Epson ET-2500 ink pad end of service life

The Sandbox Software/Technology
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I need to improve my chances of being helped, so I’m double posting this topic from the AO:

I got this message today while cleaning the print heads on my Epson ET-2500 :

" A printer’s ink pad is at the end of its service life"

Some googling tells me I’ve got to clean the pads and then fork over about $10 to some shady internet companies to reset some counter inside the printer.

https://www.2manuals.com/product_inf…oducts_id=1138

…are two sites that I found.

There’s also this one, https://www.wic.support/, which has the same “Start Live-Chat” pop up with “Lisa” as the 2manuals site.

Cleaning the pads looks easy enough. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow6e…e8dIlw&index=2)

I’ll probably fork over the $10 and pray that the utility provided is not actually a virus from mother russia or big brother china.

Share your thoughts, experiences, and suggestions in the comment box below!

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Did you contact epson directly?

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no…the internet tells me that they’ll just have me bring it to a certified epson repair store and they’ll charge me oodles of dollars to fix something I could just as easily do myself.