How to solve Epson R220 red light blinking error

You have an Epson R220 printer. Now all the red lights are blinking, and You don’t know how to fix.

How to solve Epson R220 red light blinking error

When using Epson R220 printer, you may encounter several flashing issues. The blinking alert suggests reset the waste ink pad counter.

Normally, the printer’s red light blinking because of some reasons, however the major cause of flashing is: One of the Epson R220 Waste ink pad counter is usually overflow.

About Epson R220 Waste Ink Counter overflow

The printer counts just how much ink flow to waste ink pad and places this number into printer’s storage.

This amount is named Waste Ink Counter and also Protection counter.

How you can know my Epson R220 printer Waste ink Counter is overflow?

Full waste ink counter of Epson R220 is 100%. Overflow shows that Epson R220 waste ink counters amounts are large than 100%.

It is usually simple to check Epson R220 waste ink counters with wic reset program.

To check Epson R220 printer waste ink counter number, run InkReset utility then click on READ WASTE INK COUNTERS button:

To check waste ink counter information

If one or two counters are overflow – you can’t using printer – you have to RESET Epson R220 WASTE INK COUNTERS.

How you can solve Epson R220 waste ink counter overflow

Or how do you reset flashing lights error state on my Epson R220 inkjet printer?

While Epson R220 printer cleaning cycle, it dispels ink from its nozzles straight down a waste pipe into an absorbent pad.

Epson has place a counter in their printers (included Epson R220 printer) that counts every page passed through the printer and has place the Epson R220 printer to stop working after a specific number to avoid overflow of the waste ink pad.

Generally, Epson R220 printer’s waste pad is around 35% to 75% full as soon as the printer begins displaying an error message. Soon after the initial message, you can only print 19-20 pages before your Epson R220 printer won’t print anymore.

There exists a workaround which you can use to reset the counter to its working condition. Follow these methods to fix “Epson waste ink pad counter in the printer is overflow” error.

Reset Waste Ink Pad Counter for Epson R220 printer

Get the WIC Reset Utility here (WICReset). Make use of WinRar to extract the file.

Once extracted and before starting, make sure your Epson R220 printer’s driver are already installed on the computer.

Double-click exe to run the WICReset Utility. Epson R220 adjustment program screen will appear. Select your printer model (Epson R220) in the left sidebar.

Play video how to reset Epson R220 printer waste ink counter overflow below:

video how to reset Epson R220 printer red light blinking

Or you can easily read the instruction on how to make use of wic reset tool to reset Epson R220 red light blinking problem here:

How to reset Epson R220 printer red light blinking

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