Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Vitollo" 
<jvlist@c...> wrote:
> > All of the lights are flashing on my 
> > printer.  > Bob
> 
> Reset the printer:
> 
> 
http://www.mwords.co.uk/pages/printers/printersHowDoI.htm#ResetPrinter

Excellent Info John! I'm printing it out now to take with me on calls.


Another thing that can cause the observed problem is overloading the 
print carriage motors. This happens most often in the field when a 
big paper jam stops the carriage, or someone leaves the ink hold-down 
cover up a little (on printers equipped with them) so it hits the 
inside of the printer somewhere and jams. The printers appear to 
monitor the current through the carriage motors and shut the printer 
down to prevent permanent damage.

Is it possible that your ink feed system is hanging up or binding? 
Perhaps something else is overloading the system. You could try 
putting a set of regular cartridges back in.

  Usually unplugging thee printer and plugging it back in will clear 
the flashing lights resulting from an overload if you have dealt with 
the underlying problem. 

Otherwise if you've been through everything on the link above, you 
may have the dreaded "red flash of death" informing you your printer 
is now permanently nonfunctional without service.

If so, you are probably stuck dealing with Epson's warranty 
department. Theoretically, by law in the US, the mere use of 3d party 
ink is not grounds for dishonoring your waranty. If you have modified 
the printer in the process, you are on your own. The support 
department may well be helpful, it is worth a try. The worst that 
will happen is that you will be no worse off than you are now.



In the future, if you are going to be doing things that might void 
your warranty, buy your printer from a store that sells 3d party 
warranties like CompUSA or BestBuy (In the US). You can get 2-3 years 
at about $35/year and they don't worry about using non-standard inks. 
Also, these are generaly carry-in replacement warranties so you can 
be back up and running the same day with a brand new machine. If the 
machine you bought has been upgraded, you get the new model at no 
extra charge.

It costs a bit more than buying off eBay or online, but it is great 
to just march down to the store and drop off the old one and come 
home with the latest model. Unfortunately, none of them carry 
anything above the 800 or 2200.

I hope you can get it back up and working.


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