The waste ink pad is full – that’s easy to fix – but the printer refusing to work, I need the secret software that you provide on request. Hi there, Please send me the maintenance utility to unbrick my printer.

So I mailed EPSON, with a detailed assessment of the problem: So I looked around, and found that EPSON in the US says they will supply the software on demand to reset the stupid counters. Not a big problem: I can just replace the sponge, but the system will still refuse to work. My printer stopped working, because the waste ink tank was full. This is the equivalent of your car refusing to start because it feels that the pollen filter might be a bit old – and then you put in a new filter, and it still refuses to start. This is so that they can plug in a USB cable, and send less than 1kB of commands that will reset the counter to zero, while they take out the sponge, and put in a fresh one. It mindlessly demands a visit to the “Epson service centre”, whatever that is. Nothing you do can make it change its mind. The printer flatly refuses to do anything further. There is a software counter that counts how many drops of ink have gone into the sponge, and when it deems that the sponge is full, it BRICKS THE PRINTER. However, Epson lied.Īs part of the operation of the printer, it has to squirt ink about, and that extra ink goes into the waste ink tank, where it soaks into a sponge, and just sits there. The promise of ink tank printers is that you buy the printer at a higher price, but the ink is relatively cheap and lasts forever. The particular printer that irked me is the Epson 元82, but they are all a ripoff. Also, if you find this tutorial on how to Manually Reset Epson Printers helpful, please share it with your friends on Facebook or Twitter.EPSON ink tank printers are a ripoff.

Please let me know which of the two methods above worked for you by leaving a feedback on our comment section below. 1 where you have to press the pink button while powering on your printer. Please take note that the methods above are ALMOST the same. STEP 5: Release the pink button and press it again for about 2 seconds. STEP 4: Now as green light goes steady, press the pink button for about 10 seconds STEP 3: Press the power button (this will turn on your printer and the green light will also start blinking) STEP 1: Press the power button (this will turn off your printer) Just in case you still failed to manually reset your printer using the method above, try this work around. You may skip the first couple of seconds and proceed on 00:25 part. If you’re having trouble following the steps above, just kindly watch the video below and follow the steps correctly. That’s it, you’re done! Notice that the LED light on the pink button has now stopped from blinking or from having a steady light. After counting to ten, quickly release the pink button and then press it again for about two (2) seconds and release it again. STEP 5: Press the pink button for about 10 seconds. You’ll now see the steady or blinking LED light on the pink button. Once the green button stops blinking, release the pink button. This will turn on your printer & the green light (power indicator) will also start blinking. While holding on to the pink button, press the power button at the same time.

HARD RESET epson L382 printer