Reset Protection Counter for Epson R220 and R230

Aug 23, 2008 | Filed in Troubleshooting |

Here is the resetter program for Epson Stylus Photo R220 and R230.

Please follow the steps below to reset the protection counter effectively.

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 12 Jan 2006.
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 when it prompted.
Reactivate your anti virus if any.

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4 Responses to “Reset Protection Counter for Epson R220 and R230”

Mark Wesolowski on December 4th, 2008 12:44 am

I have several ink cartriges for the “epson stylus photo r220″ that show up empty on the printer screen when printing. But when they are taken out they feel and sound like they have a lot of ink in them. Several cartridges only have a few print jobs on them(30). Is there an effective way to be sure that they are truly empty? Is there a way to reset the internal chip to get more printing out of them?
admin on December 15th, 2008 2:20 pm

First question, when the printer declare the cartridge empty is based its estimation. It has complex calculation on how many times you print, density of the color used, etc. However, the calculation far from perfect.

There is a reason why Epson doing that. It’s simply because its printer head. It will be damaged if it print without ink, so it has to ensure your printer still have ink. Hence, early declaration of empty cartridge is necessary, although you and me hate it.

Second question, the answer is yes. There is a chip resetter. This device will reset your cartridge chip to be full again and your printer will continue to print. However and this is important, your cartridge will be empty while your chip say full. When this happened, your printer will keep printing with empty cartridge. Guess what, your printer head will be damaged.
The cost of printer head is too expensive to repair.

So you have to be careful and fully understand on what you are doing.

Last, as usual, do it at your own risk. You have been warned.
beginner on July 31st, 2009 9:48 am

“Second question, the answer is yes. There is a chip resetter. This device will reset your cartridge chip to be full again and your printer will continue to print”
Where can i find chip resetter? Is that just a software resetter?
Thanks..
j on August 3rd, 2009 8:23 am

thank you

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