Re: Epson c88 - ink/paper lights alternate flash?
Arthur Entlich
path, such as pens, batteries or other objects that sometimes fall into
the carriage area.
If everything is clear:
Take a quality paper towel and mildly dampen it with rubbing alcohol,
and clean any guide the head carriage moves on. If the surface had
grease on it, us a bit of medium white grease to replace it. If the
surface appeared to have oil on it, use sewing machine or similar light
weight machine oil.
The last possibility I can think of offhand is that the head control
band may be dirty. This is a small greyish transparent strip that runs
the length of the printer behind the head carriage unit which may have
become contaminated with ink or have slipped out of place or the spring
let go on one side.
Clean this very carefully with a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol, and it
it became dislodged, reconnect it, making sure not to bend or damage the
band.
Art
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Still Just Me - wrote:
> My c88 was working well, printed fine the last time I used it a couple
> weeks ago.
>
> Turned it on the yesterday and the ink and paper-out lights were
> flashing alternately. The manual says "check for paper jammed in the
> paper path preventing the print head from moving" but there does not
> appear to be any jammed paper. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting
> power but it had no effect.
>
> Any ideas on what to try?
Tony
>On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:18:16 -0700, Arthur Entlich
><e-prin...@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>>Make sure you don't have anything obstructing the paper of head carriage
>>path, such as pens, batteries or other objects that sometimes fall into
>>the carriage area.
>>
>>If everything is clear:
>>
>>Take a quality paper towel and mildly dampen it with rubbing alcohol,
>>and clean any guide the head carriage moves on. If the surface had
>>grease on it, us a bit of medium white grease to replace it. If the
>>surface appeared to have oil on it, use sewing machine or similar light
>>weight machine oil.
>>
>>The last possibility I can think of offhand is that the head control
>>band may be dirty. This is a small greyish transparent strip that runs
>>the length of the printer behind the head carriage unit which may have
>>become contaminated with ink or have slipped out of place or the spring
>>let go on one side.
>>
>>Clean this very carefully with a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol, and it
>>it became dislodged, reconnect it, making sure not to bend or damage the
>>band.
>>
>>Art
>
>Am I correct in assuming that the printer thinks it can't move the
>print head for some reason?
In addition to what Art has suggested, I have seen several Epsons that exhibit
this problem caused by the latch that holds the carriage in the home (capped)
position. Sometimes the latch is out of "sequence". Removing the covers and
manually releasing the latch and then pushing the carriage across the printer
usually fixes it.
Tony
Arthur Entlich
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Still Just Me - wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:18:16 -0700, Arthur Entlich
> <e-prin...@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>> Make sure you don't have anything obstructing the paper of head carriage
>> path, such as pens, batteries or other objects that sometimes fall into
>> the carriage area.
>>
>> If everything is clear:
>>
>> Take a quality paper towel and mildly dampen it with rubbing alcohol,
>> and clean any guide the head carriage moves on. If the surface had
>> grease on it, us a bit of medium white grease to replace it. If the
>> surface appeared to have oil on it, use sewing machine or similar light
>> weight machine oil.
>>
>> The last possibility I can think of offhand is that the head control
>> band may be dirty. This is a small greyish transparent strip that runs
>> the length of the printer behind the head carriage unit which may have
>> become contaminated with ink or have slipped out of place or the spring
>> let go on one side.
>>
>> Clean this very carefully with a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol, and it
>> it became dislodged, reconnect it, making sure not to bend or damage the
>> band.
>>
>> Art
> Thanks Art, I will check out those areas and see if I can resolve it.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that the printer thinks it can't move the
> print head for some reason?
>
Yes, likely that. It could also be the head lock is jammed from dried
ink coming off the ink wiper, which can contaminate the locking device.
Basically, the printer is likely trying to protect itself from breaking
or stalling the motors. It can be an electronic problem with the sensor
which reads the position of the head carriage also, but let's go one
step at a time. Most people who email me about these types of problems
find paper clips, staples, batteries, cat toys, pens and pencils and
other things blocking the head carriage path once I suggest they look
more closely.
Art
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I found the problem for my printer was that the counter needed to be reset. This solved the issue after I had taken the printer apart! ugh :)
http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/frame/pages/Epson%20printer%20resetting.htm
Hope this helps someone
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>
> I found the problem for my printer was that the counter needed to be reset. This solved the issue after I had taken the printer apart! ugh :)
>
> http://www.the-inkstore.co.uk/frame/pages/Epson%20printer%20resetting.htm
>
> Hope this helps someone
>
notice you were replying to a post from July 2009, didn't you?