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Manual Reset Instructions to Reset Protection Counter on Older Epson Printer Models

Protection counter is the counter for wasted ink; it says to printer how much space it has in special tray where all wasted ink are going during cleaning procedures. With time it became full (printer just won’t print in this case) and absorbtion padding must be replaced. After replacing the padding You must reset the protection counter to zero in order to continue ordinary printing.

Below You will find manual reset instructions to reset protection counter on older printer models manually (25 printer models).

1. Turn off printer.
2. Replace waste ink pad.
3. Perform reset instructions provided for Your printer model below.
4. Turn off printer.

EPSON CX6400/CX6600

• Turn on printer holding color copy and cancel buttons.
• You’ll see Init EEPROM on screen. Press green color copy button.

Any multifunction:

• Push the b/w + color + stop ( or maybe ok button ) together and hold.
• Push power on button and hold, don’t release all the button until you see the light indicator is blinking and then a message display on the lcd.
• Release you finger from the button.
• Push the color button once.

EPSON R2×0/R3×0

• Turn on power.
• Press and hold buttons:
• R3×0: STOP, MANITENANCE and POWER;
• R2×0: POWER, INK, PAPER;
• Hold for 12 seconds.

EPSON R300

• Turn on power.
• Press and hold STOP, MANITENANCE and POWER buttons
• then turn off the power when prompted.

EPSON Photo 950, 960

• Turn the printer on with the Roll Paper
• SW and Paper SW pressed. Paper and Ink indicators will flash for
• 3 seconds. During this time, momentarily release the roll paper
• switch, and then press and hold the switch again for 10 seconds. When the printer
• checks the maintenance error function, the front LEDs will light for 2
• seconds, and the printer will then change to standby mode. Turn off printer.

EPSON RX500

• Press all following buttons :Power, Load/Eject, Stop, B&W, Color,
• after this printer turns on and you’ll see “Init eeprom” on printer screen.
• Press Color button to clear protection counter.
• Alternate. Hold down “clear + setup + on”
• Continue to hold the buttons until the printer had powered on, then off again, then back on. Once you noticed that the LCD had flashed a blank screen, let go of the 3 keys. In the LCD window you now have access to 3 options using the select keys.
• Look for an abbreviation resembling “ink pad level” . Here is where Held down the clear button for around 10 seconds. LCD must read “Press Power to Reset.”

EPSON RX600

• Press all following buttons : Power, B&W, Color,
• then, on demand (you’ll see message on printer screen), turn off printer.

EPSON C80

• Hold down both the paper and ink buttons while you turn on the power.
• When the paper out LED is just flashing release both buttons and press and hold the ink-cleaning button for at least 10 seconds.
• The printer will cycle through and self check for about 3 minutes and then function normally.

EPSON Stylus Color

• Pressing and holding ALT+FONT+LOAD+PAUSE buttons combination, press POWER button.
• Release all buttons.

EPSON Stylus Color 300

• Pressing and holding LOAD/EJECT and CLEANING buttons, press POWER button and hold it until You will see blinking INK OUT and PAPER OUT leds.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time press LOAD/EJECT and CLEANING buttons again.

EPSON Stylus Color 400, 600

• Pressing and holding LOAD/EJECT and CLEANING buttons, press POWER button and hold it until You will see blinking INK OUT and PAPER OUT leds.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time press and release LOAD/EJECT button.

EPSON Stylus Color 440, 640, 740, 460, 660, 670, 760, 860, 880, 1160

• Pressing and holding LOAD/EJECT and CLEANING buttons, press POWER button and hold it until You will see blinking INK OUT and PAPER OUT leds.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time press and hold CLEANING button, until all leds will blink.

EPSON Stylus Color 680

• Pressing and holding LOAD/EJECT and CLEANING buttons, press POWER button and hold it until You will see blinking INK OUT and PAPER OUT leds.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time press and hold LOAD/EJECT button, until all leds will blink.

EPSON Stylus Color 800, 850

• Pressing and holding LOAD, CLEANING Color and CLEANING Black buttons, press POWER button and hold it until You will see blinking INK OUT and PAPER OUT leds.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time press and release CLEANING Color button, You will see leds blinking.

EPSON Stylus Color 900, 980

• Pressing and holding LOAD/EJECT and CLEANING buttons, press POWER button, You will see blinking INK OUT led.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time press and hold CLEANING button for 10-12 seconds.

EPSON Stylus Photo 785, 895

• Pressing and holding Maintenance and Roll Paper buttons, press POWER button, You will see blinking Error led.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time until led is blinking press and hold for 10-12 seconds Roll Paper button, until all leds will blink.

EPSON Stylus Photo 890, 1280, 1290

• Pressing and holding Maintenance and Roll Paper buttons, press POWER button, You will see blinking Power led.
• Release all buttons.
• In 2-3 seconds time until led is blinking press and hold for 10-12 seconds Roll Paper button, until all leds will blink.

EPSON Stylus 1520

• Turn on printer holding the following buttons : Alt, LF/FF, Load/Eject, Micro Adjust.

EPSON 2100

• Switch on the power holding buttons one and three (ROLL PAPER and SHEET FEEDER).
• Then hold button one down for 10 seconds.

Stylus Photo 2200

• Turn on printer holding ROLL and PAPER ADVANCE buttons.
• Release buttons then you see doble blinking of indicators.
• Press and hold ROLL button for 12 seconds.

EPSON Stylus Color II, IIS, 400, 600, 640.

• Turn printer on and off 5 times using Power button.

EPSON Stylus Color 3000

• Pressing and holding PAUSE, LF/FF and DOWN ARROW buttons turn on printer.
• Release all buttons.

Stylus Pro 4000

• Hold down right arrow, down arrow, and right arrow buttons during turning on.
• Using right arrow button select “Clear Counters”.
• Select right arrow in menu.
• List using up and down buttons until you find “Maint Tank”
• Press right to initiate clearance.

EPSON 5000 Pro

• press cleaning sw eject sw power on
• now you are in maintenance mode 1
• press cleaning sw reset sw
• now you are in maintenance mode 2
• black ink led should be on
• press eject sw
• power off then on

EPSON 7600/9600

• Turn on power pressing and holding PAPER SOURCE,PAPER FEED,CUT/EJECT.
• Release all buttons. Manu should appear. Press DOWN, CLEAR COUNTER option should appear.
• Press RIGHT then UP - you must see MAIN TANK.
• Press RIGHT then ENTER (CUT/EJECT).
• Power Clean Option. Control Panel operation sequence.
• Ready. Selectype. Printer Setup. Scrool down to Maintenance. Selectype. Power Cleaning,.
• Selectype. Exec. Press Eject.

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