20 Most Recent Epson Stylus Photo R340 InkJet Printer Questions & Answers

This is for a different Epson printer, but this is the type of fix you need to clear the service counter. Found this on the web site., link below. If anybody find this information Helpful, pls rate me. http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life Parts inside your printer are at the end of their service life

1. Unplug the power and USB cables from the printer.
2. Prepare your work area by putting scrap paper down. Have some spare, just incase. You may also require tissue paper. It is also recommended you use protective gloves as the ink will stain your skin for quite some time.
3. Unscrew the screw at the back of the printer.
4. There are two or three tabs at the back and two at the front. Gently push them in, and then using a bit of force pry apart the cover.
5. At the back of the unit you need to locate some white pads, or sponge type things, initially they will seem fine, but they will in fact be full of ink. You need to grab a pair of pliers and pull them out one by one, there should be four, put them on your scrap paper.
6. Take the scrap paper with the pads on to your sink, turn on the hot tap and hold each one under the tap using the pliers until the water runs clear. If you have protective gloves on it may be worth squeezing the water out also.
7. It is recommended that once you have done this, you let them dry.
8. Now return the pads back into the printer.
9. Put the printer back together, (mind out for the paper alignment, and give it some force), not forgetting the screw at the back.
10. Plug in the USB and power cable and turned it ON. (Yes the lights will still flash)
11. Download and install the SSC Service Utility for Epson Stylus Printers.
12. Select your printer and model number (There is no Stylus C42 UX, so select Stylus C4x), then close the window.
13. If it asks if you replaced with the pads; say "YES". Then close the window.
14. You will see a SSC Service Utility icon (it looks like a printer) in the system tray (next to your click), and LEFT click.
15. A menu will appear, from here you can click on "Protection counter" (its a red cross), then "reset protection counter".
16. Turn the printer power OFF, wait 10 seconds and then turn it back ON.

Done! Additional troubleshooting... If you have problems with paper feed, take it apart again, check everything is in place correctly, push things together tightly, and put it together again. If you have trouble with print quality, open the lid, clean any ink residue, use the SSC Service Utility to clean the heads. ..

I had the same problem with an Epson R340 printer and Epson Print CD software after installing Leopard.  Here's what I did.  Go to System Preferences.  Select Print & Fax.  Select the "+" box on the lower left part of the screen.  Select Epson Printer  -- USB and click "Add" and "continue" in the box that comes up (if it does). Now see if Epson Print CD will print to a CD.  If it does, great.  You can now actually go back to System Preferences and Print & Fax and delete the printer you just added by clicking on the "-" box and Epson Print CD will still work.  Now I found another problem with printing. The CD printing is now off center to the right and down, so in Epson Print CD program you have to click on print and from the print screen click on "Position Adjustment" in the bottom left corner.  I've found the perfect position is 3.5 mm up and 3.5 mm left to make everything print perfectly.  Good luck.

Was it working fine before. If so then
click start -> run -> type "msconfig"
select "Normal startup"
click apply and Ok
and then restart the computer

Epson printers will not print if one of the cartridges is empty. :(

if you have a router, you can sometimes look at "network" setting and see all clients. Or you can ping 192.168.1.2-30 and see what returns a pong, that will tell you what is out there and maybe you can deduce its IP from the known ones.

Sounds like bad ink. The only other thing that I can suggest is that maybe you should check your settings, and do a page align, as you would when changing the cartridge. Thank you for contacting Fixya. Does this help? Let us know. Ponder/Meditate/Pray for Peace. Mary Oliveau { hugs }

It sounds like your printer needs a cartridge alignment. This can be done through your printer software. If that doesn't work, it needs a new cartridge.If you need any technical help on printer then you can reach at http://www.vtechsquad.com/

Please follow the steps below to hard reset the printer and let me know the result.1.Remove all the cables from the printer.2.Wait for 10 mins.3.Connect only the power cord and try to power on the printer.4.If the problem is solved, then connect all other cables, otherwise let me know.

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