When an inkjet printer undergoes routine print head cleanings or initial ink charges, a small volume of ink is diverted away from the paper path. This excess ink is deposited into physical porous pads located at the base of the machine. To prevent ink from physically overflowing onto desk surfaces, Epson embeds a digital counter into the printer's EEPROM mainboard chip. Once this digital tally reaches a pre-programmed threshold, the printer locks itself and triggers flashing red status lights. The Epson Adjustment Program Ver.1.0.6 352 provides a software solution to refresh these metrics back to factory default values. Core Functions of the Utility