The printer's ink pads are at the end of their service life. Please contact Epson support.

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Epson recommends replacing the printer, but if you want to continue using it, Epson recommends having the printer serviced at an Epson Customer Care Center. You may also be able to have the ink pads replaced by an independent service provider and use the Ink Pad Reset Utility to reset the Ink Pad Counter to continue using the printer. Please note that replacement of ink pads is relatively expensive and may not be a good investment for lower cost printers because the printers' other components also may be near the end of usable life. Epson does not recommend ink pad replacement by users without technical training or resetting the Ink Pad Counter without replacing the ink pads.
From Epson Support: http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/InkPadsForm.jsp

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Not all the ink pulled from the ink-cartridges gets sprayed onto the paper.
Some of it ends-up in an absorbative pad.
Eventually, those pads get saturated with ink, and need to be "serviced".
Take the printer to any qualified computer-technician, for that servicing.

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its a tweak with epson.... they have a counter there that intentionally stops it from working even through your printer is still in good condition.

there is an available driver that could correct that depending on the operating system you are using. i think if i maybe correct it only works with and o/s that is winxp.

the drivers name is inkpad reset utilty.

try to check the website www.epson.com/ipr for the inkpad reset utility

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Epson t13 all problem solved EPSON T13 WITHOUT CHIP , INK LEVEL ALWAYS FULL, NO NEED TO RESET INK LEVEL EACH TIME .INK LEVEL AUTO RESET WHEN PRINTER SHUT OFF.INK LEVEL LEVEL ALWAYS SHOW 100 %NO WASTE INK PAD COUNTER MORENO NEED TO WORRY WHILE PRINTING MORE PRINT JOBSnow no more ink cartiledge not recognise problem