epson r200 service message

[GEORGIEBOY26]

oh dear,,,after 18 months, my good ole epson r200 has started to give me message "some of the parts in your printer are comeing to the end of life" blah blah.....I have the epson service tool installed, which has been mentioned on here before. but is it possible for me to use it to fix the error message, or indeed whatever the printer prob is???
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[DVDCoverArt]

I haven't used it myself, but from what I understand you can use the tool to reset the printer so that it thinks that it just came out of the box.
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[kveits007]

I had that very exact same problem, I had mine for about the same amount of time to, I had the epson tool they talk about, but by time I got the error it was to late for me, the tool wouldnt work, I couldnt even turn off the printer, I got so made I went out and bought 2 Epson r220 to have, 1 for back up, I think the key with the tool is to use it before you get the message, not sure though, I only paid 75.00 apiece for the new printers, they use same cartridge as the r200, I am curious to know if you get the tool to work since you already got the error, maybe I can learn from it.
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[snips71]

The tool is called SSC service utility. It should be easy to locate if you just google it. I have used it many times (apparently I print too much). There is one drawback to this though. The reason it is telling you to have your printer serviced is that the ink pad is getting too full of ink. This happens everytime you install new carts or use the head cleaning. After re-setting the printer, you will need to open a little trap door in the back of the printer and locate a short clear hose. This needs to be routed outside the printer into a bottle or some sort of reservoir. If not done you will overfllow the pad in the printer, creating a horrible mess. Hope this helps, it has worked for me for a couple of years now.
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[GEORGIEBOY26]

thanx for reply snips, how do I reset the printer, in the utility it has a resetter tab, when clicked gives options..write, check and test, but it says cannot find device??is the ressetter tab for changing the chip on inks??I am probly a bit thick on how to use this utility I do understand what you say about ink pad getting full...is there no way to replace the pad??........luckily. if I do have big probs, I did manage to pick another r200 up on ebay just last week, so I will have a back up printer at my disposal.... its all a bit technical for me, but I will try any suggestions given, especially if they are in simple easy to follow steps thanx guys
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[daripper]

GB m8, the reseter that you're looking for in the SSC Service Utility is in the Protection Counter
it will have show current value, reset protection counter, clear counter overflow. Try clicking
on reset protection counter and it should clear it back to zero but after doing that make sure you
either take the tube out and run it into a bottle or something like that or if you have the Kahonies
to do it then take the printer apart and clean the waste ink pads, let them dry and put them back
in and if all goes well it should be ready to go again. Taking the printer apart is no picnic in the park
and getting it all back together and working correctly is even worse most of the time.
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[GEORGIEBOY26]

Ripper said....Taking the printer apart is no picnic in the park
and getting it all back together and working correctly is even worse most of the time.

lol I know wot you mean mate...thanx for the tip, i will give it a go tomorrow..cheers buddy
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[snips71]

Ripper replied as well as I could. I was going to tell you the same thing. I would not attempt to dismantle a perfectly good printer. The ink in the reservoir bottle I am using gets recycled as black ink. So you could say I am doing my part for the environment
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[dellboy69]

Hi Georgieboy. I have had this problem a few times and the SSC facility allways works.
1. Make sure in the "show main window" option when you right click the task bar that all boxes are ticked in the configuration pane (i.e disable epsom agent, start utility at windows start, enable independent monitor)
2. Select the correct printer in the installed printer and printer model drop downs.
3. Re boot the machine to enable settings.
4. Right click printer icon again in task bar and select protection counter and re set, if there is a com error you may need to power cycle your printer.
5. follow the prompts and say yes when it asks if the pad has been changed.
6. this should reset the counter and all should be well. (a power cycle may be required.
At epson I was told the counter can be reset at least twice before the waste ink pad needs touching.
Hope this helps

[GEORGIEBOY26]

many thanx Dellboy, appreciated mate.......(give my regards to Rodney....the plonker)
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[GEORGIEBOY26]

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[GEORGIEBOY26]

thanx flyers, i heard that too, so i left the overflow tube
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