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Every time your printer performs a cleaning cycle or charges the print head, a small amount of ink is flushed into a waste ink pad located at the bottom of the machine. To prevent these pads from overflowing and leaking ink onto your desk, Epson programs the printer to stop working once it estimates the pads are full.
For many users, the story begins when their reliable Epson L3150 suddenly stops, displaying . A message on the computer warns that the "ink pad is at the end of its service life".
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