HOW TO RESET EPSON PRINTER TO FACTORY SETTINGS

If your Epson printer is giving you a "Printer Maintenance Required" warning message and you know it is working fine, you can reset the printer to get rid of that message. There are three different methods to reset your Epson printer to factory settings. To provide detailed information on how to reset Epson printer to factory settings, we will discuss all three methods here.

Method 1: Using the printer's control panel
To factory reset the printer using this method, you need to follow the steps mentioned below:

• Open the Start menu in the printer's Control Panel by pressing the Start button.
• Use the left and right navigation buttons to open the Settings menu. Then press the OK button.
• Use the left and right navigation buttons to find the Restore Default Settings option and press the OK button.
• Similarly, use the up and down navigation buttons to find Restore Network Settings and press the OK button.
• Restart your printer.
• Now, you have successfully reset the printer to its factory settings.

Method 2: Use the reset button
All Epson printer models have a factory reset button on the back of the printer body that can be used to reset the printer to factory settings. The steps to factory reset the printer by this method are:

Turn off the printer with the power button.
Use a pin to hold down the Reset button on the back of the printer.
Power on the printer but hold down the Reset button for at least 5 seconds.
Release the Reset button after a warning page prints. After a few seconds, another page will print with the printer's default IP address.
Use this IP address to reconfigure the printer on the computer system.
This method takes less than a minute to reset the printer to factory defaults and is used frequently.

Method 3: Using the Epson Tuning Program
This method is useful when the buttons on the printer do not work. Rebooting the printer using this method takes a bit more time, but this method is very easy to follow. The steps to follow to reset the Epson printer to factory settings using this method are:

• Download and install the latest version of Epson's setup program on your computer system.
• Open the Epson Adjustment Program on your computer system.
• Click the Select option to make the necessary selections.
• From the Select menu, select the model number of your printer and the port
• where the printer is connected to the computer system.
• Click the OK button.
• The Tuning and Maintenance window will open. Select the Waste Ink Pad Counter option in the Maintenance section.
• Click the OK button.
• Now, check the Main Ink Pad Counter option and click the initialize button at the bottom right corner.
• Click the Finish button to finish the reboot process.
  Restart the printer for the settings to take effect.