Maintenance Request Error - Epson Stylus Color 980 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus Color 980

6.1.1.2 Maintenance Request Error

The Maintenance Request Error is indicated when the waste ink
absorber located in the lower case becomes near full. The table below
shows methods and procedures necessary to clear the Maintenance
Request Error.
Table 6-1. Solution for the Maintenance Request Error
No. Options
• Reset waste ink counter.
1 Using the control
panel NOTE:
Unlike other printers, the waste
ink counter reset operation is
not common to Timer IC nor I/F
selection reset.
• Waste ink count reset
2 Using the program
Be sure to replace the waste ink pads before or after
clearing the Maintenance Request Error. Otherwise,
your customer may encounter ink overflow.
The maximum counter value for each pad is as
follows:
Left pad: 35800,
However, the adjustment program urges to set 25800
(left) and 23,300 (right) as a reference values for pad
replacement. (10,000 points is deducted from each
maximum value.)
Maintenance
Description Reference
Chapter 1 / Section
1.4
Chapter 5 / Section
5.2.8.
Right pad: 33300
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