In this article, we will give you the guide of resetting the waste in counter on Epson R295 printer. You will have trouble on waste ink counter during Epson usage process and the signals that you can realize this issue easily are not working printer, the blinking red light problem and the error message on the LCD screen “The Printer’s Ink Pads are at the end of their service life”.
In case the Epson R295 printer has the waste ink counter overflow, you can repair it by yourself by resetting the waste ink counter of Epson R295 printer back to 0% then your printer can work again smoothly. This is a popular error and this error also happens regularly on Epson printer.
If you don’t know how to fix and you bring it to the guarantee store, you will need to pay a higher 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 R295 printer.
As I have mentioned, you should sure your printer having the Waste Ink Counter problem and also not, in case your printer has this problem, let’s go on fixing it and also you can call the fixing service to save your time.
How to realize the Waste Ink Counter Overflow in Epson R295 printer
These are 3 steps to sure that your Epson R295 printer is overflowed and also not:
– When Waste ink counter is overflowed, two red lights of the printer will blink continuously.
– Check the notifications of 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” that means your waste ink counter is overflowed, you should be reset it back to 0% to continue using.
– Let’s download Epson R295 Resetter or WIC RESET TOOL then connect with the computer by USB cable, connect computer to the internet, then choose the Epson R295 printer on the Wicreset’s left sidebar then click “Read Waste Counters” to check the number of Waste Ink Counter. In case one of them is more than 100% that means your Waste Ink Counter is overflowed.
What is Epson R295 Waste ink pad? What is Epson R295 Waste ink counter?
Epson inkjet printers have inside a part of sponge for absorbing and collecting waste inks. It is called waste ink pad.
Ink is collected by waste ink pads during the initial setup of the product, during cleaning cycles and when printing borderless photographs. While printhead cleaning process ink flush through printhead to waste ink pad.
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 R295 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 R295 Waste ink counter overflow?
To avoid ink leaking outside the Epson R295 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 and also two counters are overflow – you can’t print – you need to 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 R295 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 prevent the waste ink pad overflowing.
If you use the Epson R295 printer regularly, this problem will usually happen in your Epson printer so you should use some skills in resetting process to prevent overflowing waste ink.
The first way: After resetting the waste ink counter, you should disassemble the waste ink pad and use the device to take all the waste ink the clean the waste ink pad to contain the waste ink.
But when you use this way, you have to open the printer regularly so it is inconvenient so you should see the next method to avoid this problems.
The second way: you can use a bottle and a segment conductor is suitable with the Epson R295 printer’s conductor then let the waste ink flow into the conductor that is connected with the bottle
When the waste ink bottle is almost full, you only need to the segment conductor and clean it to reuse.
Note: Let’s set the bottle under the printer to make the flowing process fluently. If you put the bottle higher than the bottom of the Epson R295 printer, the waste ink will not flow out
Reset Epson R295 printer Waste ink counter instruction
Step 1: Download Epson R295 resetter and setup
You are able to download by click on one of the links:
– Download WIC Reset Utility for Windows (.zip): Download here
– Download Epson R295 resetter for Windows (.rar): Download here
– Download WIC Reset Utility for Windows (Mirror): Download here
or go to download page here: Download Epson R295 Resetter
How to setting up Epson R295 resetter:
Step 1.1: Run Wicreset.exe file, click “Yes“, click “I accept the agreement“.
After that click “Next” to go to the next step
Step 1.2: Now, select distination location to install WIC Reset Utility. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse then select a folder. If you want to install Epson R295 resetter in default folder, click Next to continue
After that, 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“.
Step 1.3: Click to check “Create a desktop shortcut” then click Next to continue setup Epson R295 resetter
Step 1.4: Click Install to continue with the Epson R295 Resetter installation
Please wait. Setup has finished installing Epson R295 resetter on your computer when you see the Window: “Completing the WicReset Setup Wizard“
And this is WIC Reset Tool (Epson R295 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 (This is One Time Reset Key)
Step 2.1: Click here to go to Buy Page, and also 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 R295 printer’s Waste Ink Counters
Please watch this video to know step to steps to reset your Epson R295 printer’s Waste ink counters by using Epson R295 resetter (WIC Reset Tool.)
If you have any problem with Epson R295 resetter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.