Any Epson printer not fitted with a colour display communicates error states by flashing different sequences of lights at you.  These are explained in your products instruction manual.

Most combinations are ink out, paper jam or other normal day to day things that can usually be cured easily by yourself.  There are several other states that do require an engineers attentions caused by physical failure inside the printer.

One such state can be fixed by yourself for no cost.  All Epsons will eventually report to you that “parts inside the printer require a service”.  This usually means that the waste ink tank inside the printer is full. The screen message is usually accompanied by the two red lights on your printer flashing alternately.

There is a cunning piece of software, freely available that will get you out of trouble.

Click here to download the software

Sorry Mac users this program only works with a PC.

This software also allows serious cleaning of the printheads.