This is the single most important warning. Resetting the counter tells the printer the waste ink pads are empty. If your pads are genuinely full of ink and you reset the counter, the printer will continue to pump ink into them. Eventually, the pads will overflow, leaking black ink all over your workspace and potentially short-circuiting the printer's logic board.

For the , the most common reason people seek this program is to reset the Waste Ink Pad Counter . Inside every Epson inkjet printer, there is a sponge (or "waste ink pad") that absorbs ink purged during cleaning cycles. Epson programs the printer to count every purge. When the counter hits a preset limit (often around 15,000 to 20,000 pages), it triggers an error—not because the pad is necessarily full, but because Epson wants you to bring it in for paid service.

If you cannot get the program working, consider these: