My Epson Stylus C42UX just started to display a message saying that an internal component reached its useful life and that I should take it to a repair center for maintenance.
I confess that my first action was to take the printer table and keep it in the room of bagulhos waiting for the garbage truck, but the search for the new printer model, I found a hint in Forum Hardware about the possible problem of my printer.
The problem itself is that the printer has an internal counter that, statistically, controls the volume ink tank printer not to let it overflow. As a normal user will never open the printer and get your hands dirty to clean the tank, message indicates that a mild technical. After the trauma of having to clean the tank, the hint in forum German is download a program (but in English), the SSC Service Utility for Epson Stylus Printers, which serves to reset this counter, and allows other actions in your printer.
Did the procedures described in the forum and now I have my Pretty Good Cheap Epson Stylus C42UX running again.
The forum also gives tips on how to clean the print heads, how to create cartridges for cleaning among other very interesting tips.
For those who have Epson, I suggest saving this link in favorites.
Congratulations to Marcio Campos who started this forum thread.
Good day, how do I clean the print head of an epson cx 4500?
How to create cartridges for cleaning ?