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Printer stopped printing. Error message (by 12 users)

posted by pferrell on Nov 21, 2007

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Error message : Service required. Printer parts are at the end of service life. It was printing fine until this message popped up and I pressed OK.

Comment by pferrell, posted on Nov 21, 2007

I can't believe it is fixed!!!! I have never been able to fix anything!! You are awesome! Thank you so much! You are a genius!
(It did sound like it was going to blow up)

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Comment by aprd68, posted on Nov 16, 2008

error message -----------parts worn inside, requires a service

Comment by selectimage, posted on Nov 01, 2008

Printer stopped printing..service required

Comment by charles-88, posted on Aug 12, 2008

Thanks for the info was very simple to remedy and I will replace the tube when it needs to be replaced.

So glad that I did not have to replace the whole unit as it was working fine before the error message! Also good for the environment to keep things working - I wonder if Epson thought of that?

Thanks again!

Charles Andrews

Comment by qnhnguyen, posted on Aug 10, 2008

(Service required. Printer parts are at the end of service life

Comment by krd874, posted on Aug 04, 2008

a window pops up when i click on print and it says not matches found, i have did the self help test page and that is fine and also the hp untillity diagnostic and that was fine and the cartriges r fine

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posted on Nov 21, 2007

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Thjis is indication the Waste in collector pades need changing eventually.- but no now. you have plenty of warning
Reset Epson R300/200
press three buttons to reset the counters
The buttons are "STOP" "Maintenance" and "POWER"
or down load the epson utility www.ssclg.com and use the reset counter feature

The printer will sound like its going to blow up, but thats normal.

You can do this about 5 times before your printer starts to piss out ink over the table because the Waste Ink Ink Pad is full

To avoid eventual flooding go to rear of the machine- remove the little door and rake around for a small plastic pipe buried under some padding under the left side.
Fix to this a thin piece of ploythene tube[Fish tank air supply], extend it to our side the machine and place in a suitable container to collect the waste ink..

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posted on Dec 07, 2007

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The ink waste counter needs to be reset,

see this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...

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posted on Nov 06, 2008

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picks 2 or more papers at a time

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posted on Aug 08, 2008

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I was printing along when i heard ping and a message came up saying Error go to printer documents to clear problems

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