Epson Printer Problems

We just had our Epson R2400 printer throw up a message box to say that maintenance was required. This usually means that it believes the waste ink reservoir is full, but it works this out on a counter of how many cleaning cycles have been performed. This reservoir is in the base of the printer and the waste ink is soaked up by an absorbent pad. You can check if it really is full by dabbing a piece of kitchen roll into the base anywhere along the width below the print head path. If it is comes up clean, the reservoir is not full. Obviously, if you find ink on the kitchen roll after dabbing, or if you get ink on the backs of your prints, then you do need to send it off or take it to a recognised agent. However, if it is not full you can avoid sending the printer off for maintenance by downloading some free software to reset the counter from http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml It is a Russian site and supports a wide range of printers. The software allows several other things to be done, such as cleaning black inks and colours separately.