Digital BW, The Print

My 2200 flashes all its LED's red, and will not print. I understand this
means the waste pad counter has reached its limit. I've tried the method
where you hold down the roll and paper advance buttons on startup, but that
does not work. I believe that works only on older printers. My searching to
find a newer method only turns up URL's that are no longer active.

Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Terry.

Well, I managed to get my waste pad couter reset but I still have flashing
lights. It appears I have a more serious problem. Perhaps it's time to hit
e-bay for a replacement 2200. 

Terry.

> Terry Ritz wrote:
>
> My 2200 flashes all its LED's red, and will not print. I 
> understand this
> means the waste pad counter has reached its limit. I've tried 
> the method
> where you hold down the roll and paper advance buttons on 
> startup, but that
> does not work. I believe that works only on older printers. 
> My searching to
> find a newer method only turns up URL's that are no longer active.

Hello Terry,  I had the same problem with my 2200 and flashing lights.  
I ended up taking it in to a local printer repair place.  It is not 
Epson authorized but a place where I sent all our printers in my former 
position as Technology Coord.  They researched and were not able to 
repair it.  I suggest that you try the Epson site for a refurbished 
2200 before EBay.  I did and got a 2200 with a 1-year factory 
warranty.  Nancy

The Epson Store doesn't have any more refurbed 2200s or 220s for that
matter. They had them before the holidays and I thought I'd treat
myself to a 2200 after I paid off my holiday credit card debt. They
disappeared some time in January. You snooze you lose:( But I keep
checking back.

Scott

I checked also, but they do have a refurbished 2400 and a refurbished 
1800, if anyone is interested.   Nancy


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "scottkathe1" 
<scott.kathe@...> wrote:

>
> The Epson Store doesn't have any more refurbed 2200s or 220s for that
> matter. They had them before the holidays

I just sent you a screen shot with instructions for resetting the waste pad counter and the eprom. Try resetting the eprom but I think that you have a fatal error

Walt

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Terry Ritz [mailto:t.ritz@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 08:35 PM
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] 2200 Flashing Red Lights / Resetting Waste Pad Counter
>
>My 2200 flashes all its LED's red, and will not print. I understand this
>means the waste pad counter has reached its limit. I've tried the method
>where you hold down the roll and paper advance buttons on startup, but that
>does not work. I believe that works only on older printers. My searching to
>find a newer method only turns up URL's that are no longer active.
>
>Can anyone help?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Terry.
>
>
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Thanks Walt. I will give it a shot later today.

Terry.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, wkm@... wrote:
>
> I just sent you a screen shot with instructions for resetting the
waste pad counter and the eprom. Try resetting the eprom but I think
that you have a fatal error
> 
> Walt
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Terry Ritz [mailto:t.ritz@...]
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 08:35 PM
> >To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [Digital BW] 2200 Flashing Red Lights / Resetting Waste
Pad Counter
> >
> >My 2200 flashes all its LED's red, and will not print. I understand
this
> >means the waste pad counter has reached its limit. I've tried the
method
> >where you hold down the roll and paper advance buttons on startup,
but that
> >does not work. I believe that works only on older printers. My
searching to

> >find a newer method only turns up URL's that are no longer active.
> >
> >Can anyone help?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Terry.

Walt. . .  the EEPROM and Timer IC reset did the trick! You just saved me
$400 for a new-used printer. Much appreciated.

In case anyone else runs into this, here's what happened. 

My waste ink counter hit the limit. I was able to make one print before the
flashing lights would start (on print #2) and then I would need to cycle the
power. I could then do the same all over again (one print only). I searched
the net for the reset sequence and one suggestion was to use the SSCserve
utility. I did this and it appeared that I had successfully reset the waste
pad counter (in fact I had). However, doing that messed something else up.
Now I could not even get a single print out. The flashing lights appeared
the same roughly, but now I was getting a fatal error.

I purchased and downloaded the 2200 Service Manual and ran Epson's utility
to re-reset the waste pad counter. Indeed it was fine, but now I was getting
a fatal error. This was getting into the wee hours last night and all I
could see were hardware issues that would cause this. However, I did wonder
if the SSCserve utility had created a new problem.

I ran the EEPROM and Timer IC reset using the screen shot that Walt sent and
I'm back in business, first try. Now all I need to do is deal with the rash
of nozzle clogs I've been getting, but that's another problem.

Thanks again Walt, and also the others who offered suggestions.

Terry.

