Do you have an Epson R340 printer. But now all the red lights are blinking, and You don’t know how to solve this error.
When using Epson R340 printer, you can encounter several flashing issues. The flashing alert suggests reset the waste ink pad counter.
In fact, the printer’s red light blinks because of few reasons, but the major cause of flashing is: One of the Epson R340 Waste ink pad counter can be overflow.
What is Epson R340 Waste Ink Counter overflow
The Epson printer counts the amount ink flow to waste ink pad and stores this number into printer’s memory.
This volume is known as Waste Ink Counter and also Protection counter.
How you can know Epson R340 printer Waste Ink Counters are overflow?
Full waste ink counter of Epson R340 is 100%. Overflow means Epson R340 waste ink counters amounts are large than 100%.
This can be very simple to look at Epson R340 waste ink counters with wic reset software.
To check Epson R340 printer waste ink counter information, open InkReset utility then click on READ WASTE INK COUNTERS button:
When ever one or three counters are overflow – you can not print – you have to RESET Epson R340 WASTE INK COUNTERS.
Ways to resolve Epson R340 waste ink counter overflow
Or how do I reset flashing lights mistake condition on my Epson R340 inkjet printer?
During Epson R340 printer washing cycle, it dispels ink from its nozzles straight down a waste pipe into an absorbent pad.
Epson has put a counter in their printers (included Epson R340 printer) that counts every page moved through the printer and has set the Epson R340 printer to stop print after a specific number to avoid overflow of the waste ink pad.
Usually, Epson R340 printer’s waste pad is around 35% to 75% whole while the printer begins telling one message. Immediately after the preliminary message, you can only just print 19-20 pages before your Epson R340 inkjet printer refuses to prints anymore.
There is a workaround that you can use to reset the counter to its first state. Try these actions to solve “Epson waste ink pad counter in the printer is overflow” error.
Reset Waste Ink Pad Counter for Epson R340 printer
Get the WIC Reset Utility here (WICReset). Make use of WinRar to extract the downloaded file.
Once extracted and before you begin, ensure that your Epson R340 printer’s driver already are installed on the computer.
Double-click exe to run the WICReset Utility. Epson R340 adjustment program screen will appear. Select your printer model (Epson R340) in the left sidebar.
Play video how to resolve Epson R340 printer waste ink counter overflow below:
Or you can easily browse the instruction on how to use wic reset tool to reset Epson R340 red light flashing error here:
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