1160 lights blinking, does nothing....
2002-05-25 by Richard Sintchak
Ok, great. I just unwrapped my "new" refurb 1160 I just bought, and following the directions to a "T" I loaded the inks and the ink "charging" started to hum, click and buzz, then about a minute through it stops and Power and Paper Out lights start to flash and the ink out lights both turn a solid red (no blinking). According to the manual this means I either forgot to peel off the yellow tape over the ink cart vents (I didn't) or there's a paper jam (there isn't). Turing off the printer, waiting a minute or two, then restarted ends up0 wit hte same thing. Then it says to call Epson for service (damn!). Anyone had this happen and can share ideas of what may be wrong or how I might fix it myself? Or am I screwed? I mean, this was a freshly wrapped, "new" in box, refurb! Don't they test these things before they go out the door? Isn't that the whole idea behind a refurb? Anyway, any comments welcomed. Thanks. Richard mailto:richard@...