In this article, we will give you the guide of resetting the waste in counter on Epson Stylus NX120 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 problem message on the LCD screen “The Printer’s Ink Pads are at the end of their service life”.
In case the Epson Stylus NX120 printer has the waste ink counter overflow, you can fix it by yourself by using WIC Reset Tool to reset the waste ink counter of Epson Stylus NX120 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 know more and then you can fix it on your own.
Find the reason and the methods to fix the Waste Ink Counter on Epson Stylus NX120 printer.
Before you look for the reason of the Waste Ink counter on Epson Stylus NX120 printer, you have to sure that your Epson printer has this error and also other same errors. You completely realize this error based on these signals below.
How to know that the Waste Ink Counter printer is overflowed
These are 3 steps to sure that your Epson Stylus NX120 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 Stylus NX120 Resetter and also WIC RESET TOOL then connect with the computer by USB cable, connect computer to the internet, then choose the Epson Stylus NX120 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 Stylus NX120 Waste ink pad? What is Epson Stylus NX120 Waste ink counter?
Waste Ink Pads are actually a number of porous pads in the Epson Stylus NX120 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 Stylus NX120 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 Stylus NX120 Waste ink counter overflow?
To avoid ink leaking outside the Epson Stylus NX120 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 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 Stylus NX120 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 Stylus NX120 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 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 need 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 Stylus NX120 printer’s conductor then let the waste ink flow into the conductor that is connected with the bottle
When the bottle is 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 Stylus NX120 printer, the waste ink will not flow out
How to reset Epson Stylus NX120 printer Waste ink counter
Step 1: Download Epson Stylus NX120 resetter and setup
You are able to download by click on one of these links:
– Download Epson Stylus NX120 resetter for Windows (.zip): Download here
– Download Epson Stylus NX120 resetter for Windows (.rar): Download here
– Download WIC Reset Utility for Windows (Mirror): Download here
or go to download page here: Download Epson Stylus NX120 Resetter
How to setup Epson Stylus NX120 resetter:
Step 1.1: Open Wicreset.exe file, click “Yes“, click “I accept the agreement“.
After that click “Next” to continue
Step 1.2: Now, select distination location to setup Epson Stylus NX120 resetter. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse then select a folder. If you want to install WIC Reset Utility in default folder, 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“.
Step 1.3: Click to check “Create a desktop shortcut” then click Next to continue install Epson Stylus NX120 resetter
Step 1.4: Click Install to continue with the Epson Stylus NX120 Resetter installation
Please wait. Installation has finished installing Epson Stylus NX120 resetter on your computer when you see the Window: “Completing the WicReset Setup Wizard“
And this is WIC Reset Tool (Epson Stylus NX120 resetter)
Step 2: Buy the WIC Reset Key
You can buy the WIC RESET KEY with Paypal, VISA, Master Card or 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: Instructions to reset your Epson Stylus NX120 printer’s Waste Ink Counters
Please watch this video to know how to reset your Epson Stylus NX120 printer’s Waste ink counters by using Epson Stylus NX120 resetter (WIC Reset Tool.)
If you have any problem with Epson Stylus NX120 resetter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.