near the end of usable life. If you want to continue using the printer, Epson recommends having the printer serviced at an Epson Authorized Customer Care Center.
At what point should a user expect to see this message?
The length of time a printer can be used before this message occurs will vary depending on the model and amount and type of pages printed. Most users will not receive this message before the printer is replaced for other reasons. Some high-volume users or those who use the printer for many years may receive this message about ink pads before other components reach the end of their usable life.
Is there anything I can do to continue using my printer temporarily?
You may temporarily remove this maintenance message by using the Maintenance Reset Utility. The Maintenance Reset Utility can only be used once and will allow printing for a short period of time. You may download the Maintenance Reset Utility when you receive the following message on your PC: A part inside your printer is at the end of its service life. Click the link below for details. Click on the link and complete the required information to download the utility.
Note: This utility is for Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP operating systems only. We hope to develop an option for Mac users as well; however, we do not have an ETA or the OS requirement at this time.
I received the message 'A part inside your printer is at the end of its service life. Service is required.' What should I do?
The Maintenance Reset Utility was already used on your product. The Maintenance Reset Utility cannot be used again in order to ensure the proper operation of our devices to minimize the risks of property damage or personal injury. Most consumers who are out of warranty elect to replace the printer because replacement of ink pads may not be a good investment for lower-cost printers. In most cases, when this message occurs, the printer's other components also may be near the end of usable life. If you want to continue using the printer, Epson recommends having the printer serviced at an Epson Authorized Customer Care Center.
I never received the message displayed above, but my printer is displaying an end of life service message. Why?
Most consumers who are out of warranty elect to replace a lower-cost printer when they receive an end of life service message. In most cases, when this message occurs, other printer components also may be near the end of usable life and satisfactory print quality cannot be maintained. If you want to continue using the printer, Epson recommends having the printer serviced at an Epson Authorized Customer Care Center.
In the past, I was able to download an ink pad reset utility. Why can I no longer have this option?
Like so many other products, all Epson consumer ink jet products have a finite life span due to component wear during normal use. At some point, the product will reach a condition where either satisfactory print quality cannot be maintained or components have reached the end of their usable life. Epson is committed to ensuring the proper operation of all our devices to minimize the risks of property damage or personal injury during the life span of the product. The printers are designed to stop operating at the point where further use without replacing the ink pads could create risks of property damage from ink spills or safety issues related to excess ink contacting an electrical component.
What are my available options if the Maintenance Reset cannot be performed?
See the following:
- Have the printer serviced by an Epson Authorized Customer Care Center, or you may ask for a referral from our Contact Center at US: 562-276-1300 or Canada: 905-709-9475. Repair may not be a cost-effective option for lower-cost printers because other components may also be near the end of their usable life.
- Replace the printer with a purchase from your preferred retailer. Also, you can recycle your printer either locally or through Epson's recycling program (US or Canada).
Is having my printer serviced a good option?
Seeking service from an Epson Authorized Customer Care Center is the best option for continued use of your existing printer. However, repair may not be a good investment for lower cost printers because the printer’s other components also may be near the end of usable life. It may be more economical to purchase a new Epson product (with a one year standard warranty).
Can I service my own printer and what will the ink pads look like?
Epson does not recommend that users without technical training undertake service of the components inside the printers. Service technicians who open the printers to service the ink pads may find that the ink pads appear completely saturated with ink (a muddy black from all inks) or may find that the pads still have some white areas that have not yet been completely saturated with ink. The ink pad counters are designed with safety margins to limit risks of ink spills under all usage conditions. A very high-volume user will at some point completely saturate the pads because ink evaporation will not be as effective. For a low-volume user who has used the printer for a long time, the longer evaporation periods may result in some parts of the pads appearing unused.
Why not just make the Ink Pads a user-replaceable item?
Implementing this type of a design would result in more expensive printers. Most users would not benefit from such higher costs because their printers will never reach the Parts End of Life message.
How can I avoid this issue in the future?
Epson offers optional, cost-effective, one- or two-year service contracts for our ink jet printers in addition to the standard one-year warranty. While under warranty or service contract, all hardware failures and maintenance messages are covered repairs. With one of these options, you can ensure the continued operation even with heavy use for up to 3 years. The other option for high-volume users is to consider a higher-level printer with a more robust duty cycle like the Epson EcoTank or Epson SureColor line of printers with larger ink supplies and lower costs of use.
We appreciate your business and feedback. If you would like to submit your comments on this topic to Epson America, please email us at ipru_feedback@ea.epson.com.
This is the best method to reset the waste ink counter on Epson L220 printer at home, you don’t need to take it to a service center and it also fix the printer’s issue like not working and the blinking red light problem “The printer’s ink pads are at the end of their service life. Please contact Epson support”.
In case the Epson L220 printer has the waste ink counter overflow, you can fix it by yourself by resetting the waste ink counter of Epson L220 printer back to 0% then your printer can work again smoothly. This is a common error and this problem also happens regularly on Epson printer.
If you don’t know how to solve and you bring it to the guarantee store, you will need to pay a high fee and waste lots of time. So you should follow this post to learn more and then you can fix it on your own.
Find the reason and the methods to repair the Waste Ink Counter on Epson L220 printer.
