epson c20 spill tray

[titan12345]

i have an old epson c20 printer which has worked well for years.......only problem is that both lights are flashing, and i cant do a thing with it.....from what i have read it thinks that its ink overspill tray is full, the only way to empty this is to send it for a service, as i have to tell its chip that its now empty??????????????.....can anyone help

[Neo]

Have you tryed reseting it? Unplug the power and let it sit there overnight.

[titan12345]

yes...ive tried that...there is usually a combination to the 2 buttons, for ink change and various things, but not for the spill tray.....i read on a post somewhere that epson have set the chip to respond like this after 1000 nozzle cleans, and it can only be reset by an epson service outlet.........cheaper to buy a new printer i think.......shame really as im only paying 2.99 for the colour ink

[The Prophecy]

You tried doing the reset trick that was talked about so much not so long ago,it seems that epson have done a sneaky thing when it comes to there overfill of the internal spill tank.You ever wondered what happens to that ink when u clean the print heads and such like,well it goes in to a overspill pot in your printer.Not saying this will work but worth a try look here http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml