QTR-Quadtone RIP

The utility does indeed reset the printer, however the root cause of the problem hasn't been solved.  Most inkjet printers dump their ink into absorbent pads (usually located under the chasis) and as a result if you just reset the printer without replacing the pads, eventually they will become supersaturated and bleed ink all over the inside of the printer and probably your desk.
 
You can solve this problem with about 20 minutes of work. You need to install an ink overflow resevoir in your printer.  In the R1800's case you just need two vinyl tubes (about 12" long) an old ink bottle and a screw driver and just follow these steps:
 
http://www.efillink.com/Support/HowToWasteInkDrainR1800.html

--- On Sun, 9/7/08, Adam Rubinstein <arubinsteinmd@...> wrote:

From: Adam Rubinstein <arubinsteinmd@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [QuadtoneRIP] R-1800 Red Blinking Lights
To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 6:43 PM






Download the SSC utility here: http://www.ssclg. com/epsone. shtml.  One can use this program to reset the counter.

--- On Sun, 9/7/08, Michael <MGhelerter@comcast. net> wrote:

From: Michael <MGhelerter@comcast. net>
Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] R-1800 Red Blinking Lights
To: QuadtoneRIP@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, September 7, 2008, 9:28 PM

Hi - The Epson R-1800 paper button and ink button blink red 
alternately. The green light on the on/off button does not come on. 
The printer stopped working. I get a message from the epson print 
program (Status Monitor 3) that says, "Parts inside your printer are 
at the end of their service life." It is less than a year and a half 
old. I am using K7 inks in a Niagra CIS system. These inks plug up 
way more than Epson inks do, so you end up doing a lot more head 
cleaning. I was once told that the printer has some kind of a 
counter, and after so many head cleans the printer assumes you have a 
full ink waste pad and shuts down.

Is anyone familiar with this? And if there is truth to this, is 
there a formula or code that will fix the problem? I have been 
cleaning the ink waste pad regularly. Since I use the machine 
regularly, I would prefer not sending the machine away. Time and 
money, you know!

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. ...

Thanks - Michael G

P.S. I live in Florida, we are calling the next hurricane Epson...

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