> wkm@... wrote:
>
> I just sent you a screen shot with instructions for resetting 
> the waste pad counter and the eprom. Try resetting the eprom 
> but I think that you have a fatal error
> 
> Walt

Have the screen shot and instructions for resetting the waste pad counter
and eprom been posted somewhere?

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


Terry Ritz wrote:

>I ran the EEPROM and Timer IC reset using the screen shot that 
>Walt sent and I'm back in business, first try. ...

> wkm@... wrote:
>>
>> I just sent you a screen shot with instructions for resetting 
>> the waste pad counter and the eprom. Try resetting the eprom 
>> but I think that you have a fatal error
>> 
>> Walt

Just saw this today: 

http://inksupply.helpserve.com/index.php?
_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=103  (but I think you tried 
this solution) 

http://www.2manuals.com/reset_wip.php  (and an older solution, but it 
tells you how to get additional support)

Nancy

> Have the screen shot and instructions for resetting the waste pad 
counter

> and eprom been posted somewhere?
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
>

Just saw this today: 

http://inksupply.helpserve.com/index.php?
_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=103  (but I think you tried 
this solution) 

http://www.2manuals.com/reset_wip.php  (and an older solution, but it 
tells you how to get additional support)

Nancy

> Have the screen shot and instructions for resetting the waste pad 
counter

> and eprom been posted somewhere?
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
>

Here's what finally got me out of trouble, and the site I wish I had found
to start. . .

http://inkjetprinterhelp.us/servicemanuals.html

You can download the Epson 2200 service manual for $10 there. The download
includes the Epson Printer Adjustment program which will let you reset the
Waste Ink Counter properly (amoung other things). The service manual
contains a page with the EPROM and Timer IC Reset instructions that Walt was
kind enough to send me as a PDF (didn't even realize it was there) and a
front panel method of resetting the Waste Ink Counter. The manual will prove
to be handy for a number of other things as well.

Take care,

Terry.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of Nancy Wilson
> Sent: February 9, 2007 12:44 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 2200 Flashing Red Lights / 
> Resetting Waste Pad Counter - Issue Resolved
> 
> Just saw this today: 
> 
> http://inksupply.helpserve.com/index.php?
> _m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=103  (but I think 
> you tried 
> this solution) 
> 
> http://www.2manuals.com/reset_wip.php  (and an older solution, but it 
> tells you how to get additional support)
> 
> Nancy
> 
> > Have the screen shot and instructions for resetting the waste pad 
> counter
> > and eprom been posted somewhere?
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com

Hi!
 
> http://inkjetprinterhelp.us/servicemanuals.html
> 
> You can download the Epson 2200 service manual for $10 there. The 
download
> includes the Epson Printer Adjustment program which will let you 
reset the
> Waste Ink Counter properly (amoung other things). 

I bought my service manual (15 USD) and service programme (USD 10)
here

http://www.2manuals.com

so, if your USD 10 purchase includes the programme, it is a much 
better deal :) 

But more to the point, I totally agree that this service manual is a 
must read for anyone serious about his her 2100/2200.  It includes 
information that should have been part and parcel of the regular 
epson user manual (HTML or otherwise). 

Also, I recommend that you use the service programme to check the 
adjustments of your printer. These are sort of similar to the 
standard head alignment procedure but go much "deeper". The 
procedures are described in the PDF section "Adjustments" and under 
the adjustments TAB of the service programme.  The manual is quite 
cryptic at times and it takes a while to understand the correct 
order of the procedures, but it is definitely worthwhile.  It lets 
you check such things as Platten gap adjustment, Head angle 
alignment, bi-directional printing alignment etc.  Most of these 
things can be adjusted by the user without too much trouble, but 
some of them require special epson tools. But even if one is not 
prepared to carry out the adjustments, the service programme lets 
you determine if the printer needs service. 

For instance, I discovered that my 2100 was seriously out of whack 
in all respects.  Unfortunately, also the platten gap is out of 
whack - and this can be adjusted only with the help of a special 
platten gap adjustment gauge at an authorised Epson service. Again, 
I think that Epson should have included this possibility to print 
out test patterns with their standard driver/service utilities, so 
that the end users knows if the printer has an adjustment problem. 
After my experience, I suspect that there may be a lot of Epson 
2200/2100 printer owners that are less than happy with their 
printouts (because there is no standard to compare to) and think 
that these are the limits of what their printer can do, when 
actually the printer is not adjusted correctly. Also I could 
imagine, that problems like microbanding and head alignment 
difficulties may be caused by poor adjustment. 

To end my seemingly endless tirade, when I buy my next printer, the 
service manual and service programme will be a mandatory part of my 
purchase.

Best regards

Didzis