How to know printer Waste Ink Counter Overflow?
Waste Ink Pads are a couple of sponge pads inside your current inkjet printer which is responsible for absorbing , collecting , accommodating unused ink while doing the printing , cleanup the printhead . When these Waste Ink Pads is overflow , your current inkjet printer will stop running immediately.
What means Epson Waste Ink Counter overflow
Full Epson waste ink counter is 100%. Waste ink counter overflow means that counters values are more then 100%.
Signs to identify waste ink pad overflow:
If the printer has LCD screen:
Epson Printer’s LCD screen will give an error: “The Printer’s Ink Pads at the end of Their service life. Please contact Epson Support”
![The Printer's Ink Pads at the end of Their service life error The Printer's Ink Pads at the end of Their service life error](https://i0.wp.com/resetkey.net/wp-content/uploads/lcd-printer-Ink-Pads-at-the-end-of-Their-service-life.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
Epson printer’s red light blinking error:
![Epson printer's red light blinking error Epson printer's red light blinking error](https://i0.wp.com/resetkey.net/wp-content/uploads/epson_red_light_blinking_error.gif?w=640&ssl=1)
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A printer’s ink pad is at the end of its service life.
![A printer's ink pad is at the end of its service life A printer's ink pad is at the end of its service life](https://i0.wp.com/resetkey.net/wp-content/uploads/windows-printer-Ink-Pads-at-the-end-of-Their-service-life.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)
It is very easy to check Epson waste ink counters with wic reset utility.
Run wicreset tool, then click on READ WASTE INK COUNTERS button:
![read epson printer waster ink counter status](https://i0.wp.com/resetkey.net/wp-content/uploads/read_waste_ink_counter.png?w=640&ssl=1)
If Waste ink Counter >= 100%: epson printer’s waster ink overflow. You should reset waste ink counter.
You can reset Waste Ink Counter to 0% and help your printer continue working by using WIC Reset Utility tool!