epson 400 problem

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Hi

Yes i know its a blast from the past but my son has just bought it to use
while at uni.

He is using his laptop with Windows XP. The OS did not detect and install
the printer and kept giving error messages when trying to print. He went
through the usual driver, uninstall and reinstall routines but to no avail.

Somewhere along the line something got confused and now the printer wont do
anything and is flashing the lights on the control panel. The handbook says
contact your dealer if this happens but of course with an old model printer
that's not an option.

Can anyone advise a course of action (not chuck it in a skip, that has
crossed my mind) is it possible some irreversible damage has been done or
can it be reset.

thanks in advance

Gary
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Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

geepeetee wrote:
> Hi
>
> Yes i know its a blast from the past but my son has just bought it to use
> while at uni.
>
> He is using his laptop with Windows XP. The OS did not detect and install
> the printer and kept giving error messages when trying to print. He went
> through the usual driver, uninstall and reinstall routines but to no avail.
>
> Somewhere along the line something got confused and now the printer wont do
> anything and is flashing the lights on the control panel. The handbook says
> contact your dealer if this happens but of course with an old model printer
> that's not an option.
>
> Can anyone advise a course of action (not chuck it in a skip, that has
> crossed my mind) is it possible some irreversible damage has been done or
> can it be reset.
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Gary
Maybe the printer is signaling that the ink sponge is full. If so, you
will need to reset it. One easy way is to use this free utility-
http://ssclg.com/epsone.shtml

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Hi

Although i havent seen it (my son is at uni) the lights are flashing, they
stay on whatever we do and it wont print a test page. The printer behaves
the same unplugged from the pc.

thanks

Gary
"Arthur Entlich" <artistic@telus.net> wrote in message
news:C_Zpd.194237$df2.100137@edtnps89...
> Exactly which lights are on and what are they doing?
>
> Do they stay on when the printer is unplugged from the computer and
> restarted?
>
> Can you print a test page from the printer when it is not connected to the
> computer?
>
> Art
>
> geepeetee wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Yes i know its a blast from the past but my son has just bought it to use
>> while at uni.
>>
>> He is using his laptop with Windows XP. The OS did not detect and
>> install the printer and kept giving error messages when trying to print.
>> He went through the usual driver, uninstall and reinstall routines but to
>> no avail.
>>
>> Somewhere along the line something got confused and now the printer wont
>> do anything and is flashing the lights on the control panel. The
>> handbook says contact your dealer if this happens but of course with an
>> old model printer that's not an option.
>>
>> Can anyone advise a course of action (not chuck it in a skip, that has
>> crossed my mind) is it possible some irreversible damage has been done or
>> can it be reset.
>>
>> thanks in advance
>>
>> Gary
>