Howdy. This post tips on how to avoid Epson T21 waste ink counters overflow, the best way to repair Epson T21 End of Service Life message.
You have probably noticed the waste ink counter overflow on Epson printers or waste ink counter overflow on Epson T21 inkjet printer. We supply you more details about this problem, tips on how to resolve Epson T21 waste ink counter overflow and tips on how to prevent Epson T21 waste ink counter overflow again with this article.
Also you learn about how you can detect waste ink counter overflow and how you can check waste ink counter number by using Wic Reset Utility Tool.
What is Epson T21 waste ink counter overflow and how to avoid?
Notes: You only see this error on Epson Printer and some Canon printer. Check the list of Epson printer will make this mistake here (epson waste ink counter overflow list)
What is Epson T21 waste ink counter overflow?
Epson inkjet printers have inside a part of sponge for absorbing and collecting waste inks. It is called waste ink pad.
Waste Ink Pads are some porous pads in the printer that collect, distribute, and also very importantly include 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.
Even while printhead cleanup process ink flush by printhead to waste ink pad. Then one time it could be overflowed because it could not absorb ink anymore in that case the ink will leak from the bottom of the inkjet printer.
The inkjet printer counts the volume of ink flow to waste ink pad and stores this number into printer’s memory ==> This number is known as Waste Ink Counter.
+ So you can stop ink leaking outside the Epson T21 printer the waste ink counter may be overflowed and Epson T21 printer is going to stop.
+ Full counter is 100%. Waste ink counters overflow means that counters values are more then 100%.
To get Epson T21 printer working again – You have to RESET the Epson T21 printer Waste Ink Counter (Read more to learn how to reset epson printer).
How to know that your Epson T21 printer waste ink counter overflow?
+ Your Epson T21 printer red light blinking
+ Your printer LCD screen or computer screen appear: “The Printer’s Ink Pads are at the end of Their service life. Please contact Epson Support” or “The Printer’s Ink Pad is at the end of Its service life. Please contact Epson Support”.
How to check Epson T21 printer waste ink pad is overflow or not?
It is very easy to check Epson waste ink counters with Wic Reset Utility.
1. Download wic reset utility here: Download wic reset
2. Run Wic Reset Utility, Click on READ WASTE INK COUNTERS button:
3. Read the message. If one or two counters are overflow – you can not print – you have to RESET WASTE INK COUNTERS
How to fix Epson T21 waste ink counter overflow?
Step 1: Download wic reset utility and install first
Step 2: Buy wic reset key or get free key
Step 3: Reset your printer with wic reset and wic reset key
+ Connect your Epson T21 to computer that you installed wic reset utility.
+ Connect your computer to Internet.
+ Follow this post and reset your Epson T21 – Read how to reset Epson T21 printer
How to avoid Epson T21 printer make “Waste ink counter overflow” error?
Above this post I said that Waste Ink is collected by waste ink pads during the initial setup of the product, during print head cleaning cycles and when printing borderless photographs.
=> The Epson T21 printer Waste Ink Counters overflow time depends on these 3 items:
– How many times the Epson T21 print head cleaning cycles were performed.
– How much borderless photographs have been printed.
– How many times the Epson T21 initial ink charge has been used.
During Epson T21 print head cleaning cycle – about 2-4% of waste ink counter is been used (the waste ink counter increases).
Then if You make about 25-30 print head cleanings cycles => You can overflow the Epson T21 printer waste ink counter.
=> Tips how to avoid Epson T21 printer Waste Ink Counters overflow:
– Use print head cleaning when it is strongly needed.
– Use quality inks to avoid print head cleanings.
– Epson offer 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.
– Other choice for high volume users may be to look at a higher level printer with a more robust duty cycle like the Epson Stylus Pro line of printers with larger ink cartridges and also lower costs of use.
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