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title: "Epson maintenance parts · Imprímelo 247"
description: "Maintenance boxes, chips, physical resetters and waste-ink pads for when the software reset does not reach. The reset stays free on PadReset."
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# When you need a part, not a key

Parts, not keys

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

## 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.

### Maintenance box

A new box comes with a blank chip: it is the route that unlocks without resetting anything.

[See the part](https://piezas.imprimelo247.com/en/parts/maintenance-box/)

### Compatible chip

Only if you reuse your old box: the new chip enables it again.

[See the part](https://piezas.imprimelo247.com/en/parts/compatible-chip/)

### Physical resetter

A device that takes the box chip back to zero, without buying a new chip.

[See the part](https://piezas.imprimelo247.com/en/parts/chip-resetter/)

### Waste-ink pad

The waste ink does not go away because the counter went back to zero.

[See the part](https://piezas.imprimelo247.com/en/parts/waste-ink-pad/)

[See all links](https://piezas.imprimelo247.com/en/parts/)

## 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.

- [PadReset guide](https://padreset.com/en/guide/)
- [When software is not enough](https://padreset.com/en/models/#chip-limit)