Adjustment Program Epson 1390 Resetter Fixed

Before turning to third-party adjustment programs, consider the following:

Once you’ve used the adjustment program to reset the counter, your printer will work again. But the waste ink pad is still filling up. If you reset the counter three or four times without cleaning the pad, it will overflow and ruin your desk (and possibly the printer’s power supply).

For $10 on AliExpress or eBay, buy an "Epson 1390 waste ink tank kit." It includes a tube, a drill bit, and a plastic bottle.

I did this after my second reset. Now, every six months, I run the adjustment program, reset the counter to zero, and empty the little bottle. My Epson 1390 has been "fixed" permanently since 2021. adjustment program epson 1390 resetter fixed

Before we talk about the adjustment program, you need to understand why the Epson 1390 demands a reset.

Inside your printer, there is a spongy absorbent pad. Every time you clean the print head (either manually or automatically), a small amount of ink is flushed through the nozzles to unclog them. This waste ink doesn’t evaporate; it drips down into the waste ink pad.

Epson, in their wisdom, installed a digital counter. Every time the printer performs a head cleaning or powers on/off, the counter increments. Once the counter hits a specific number (usually around 15,000 to 20,000 cleaning cycles), the printer locks down completely. I did this after my second reset

The error message is misleading. It says “service life ended.” But in reality, the pad is rarely full. Epson simply wants you to pay an authorized service center $100+ to run a software reset and (sometimes) replace the pad. If you don’t know about the adjustment program, you throw your printer away.

I was guilty of this once. My first Epson 1390 sat in a landfill because I didn’t know about the resetter. I vowed never again.

Even with a "fixed" adjustment program, things can go wrong. Here is how to solve them: Before we talk about the adjustment program ,

Error: "Communication error (0x0001)"

Error: "Cannot initialize the printer. Check the interface."

Error: The program crashes on Windows 11

The printer resets, but the error returns immediately.