Digital BW, The Print

Martin-

The only resetting I've done is with the Lyson carts and resetter. I 
assume you are using MIS. Don't you have to take the chip out of the 
cart to reset it? If so, I wouldn't be messing with a soldering iron.

Tom O'Connell

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mwesley3" 
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jimhayes361" 
> <jimhayes@j...> wrote:
> (snip)
> 
> > 
> > 1) If you remove the carts and examine the gold tines in the 
> printhead 
> > carefully, are any out of alignment, touching each other, 
twisted, 
> > bent too far out or in, etc? I have heard that chips that fall 
out 
> of 
> > the cart can cause the tines to get bent when cart is removed. 
> Maybe 
> > something less serious but still enough of a disruptive force on 
> > contacts has caused a misalignment (just takes one contact 
skewed). 
> I 
> > now use a small soldering tip to melt the nubbins on the cart 
over 
> the 
> > chips. Also remember that even if not shorting, what will happen 
> when 
> > a cart is put in? Will the tines depress so as to short or not 
make 
> > contact when a cart is inserted?
> 
> BINGO!! I had looked before but didn't see that on the color socket 
> of the first printer one of the pins is bent completely up and into 
> the groove above.
> 
> On the brand new printer one finger in the black cartridge socket 
is 
> slightly crimped.
> 
> Both are in a position to line up with the little chip holding nubs 
> on the carts.
> 
> They don't look user repairable. #@%&#!!! Oh boy. $1,000 worth of 
> printers and the warantee probably isn't going to cover it.
> 
> And now I need to buy a soldering! <G> :-(!
> 
> Well at least I know what the problem and solution is. Many thanks!
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > 2)I wish I remembered the details of the post, but someone once 
had 
> an 
> > 1280 with blinking lights, going weird, motionless. There was 
some 
> > sequence of button pushing/holding that if done just right, 
> released 
> > the printer from this and it returned to normal.
> > 
> > 3) Static electrical discharge to the chip? Or are there pits on 
> the 
> > gold plated surface of the chip board from repeated QB7 
resetting? 
> > Frankly, since the Epson carts didn't work either, my bets are on 
> #1 
> > above, if any.
> > 
> > Martin let me know about this, it worries me too...
> > Jim H.