[Leica] OT OT...EPSON 2200 problem?

[timatherton at theedge.ca (Tim Atherton)]

Ted,

I'm guessing you have run off an awful lot of prints in those two years...?

If that's the case, it sounds like it's what happens when the ink pads are
full (those places it dumps all the ink when it does a head cleaning etc).

If so it needs to go to an epson service centre to have them replaced and
the printer re-set.

You can re-set the printers yourself I think - usually involves switching
the printer on while holding down a combination of the buttons, letting one
go and pressing it again - can't remember the sequence for the 2200 try a
search for "epson 2200 ROM reset" or "epson 2200 reset factoy defaults".

But if you do that and it works, and your inkpads really are full, they may
start to overflow (the printer calculates they are full rather than actually
measures them)


tim



> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+tim=kairosphoto.com@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Ted
> Grant
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:45 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] OT OT...EPSON 2200 problem?
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> OFF TOPIC EPSON 2200 PRINTER PROBLEM.
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> Howdy folks,
> My 2200 seems to have a problem........ All the ink lights ( 7 ) are
> flashing along with the "paper out red light."
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> So 8 flashing lights, new ink wells replaced those in the machine
> in case it
> was a freak thing and all 7 inks ran out at the same time. Highly
> un-likely.
> There's paper in place, shut off printer, all lights go out.
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> Press the on button, machine makes sound as though starting
> up..... then all
> the lights begin flash       ingandnothinghappens.-
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> At the moment it's in a service shop where they service and repair many
> electronic products including Epson printers of many models.  However,
> senior service manager says they can't find any reason why it's flashing.
> They've pulled the machine apart, nothing jammed anywhere and all
> connections appear to connect OK.  So?
>
> Epson have been as helpful on the phone as a rattle snake in a hen house!
> :-(
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> Everytime the service technician calls Epson they wont give him any
> information unless he gives them a credit card number and charge
> it $9.95.
> So far 5 attempts at getting sound help and assistance. NADA!
>
> They ask the same 4 basic questions each time, then say, " send
> it in!" Nor
> will they pass him onto any other person. The tech says, "This is one of
> their products and it's not a $1.98 machine and you'd think
> they'd bend over
> backwards to assist a professional photographer get back in production."
> Nope!
>
> So now it's a trip to Vancouver to a similar company only under
> the guise of
> being an "official" Epson dealer?  Hopefully they'll know what it
> is........
> However, before we leave the Island for the mainland  there will
> be a phone
> call so they can assure me they know exactly what it is and or
> they do know
> without any fancy dancy words without calling Epson.
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> Also that they can fix it when I arrive and get it back the same day.
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> Now good folks have any 2200 or 2100 owners come across this kind of
> situation? And if so, what  happened to get it back into
> operation?  Thank
> you.
>
> Our machine is 2 years old but a couple of days, so it isn't
> covered under
> warranty, I don't care I prefer to have it working, warranty or
> no warranty.
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