Digital BW, The Print

Ok I know this has come up before but I think I have tried everything.  I made the 
mistake of attempting to swap the MK cartridge for the PK cartridge in my 2100.  And 
guess what - jobs stopped.  I have added back the MK cartridge and deleted the 
printer, put in the PK cartidge and added the printer.  I have turned the printer off and 
deleted the printer, turned it back on and then swapped the cartridges and readded it.  
I have Print Center Repair about 10 times.  I must be doing something in the wrong 
order....help!

Cheers

Steve

> I have Print Center Repair about 10 times.  I must be doing
> something in the wrong
> order....help!
>

not really - it's a really crappy Epson feature that they need to fix...
Sounds like you are on a mac?

Not sure if this will work for you, but on a PC, as a last resort shut down
the computer and printer. unplug the power for the printer (i.e. pull the
plug out of the wall) for at least 30 seconds. Plug it back in switch it on
and then restart your mac. Might work

tim

At 01:02 +0000 27.1.2004, Steve Kale wrote:
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>Ok I know this has come up before but I think I have tried 
>everything.  I made the
>mistake of attempting to swap the MK cartridge for the PK cartridge 
>in my 2100.  And
>guess what - jobs stopped.  I have added back the MK cartridge and deleted the
>printer, put in the PK cartidge and added the printer.  I have 
>turned the printer off and
>deleted the printer, turned it back on and then swapped the 
>cartridges and readded it. 
>I have Print Center Repair about 10 times.  I must be doing 
>something in the wrong
>order....help!
>
>Cheers
>
>Steve

Steve,

delete all 2100 printers you generated. Maybe relog or reboot.

Put PK cart in the printer, switch it on and generate new 2100 
printer named something as "2100 PK". Change cart to MK, and generate 
another 2100 printer named "2100 MK". It should work now.

The reason is the native X printer driver is not able to communicate 
with printer and recognize if there is PK or MK. But in a moment the 
job runs into printer, the printer itself recognizes that there is 
wrong ink and stops the printing.

Martin
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Martin

I am intrigued as to how you rename the printers and as a result can have an
MK printer in place alongside a PK printer?

Steve

From: Martin Sluka <martinsluka@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 09:21:09 +0100
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Swapping blacks in 2100


Steve,

delete all 2100 printers you generated. Maybe relog or reboot.

Put PK cart in the printer, switch it on and generate new 2100
printer named something as "2100 PK". Change cart to MK, and generate
another 2100 printer named "2100 MK". It should work now.

The reason is the native X printer driver is not able to communicate
with printer and recognize if there is PK or MK. But in a moment the
job runs into printer, the printer itself recognizes that there is
wrong ink and stops the printing.

Martin
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Martin

Sorry I have answered my own question.  I am amazed how often editable
fields on the Mac are hidden under icons like Show Info!  PK printing now
working.  Will try swapping back to MK to see if I can switch with ease now.
If so this will be very useful advice for Mac 2100/2200 owners ­ no more
deleting and adding printers all the time.

Thanks

Steve

From: Steve Kale <stevekale@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:25:12 +0000
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Swapping blacks in 2100

Martin

I am intrigued as to how you rename the printers and as a result can have an
MK printer in place alongside a PK printer?

Steve





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Martin 

That was a very helpful tip ­ thanks a lot!  It seems I am able to switch
between PK and MK now without having to add and delete printers.

Steve




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