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How to avoid Waste Ink Counters overflow in the future?

As You know Waste Ink is collected by waste ink pads during the initial setup of the product, during printhead cleaning cycles and when printing borderless photographs. So, the Waste Ink Counters overflow time depends on these 3 items: – how many times the printhead cleaning cycles were performed; – how many times the initial […]

Mac OS X (10.8) – How to Install WIC Program from Unidentified Developers

This document describes how to enable installation of applications from sources other than the Mac App Store on Mac OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion). Background: By default, Mac OS 10.8 only allows users to install applications from ‘verified sources.’ In effect, this means that users are unable to install most applications downloaded from the internet or […]

Epson printers FREE Waste Ink Counters Reset – Tip

Do You want to reset Waste Ink Pad Counter FREE? You don’t know how? We’ll give You a tip! Don’t waste Your money! TIP: Go to the nearest Epson Service Center. They will make FREE Waste Ink Pad Counter reset in case: – Your printer is under warranty period – You have used Epson original […]

Parts inside your printer are at the end of their life.

“Parts inside your printer are at the end of their life. Please contact your dealer for replacement.” Got this message? Want to know what does it means and how to fix it? Ok. Lets try. This message appears when the printer “thinks” waste ink pads are full and printing will not resume until the pads […]

My Epson Artisan 1430 gives FATAL ERROR message. How can I reset it by WIC?

This error is determined in the Epson Service Manual as FATAL ERROR. It means the printer can’t finish his selftest. When you turn the power ON the printer begin to check its all systems. If for some reason it cant finish this selftest – the printer gives error message. It means you have to fix […]

How to Run a Program as Administrator from the Windows 7?

How to Run a Program as Administrator from the Windows 7? First, find the program you want to run and its main executable or shortcut. Then, right click on it (or press and hold) to view the right-click menu. Click or tap Run as administrator. If you approve the program, it is launched with administrator […]

Parts inside your printer are at the end of their service life. See Your ducumentation. My printer is Epson Artisan 1430. What should I do?

Like so many other products, all Epson consumer ink jet products have a finite life span due to component wear during normal use. At some point, the product will reach a condition where either satisfactory print quality cannot be maintained or components have reached the end of their usable life. This is the normal product […]

Will this work for my Epson Artisan 1430?

Yes. WIC reset utility supportes this model – Epson ARtisan 1430. You can check Your printer model by Yourself. It is very easy and free of charge! Download latest WIC Reset Utility version. Run Wic utility. Go to Supported models tab. Enter in search field Your printer model. Please see the video tutorial How to […]

I get ‘could not write value to printer EEPROM. Printer communication error’ message when using WIC utility.

This error message means Your printer can’t communicate with the computer. It may be caused by software and hardware reasons. We recomend You to check this possible reasons list: Please check if You have documents to print in the que. Delete all printer jobs. Please be sure you have disabled Your antivirus and firewall software. […]

Paper Jam message. How to reset or solve this problem?

Problem: You have “Paper Jam” error message. That means can’t “see” the paper is going in printer and nothing prevents. Possible reasons may be: 1. An obstacles that prevent the paper to go down. There may be some parts of paper inside the printer or other parts. 2. Some broken paper feed parts or spring […]