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Re: [Digital BW] r1900 problems

2010-11-05 by john

First company that makes a solid, well built inkjet printer with good heads and no retarded chips to control our lives is going to have a good business. You know, one that you can put any ink or paper in and it won't spit at you.

j

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tboleyyh" <tyler@...> wrote:
>
> well I don't recall now, but it was not close to reset time, like maybe 40%... but I reset it anyway thinking that might clear out it's brain fart somehow... so it's back to near zero. I've gone over everything I can find, including new carts etc.. resets, unplug, plug back in, on and on. All the paper and head paths are clear, etc. 
> Somehow I managed to toast it right when new inks to play with came arrived at the door. I guess I could call Epson, but they're going to tell me to find a nice African Violet to plant in it I'm sure.
> T
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Michael King <drmrking@> wrote:
> >
> > yeah my two are still working great. I am running K7 in one and HP6 in the
> > other. Though I thought one had lost it last week with what I assume was an
> > air "clog" that I could not remove with the cleaning from the driver. But I
> > ran the adjustment utility and did a head clean from there and hey presto
> > all fixed. Usually they work pretty much without problems.
> > 
> > What does the reset utility tell you about the status of the printer?
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > On 4 November 2010 22:22, tboleyyh <tyler@> wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > > well it's alive enough to flash LEDs at me! So cruel...
> > > Yours still up and working? Still think it's a good little multi K
> > > platform, they just make them as though they are disposable.
> > >
> > > T
> > >
> > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > Michael King <drmrking@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > yeah I know...
> > > > > oh well, I think I killed it.
> > > > >
> > > > lol you were just in denial :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com<DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > >
> > > > > Michael King <drmrking@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tyler, the user guide has a selection of flashing light diagnostics
> > > info
> > > > > on
> > > > > > pg 42
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/r1900_/r1900_ug.pdf
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/r1900_/r1900_ug.pdf>Good Luck.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 4 November 2010 21:05, tboleyyh <tyler@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > got both lights on, sometimes blinking, sometimes on solid... tried
> > > > > > > everything including the reset utility.
> > > > > > > Anyone familiar with this problem?
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Tyler
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