Reset Protection Counter for Epson C79
Nov 26th
In previous post, it made� some confusion to peoples so I review and write an individual post that tackles protection counter issue for Epson C79 printer only.
In order for you to reset protection counter successfully, you must follow step by step provided below. Once it executed and you encountered a problem, you have to perform reverse clean-up. See related post for more information.
- If you have any anti virus software, please deactivate first.
The resetter software (adjprog.exe) requires specific date to run and your anti virus will prevent that.� � - Make sure you printer is ON and connected to your computer.
- Run “Start.bat” file.
This program will set your computer date to� 1 Nov 2006 automatically. - Click “Accept” button.
- Click “Particular adjustment mode” button.
- Select on “Waste ink pad counter” and click “OK” button.
- Click on “Initialization” button and the program will reset the protection counter.
- Click “Finish” button.
- Change your computer’s date back.
- Reactivate your anti virus if any.
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Reset Protection Counter for Epson C79, R270 & CX3900
Apr 21st
For those who has Epson Stylus C79, Epson Stylus Photo R270 or Epson Stylus CX3900 (All-in-one), you can reset the protection counter without any software.
Follow this steps and the protection counter will be resetted.
- Switch off the printer
- Switch on the printer
- Press once the ink button
- Printer head move to left side
- Press the ink button again
- Printer head move to right side
- The red light will be disapeared, the protection counter has resetted
This instruction comes with printer purchase. Please give some comments whether this step is work.
[Updated, 18 Aug 2007]
Here is the resetter program that I have found from the Internet. Unfortunately, I don’t have this printer so I can’t test it. Please share with me whether the program can reset your printer, either Epson C79, R270 or CX3900. Your feedback is really appreciated.
Here are the steps that you have to follow in order to reset your printer.
1. Make sure you printer is ON and connected to your computer
2. Change your computer’s date to 1 Nov 2006
3. Run AdjProg.exe file
4. Click Accept button
5. Click “Particular adjustment mode”
6. Select on “Waste ink pad counter” and click OK button
7. Click on “Initialization” button and the program will reset the protection counter
8. Click Finish button
9. Change your computer’s date back
[Updated, 15 Dec 2007]
Recent resetter programs require specific date to run effectively. Please refer to the posts as below according to your printer.
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Reset Protection Counter for Epson CX3100 & CX3200
Mar 23rd
Here is the software to reset the protection counter for your Epson CX3100 & CX3200
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (631b).
Please bear in mind that you are supposed to change/clean your waste pad before you reset it to prevent ink spill from your printer.
Reset Protection Counter for Epson R800
Mar 23rd
Here is the software to reset the protection counter for your Epson R800
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (1001b).
Please bear in mind that you are supposed to change/clean your waste pad before you reset it to prevent ink spill from your printer.
Reset Protection Counter for Epson R420, R425 & R430
Dec 18th
Here is the software to reset the protection counter for your Epson R420, R425 & R430
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (542b).
Please bear in mind that you are supposed to change/clean your waste pad before you reset it to prevent ink spill from your printer.
Reset Protection Counter for Epson R300 & R310
Dec 18th
Here is the software to reset the protection counter for your Epson R300 & R310
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (795Kb).
Please bear in mind that you are supposed to change/clean your waste pad before you reset it to prevent ink spill from your printer.
Reset Protection Counter for Epson R200 & R210
Dec 18th
Here is the software to reset the protection counter for your Epson R200 & R210
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (786Kb).
Please bear in mind that you are supposed to change/clean your waste pad before you reset it to prevent ink spill from your printer.
Reset Protection Counter for Epson C63 & C64
Dec 18th
Here is the software to reset the protection counter for your Epson C63 and C64.
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (635Kb).
Please bear in mind that you are supposed to change/clean your waste pad before you reset it to prevent ink spill from your printer.
Reset Protection Counter for Epson CX1500
Sep 12th
Some people ask me whether I have a software to reset the protection counter for Epson CX1500 and yes, I have it.
I got the software from the Russian website long time ago (sorry I can’t remember the link).
I haven’t tried it because I don’t have this printer, so I couldn’t give you a feedback on how successful this software to reset the protection counter. Please help me to give a comment if you have tried the software (successful or failed story, welcome). Click here to download the software (1.31Mb). Read the readme document first before you do anything to your printer.
After you configured the software, just proceed to Step 5 (Waste Ink pad counter), please don’t touch other area of the software, it may damage your printer. Use at your own risk.
As I mentioned at my previous article, you are supposed to change/clean the sponge before you reset the protection counter to prevent ink spill from your printer.
What is protection counter?
Aug 7th
If your printer is not working anymore and you see the blinking red lights, most probably you have waste pad problem.
To confirm if you have this problem, you can installed status monitor program (come with your printer purchase), it will show an error message like “Parts inside your printer at the end of their service life, contact your dealer for replacement”.
“Why do I get this problem?” you may ask. Simple answer, it’s by design.
The printer has to make sure that it can print smoothly without any missing white line, so sometimes the printer perform the head cleaning. When the printer performs the head cleaning, it flush the ink into a waste pad.
There is some container at the bottom of your printer that has a big sponge to absorb these ink. Of course, the sponge has a limited capasity to absorb the ink. If this situation happen, the ink start to leak from your printer and trust me you don’t like this situation. It’s really disaster.
How to prevent that? Fortunately, the manufacturer aware of this and introduce the concept of “protection counter”.
The printer will “count” the amount of ink flows to waste pad everytime you perform head cleaning. Once the counter reach the maximum value, the printer stop to print anymore. Depends on the printer model, some printers button will blink alternately (red and green). Modern printer display the error message in the lcd panel showing that some parts of your printer has reach its life span. Why it’s happen? It’s to protect you from the disaster that I mentioned above. The manufacture has done a good job, what do you think? 
From my experience, the sponge has not saturated yet. I think the manufacture doesn’t want to take risk to give you a disaster, so they prevent the printer to print anymore earlier than it should. Again for your own good.
What you can do now? You only have 2 options here. First, buy a new printer, second is to fix it.
If you buy a new printer, please consider not to buy the “entry level” printer such as Epson Stylus C45, CX1500 unless you seldom print or feel suit your need. Based on my experience, the printer mentioned above has a limited area for waste pad due to the printer size.
If you want to fix it, quick solution is to reset the protection counter. Some printers have this feature build in such as Epson Stylus Photo R300/R310, RX510, etc. What you need to do is to press some combination of the available buttons and the printer will reset the protection counter by itself.
If your printer is still under warranty, bring it to the service centre. They will change the sponge and reset the protection counter for you.
Alternatively, you can try to reset it by using the software, SSC Service Utility for Epson Stylus Printer. Click here to download. Read their disclaimer, some printers may not working at all.
There are some risks if you use this software to reset the protection counter
The sponge is supposed to be changed because it will not absorb the ink anymore.
Use this software may void the printer warranty
Please remember that you should change/clean your waste pad before you reset the protection counter. It prevents you a disaster.