Stores: 3
Maintenance box
A new box comes with a blank chip: it is the route that unlocks without resetting anything.
See the partParts, not keys
When you need a part, not a key
Some Epson printers store end-of-service on a chip in the maintenance box. The program does not talk to that chip. This page is from Imprímelo 247, the studio that publishes PadReset. A reset is not for sale here.
- The reset stays free
- Every paid link says so in its own text
- The country is where it ships, not the page language
You can type with or without dashes: L3250 and L-3250 are the same model.
The language of this page does not choose the store. The country is where it ships.
If you buy through a link marked “paid link”, the store may pay us a commission, at no extra cost to you. That is not an affiliation with Epson, and it is not a promise the part fits your model. The store is a third party and it is the one answerable for the sale. The reset stays free on PadReset.
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The store lists the models on each ad: check the reference on your unit before you pay.
The four parts
Pick the one that is your case. Each one says when it applies and what it does not do, before showing any link.
- Stores: 2
- No links yet
Physical resetter
A device that takes the box chip back to zero, without buying a new chip.
See the part - Stores: 3
What actually has to happen
If the box has a chip
You can tell by the metal contacts, like the ones on a cartridge. A new box comes with a blank chip and unlocks the printer. If you reuse the box, you need a compatible chip or a physical resetter for that chip. None of the three empties the pad.
The pad, chip or no chip
It has to be washed, replaced, or the outlet rerouted. Even when the lock is the chip, the ink is still there. A pad link does not reset the chip.
The internal counter
If it lives in the printer's EEPROM, free software resets it. That does not happen on this page.
The internal counter is not for sale
If your lock is the counter that lives in the printer's EEPROM, free software resets it and it costs nothing. That is explained on PadReset, not here.