The users who use the Epson L220 printer nearly got on with this error. Some of them waste a lot of money for fixing this error. However, you can fix it on your own in case it has this problem after you check your printer carefully.
The signals of Epson L220 printer when it has Waste Ink Counter Overflow error
Let’s check your Epson L220 printer carefully based on these steps below:
– When the printer suddenly stops working, you may think that your printer is having Waste Ink Counter Overflow but there are a lot of others such as paper jam.
– Make sure by checking the Epson L220 printer’s LCD screen in case you have and also you can check the problem message on the computer, if you see “The Printer’s Ink Pad is at the end of its service life. Please contact Epson Support” or “The Printer’s Ink Pads are at the end of their service life. Please contact Epson Support”, your Waste Ink Counter is overflowed.
– I think you should download WIC RESET TOOL which is called Epson L220 Resetter then read the index of the Waste Ink Counter by clicking the button “read waste counters”.
What is Epson L220 Waste ink counter? What is Epson L220 Waste ink pad?
Waste Ink Pads are actually a number of porous pads in the Epson L220 printer that collect, distribute, and very importantly contain the ink that is not used on printed pages (Waste Ink).
Waste Ink is collected by these pads during the initial setup of the product, during cleaning cycles and when printing borderless photographs.
So one time it can be overflowed because it could not absorb ink anymore then the ink will leak from the bottom of the Epson L220 printer.
The printer counts how much ink flow to waste ink pad and stores this number into printer’s memory.
This number is called Protection Counter and also Waste Ink Counter.
What is Epson L220 Waste ink counter overflow?
To prevent ink leaking outside the Epson L220 printer from Waste ink Pad, the waste ink counter may be overflowed and printer will stop.
Full waste ink counter is 100%. Overflow means that counters values are more than 100%. If one or two counters are overflow – you can’t print – you should be RESET WASTE INK COUNTERS
The overflowing ink can make the printer dirty and be broken down so the waste ink tray prevents this problem by this flowing process, before the waste ink is full and can be overflowed, the waste ink counter overflow to guarantee the printer’s safety.
So when the waste ink counter is full, you can’t print anymore and you will receive the notification about the full waste ink counter.
There are a lot of waste ink counters in Epson L220 printer therefore if one of them is more than 100%, the printer will stop printing and all you need is resetting the waste ink counter back to 0% as well as clean the waste ink tray.
How to avoid the waste ink pad overflowing.
If you use the Epson L220 printer regularly, this problem will usually happen in your Epson printer so you should use some skills in resetting process to avoid overflowing waste ink.
The professional method: you can create an open bottle that contains the waste ink to help it can contain more waste ink. Let’s see the picture below:
But you should be have some tools and your creativity. If you can’t do this, you can use this following way.
This way is very simple, when you reset the waste ink counter, you can dissemble the top of the waste ink tray then take the waste ink out, if you can let’s dissemble the sponge and clean it.
You also buy a new waste ink tray to replace.
The disadvantage of this way is you can forget to clean waste ink pad so the ink can be overflowed. This can be bad effect to the components of the Epson L220.
How to reset Epson L220 printer Waste ink counter
Step 1: Download Epson L220 resetter and setup
You are able to download by select one of these links:
– Download WIC Reset Utility for Windows (.zip): Download here
– Download Epson L220 resetter for Windows (.rar): Download here
– Download WIC Reset Utility for Windows (Mirror): Download here
or go to download page here: Download Epson L220 Resetter
How to setting up WIC Reset Utility:
Step 1.1: Run Wicreset.exe file, click “Yes“, click “I accept the agreement“.
Then click “Next” to continue
Step 1.2: Now, select distination location to install Epson L220 resetter. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse then select a folder. If you want to install Epson L220 resetter in default location, click Next to continue
Then, click Next when “Select Start Menu Folder” window appears, if you don’t want to create a start menu folder click on “Don’t create a Start Menu folder“.
Waste Ink Pad Resetter Epson L220 Scanner Software
Step 1.3: Click to check “Create a desktop shortcut” then click Next to continue setup Epson L220 resetter
Step 1.4: Click Install to continue with the Epson L220 Resetter installation
Please wait. Installation has completed installing Epson L220 resetter on your computer when you see the Window: “Completing the WicReset Setup Wizard“
And this is WIC Reset Tool (Epson L220 resetter)
Step 2: Buy the WIC Reset Key
You can buy the WIC RESET KEY with Paypal, VISA, Master Card and also Webmoney. ONE RESET KEY = $8.99 (One time reset only)
Step 2.1:Click here to go to Buy Page, or visit: https://resetkey.net/buy
Step 2.2: Enter the number of keys you want to buy in to Quantity box.
Step 2.3: Click on ADD TO CART button, then click Checkout with Paypal to pay the reset key and get the reset key from your email (You will receive the reset key in less than 10 seconds).
if you pay the reset key with Webmoney, please send money to WMZ Wallet: Z230787931543 then contact us (manilacare@gmail.com) to get the reset key
Step 3: Instruction on how to reset your Epson L220 printer’s Waste Ink Counters
Please watch this video to know how to reset your Epson L220 printer’s Waste ink counters by using Epson L220 resetter (WIC Reset Tool.)
Waste Ink Pad Resetter Epson L220 Printer
If you have any problem with Epson L220 resetter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.