After a fair bit of work I’ve been able to examine a copy of the official reset utility from Epson that has only been available in the USA and Canada.
For reasons best known to the corporate moguls on this side of the Atlantic, the utility has not been provided in Europe or elsewhere in the world and as such the printers that this utility works with is limited to those with North American model numbers. The good news is that there are some commonalities such as the Stylus Photo 1400, or the RX700 but those with a D, DX model printer will be out of luck for now.
The models supported are:
- 1280, 1290
- 1400, 1410
- C45, C46, C48
- C65, C66, C67, C68
- C79
- C85, C86, C87, C88, C88+
- CX3500, CX3700, CX3800, CX3805, CX3810, CX3900
- CX4000, CX4100, CX4200, CX4500, CX4600, CX4700, CX4800, CX4900
- CX5000, CX5900
- CX6000, CX6500, CX6600
- CX7700, CX7800
- R1800
- R200, R210, R220
- R2400
- R260, R270
- R300, R320, R340
- R380, R390
- R800
- RX580, RX590
- RX600, RX620
- RX700
There are also some Picturemate printers that are also compatible but I haven’t listed these.
Download locations identified so far are:
Note: ALWAYS run a virus and spyware scan on any downloads before you run them to ensure they do not contain any nasty surprises.
As always, it’s still important to deal with the waste ink issue so remember to check out the various kits available on OctoInkjet, ebay or elsewhere on the web
May 9th, 2009 at 14:45
[...] rosy news in that Epson released a utility in North America for printer models in that region. The A10_IPR utility has made it out into the wild and it covers a number of printers outside of the USA/Canada too, so [...]
October 16th, 2009 at 06:50
A10_IPR is not meant for RX585.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
October 18th, 2009 at 00:09
The RX585 would require a paid for resetter unfortunately… Best place I can think of is 2manuals.com but it does cost.
March 28th, 2010 at 20:07
HELP !! I have installed the wast ink receptacle and tried the download for the ink pad reset but it is for PCs …. any mac guys out there that can help me!!!
Please I love my RX700 and it scans so well and quickly — I really want it to work again … even if only for the scan function . I purchased a newer Epson top of the line all in one but it is S L O W
March 28th, 2010 at 20:50
Unfortunately there are no reset utilities that can be run on a Mac and, after a lot of other folks have tried and failed, I’ve reached the conclusion that the least stressful approach is to either borrow a laptop with Windows on or buy an old one from a thrift store or similar for a few dollars/pounds/notes
and keep it specifically for things like this.
There are that many old laptops around now that you should be able to virtually get one for free.
Hope that helps…