Waste Ink – lings

For the uninitiated, this is an introduction and guide on how to use the “AdjProg” utility that is often required to reset the waste ink counter on Epson inkjet printers.

Content:

• How to run the program
• Initial Settings
• Things to avoid
• How to read the current counter and what it means
• Resetting the counter
• Getting out of the utility
• Warnings re: resetting and ignoring the waste ink

This time I’ve covered the D88 printer but the RX685 and R1900 are also on my list for some point in the future.

Low Quality/Resolution (see below for link to higher quality version)

The high quality (800×600 resolution) version is available by clicking this link
…or you can view the iPhone version

My first vidcap tutorial on this subject was a bit long winded and harder to follow so I’ve learned how to keep it short and got it down to 4 minutes (ish) with my new version so hopefully it’s better as a result.

It never fails to amaze me just how stupid some people are when it comes to the issue of the “Service Required” message on their printers. Yes, that’s right, I just called quite a few people reading this stupid… would you like me to spell it for you?…

The reason I say this is not because your IQ has suddenly disappeared into a vacuum, nor has your ability to discern the North Star in the middle of a hail storm disappeared… No? No!… The reason I say this is because a large proportion of you reading this article believe it is perfectly acceptable to reset a printers waste ink counter and then forget about it…

Did the ink just up and walk off?

Erm… Hello people! Resetting a couple of bits of data in a printers memory chip does not remove the ink Read more…

A few users have pointed out problems accessing and reading the help file provided with the SSC Utility. This is a particular problem when accessing the file through Windows 7 (and possibly Vista)

To help side step this problem I’ve produced a PDF version of the manual which you can download from here.

Waste ink kits and modifications will help you keep your printer running more smoothly but unless you have a reset utility to deal with the waste-ink or protection counter your printer will remain a brick.

With this in mind I have been spending an inordinate amount of time looking for reset utilities, especially for the newer Epson inkjet printers. Some of the information I’ve developed is disheartening, while other intel’ causes outright concern, so it seemed appropriate to provide an update on what’s out there.