I don't have this printer but my guess would be that this message
relates to the waste ink container. Every Epson has an absorbent pad
in the printer to soak up the ink ejected during cleaning and purging
cycles. The printer counts how many times it passes ink to this area.
When it hits a certain number it considers the absorbent full and says
it needs to be replaced. It can go a long time without needing service
but eventually, with heavy printing or head cleanings it needs to be
changed. At least they're giving you a warning. In older printers
when you hit this point, all the lights would blink indicating an
unknown error. You'd have to send the printer in for service. Or toss
it and buy another. Usually by the time you got one of these errors
the printer would be old enough to not be worth a repair charge. In
the latest large format printers, 7600/9600 this part was made user
replaceable. For about $40 you simply plug a new waste tank into the
printer and you're good to go for many more prints. The previous
versions of these printers required a costly service call to replace
the tank. There are software tricks available around the web for
various Epson models that reset the waste tank counter. This keeps the
printer printing but doesn't solve the problem of the absorbent being
full of ink.
Bob Smith
On Mar 23, 2004, at 4:26 AM, Paul Hewitt wrote:
I have had a 2100 for just over a year and now have the message that
parts within the printer are nearing their service life. There is no
indication of what those parts might be.
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