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Do not panic. Your printer is not broken. This is a built-in safety mechanism designed by Epson.

If you want to troubleshoot your printer setup further, tell me:

Check the boxes next to Main pad counter and Platen pad counter once again. This time, click the Initialize button.

If you check the status monitor via your PC or try to send a print job, your computer will throw an explicit alert stating "A printer's ink pad is at the end of its service life. Please contact Epson Support."

While you cannot stop the counter entirely, you can slow down how quickly it fills up by following these best practices: