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Re: [Digital BW] Re: Where to fix my 1200 in SF?

2003-04-23 by Barry Kelsall

Have you tried turning on the printer, then pulling the plug before the head
reaches the left side, and then pushing the head all the way to the right
until it locks? When you plug it back in, the printer will slowly reset it's
"home" position.
-BK

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kees Brandenburg" <ctb@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 3:33 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Where to fix my 1200 in SF?


> This catatonic 'headbanging' happens often with the 1200 when the head
> can't slide freely. Try lubricating (lightly) the chrome-coloured
> sliding bar and the slidingrail on which the printhead is hanging.
>
> kees
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "markaronica"
> <aronica@m...> wrote:
> > Recently my 1200 has started to make a terrible grinding noise when I
> > try and load paper.  The print head first slides over to the left (as
> > it is supposed to do), but seems to go too far forcing the printer to
> > make a horrible sound, like the gears are grinding.  I've tried
> > resetting the printer as explained by fixyourownprinter.com, but it
> > doesn't seem to fix the problem.
> >
> > I think I may need to bring the printer in to be fixed.  Does anyone
> > know of either a solution for fixing the printer, or a place I can
> > bring it to in the San Francisco Bay Area?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
>
>
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