Epson Photo R300 "Service required"

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Nigel Andrews

I have a fairly new R300 which has non-Epson carts installed. It has worked
for a while (obviously thru' the supplied Epsons carts) using these cheaper
carts. No it is displaying the message "Service required. Parts inside your
printer are at the end of their service life." Can anyone say if this is as
terminal as it suggests?
Could it be the carts which are causing the message, because they are not
Epson brand?
Is there anyway to 'reset' the printer and clear the problem?

Please help?

Nigel
P.S. I have another R300 which also has the same non-Epson carts and is (so
far) still working fine.
 
R

Rob

Nigel said:
I have a fairly new R300 which has non-Epson carts installed. It has worked
for a while (obviously thru' the supplied Epsons carts) using these cheaper
carts. No it is displaying the message "Service required. Parts inside your
printer are at the end of their service life." Can anyone say if this is as
terminal as it suggests?
Could it be the carts which are causing the message, because they are not
Epson brand?
Is there anyway to 'reset' the printer and clear the problem?

Please help?

Nigel
P.S. I have another R300 which also has the same non-Epson carts and is (so
far) still working fine.
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Download the software here and see if resetting works

http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
 
S

Shooter

You can reset as suggested but great care should be used as the pads in the
base require changing. You could if you wished use the suggested program and
fit a waste bottle which would prevent further waste ink going into the
pads. It's a very simple job to undertake all you have to do is remove the
small plate at the back of the printer and look for the green tube just at
the back of the wiring, with a thin screwdriver lift the tube to the out
side, lifting the tube from the bottom of the printer to the outside, Epson
don't give a lot of spare so you will only get just over an inch out side
the printer, connect an extension tube either over the top or inside the
green tube and feed into a small container with a small piece of tube into
the container lid to prevent a vacuum. The alternative is to take the
printer to an Epson repair centre and have the pads replaced or replace them
your self. If you require a photo of the above please email mail me.
 
M

measekite

Nigel said:
I have a fairly new R300 which has non-Epson carts installed.
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THAT IS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING.
It has worked
for a while (obviously thru' the supplied Epsons carts) using these cheaper
carts. No it is displaying the message "Service required. Parts inside your
printer are at the end of their service life." Can anyone say if this is as
terminal as it suggests?
Could it be the carts which are causing the message, because they are not
Epson brand?
Click to expand...

ABSOLUTELY. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING BECAUSE THE WHORES THAT
SOLD IT TO YOU WILL NOT DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION.
Is there anyway to 'reset' the printer and clear the problem?

Please help?

Nigel
P.S. I have another R300 which also has the same non-Epson carts and is (so
far) still working fine.
Click to expand...

JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP. I WOULD PURGE THE MACHINE AND GET
OEM EPSON INK.
 
S

Shooter

Nothing to do with the type of ink used. It's down to the number of cleans
and nozzle checks, You should know better. I use nothing else but third
party ink with no problems whatever. You have no idea what you are talking
about.
 
Z

zakezuke

Could it be the carts which are causing the message, because they are not
Epson brand?
Is there anyway to 'reset' the printer and clear the problem?
Click to expand...

The epsons are based on micropiezoelectric heads which are far more
tollerant to different mediums. Using 3rd party ink isn't likely the
issue but the fact that the printer is designed to get a full diaper
after roughly 1 year of normal use (by my eastimates). You would get
this very same message using OEM ink. The number is based on how much
waste ink goes into the diaper, which can be increased by more purging
and such.

I see someone already linked you to the SSC utility... idealy ALL epson
users should be taking the waste tube in the back of their printer and
routing it to an external bowl of some sort, such as an old starbucks
mug, tupperware, whatever, so when the "need service" warning comes up
the user can reset knowing they don't have full diapers. I know it's
easy to spot on the r200, that door with one screw on the back.

The good news is this can be fixed under warranty, where they either
provide you with a referb printer with new ink, or take the time to
disassemble the printer and replace your diaper. I have yet to learn
of a system of diaper cleaning other than drilling holes and sucking
with a wet dry vac.
 
J

Jon O'Brien

YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING.
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And you're showing your ignorance and your prejudice, as usual. It almost
certainly has nothing to do with the cartridges and more to do with the
level of usage the printer has had.

Jon.
 
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Frank

measekite said:
THAT IS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING.


ABSOLUTELY. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING BECAUSE THE WHORES THAT
SOLD IT TO YOU WILL NOT DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION.


JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP. I WOULD PURGE THE MACHINE AND GET
OEM EPSON INK.
Click to expand...
Get lost you stupid ****wit!
Frank
 
F

FredFarkle

THAT IS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING.


ABSOLUTELY. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE USING BECAUSE THE WHORES THAT
SOLD IT TO YOU WILL NOT DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION.


JUST WAIT FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP. I WOULD PURGE THE MACHINE AND GET
OEM EPSON INK.
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YOu need the Epson reset program to reset the waste ink pad eeprom
Want to Fix Something?

http://www.manuals4you.com
 
S

SamSez

Shooter said:
Nothing to do with the type of ink used. It's down to the number of cleans
and nozzle checks, You should know better. I use nothing else but third
party ink with no problems whatever. You have no idea what you are talking
about.
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Bull.

It >DOES< have to do with the type of ink used, and more importantly, the bogus
chips in those carts which, more likely than not, forced many more cleanings
than the oem carts [some are known to do a cleaning prior to each printout!]
 
Z

zakezuke

It >DOES< have to do with the type of ink used, and more importantly, the bogus
chips in those carts which, more likely than not, forced many more cleanings
than the oem carts [some are known to do a cleaning prior to each printout!]
Click to expand...

A bogus chip would be reported by the status monitor. A clone chip
would be no different than OEM, but these are refilled carts which are
in all likelyhood epson OEM chips pulled from old carts and reset.

In my experence that gasket getting knocked out of place is far more
likely to cause clogging and result in the need for more cleanings than
any other factor.

As far as cleaning might have to ask the OP.
 
S

Shooter

Absolute rubbish. You are talking about an Epson R300, if so you have little
understanding of that machine.


SamSez said:
Shooter said:
Nothing to do with the type of ink used. It's down to the number of cleans
and nozzle checks, You should know better. I use nothing else but third
party ink with no problems whatever. You have no idea what you are talking
about.
Click to expand...

Bull.

It >DOES< have to do with the type of ink used, and more importantly, the bogus
chips in those carts which, more likely than not, forced many more cleanings
than the oem carts [some are known to do a cleaning prior to each printout!]
Click to expand...
 
A

Arthur Entlich

Chances are you have hit the waste ink pad protection numbers.

The reset requires proprietary software from Epson, and the cost of
repair is likely nearly that of the printer.

You can try to hunt down a printer utility, provided out of Russia which
may allow you to reset the EPPROM or the waste ink pads, but I believe
once you have reached that point the software will not turn the clock back.

Art
 

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