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Problem solved. Exactly what you said. I bent the spring to put more
tension on it and it works! Thanks a lot. I knew there had to be a
switch but I didn't know where to look until you told me. Epson Tech
Support was useless. They told me "It appears that you have a
hardware problem". By the way I didn't get your private e-mail. You
probably didn't remove the -nospam from my address.
Thanks again,
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:51:53 GMT, Arthur Entlich <artistic@telus.net>
wrote:
>G.M. rightly informed me thatteh Photo 700 doesn't have chipped
>cartridges. I made an error on the model number.
>
>
>So, I sent him an email in private, and basically, it stated this (below).
>
> I don't want leaving mis-information on the internet for others to be
>misguided by.
>==========================
>
>
>
>Of course, you are correct... Sometimes I forget which model is which.
>
>OK, for those models, I believe there is a small leaf switch (a piece of
>bent spring steel) behind the cartridge that needs to be activated.
>Epson calls it the "Ink Cartridge Sensor activator".
>
>Over time, that switch can become fatigued and the metal flattens. If
>it becomes too flat, the cartridge will not activate it when it is
>installed. You may need to very carefully "pull" the center of the leaf
>switch out to give it a more acute angle so it will stick out far enough
>to allow the cartridge to activate it. The top edge of the metal needs
>to contact the nozzle selection board contacts behind.
>
>Some people insert a small piece of cardboard behind the cartridge to
>activate the switch, but that tends to further flatten the leaf spring.
>
>Hope this helps more than the last explanation.
>
>Art
>
>
>
>Arthur Entlich wrote:
>
>> If that is the only LED on (other than the power on LED), remove the
>> cartridge and take a good look at the contacts on both the cartridge and
>> within the printer carriage area. If other LEDS are on, or blinking,
>> that is an error condition and a code to tell you what's up.
>>
>> There are several wires in the printer that need to contact the pads on
>> the chip on the cartridge. These wires are made of a brittle gold
>> plated wire, and should they get damaged, dirty (with ink , etc), or
>> broken off (they are brittle enough that if roughly handled, bent or
>> abused they will literally break off.
>>
>> If they have broken, I believe MIS is now offering replacment modules.
>> If they are bent incorrectly (they shoudl be fairly evenly spaced, VERY
>> CAREFULLY adjust them with a small screwdriver or similar tool.
>>
>> If they are dirty, take a cotton swab and using some ammoniated window
>> cleaner or isopropyl alcohol, gently clean them and let dry, then wip
>> ethe pads on teh cartrideg itself with a clean paper towel, and
>> reinsert, making sure to get the cartridge firmly in place.
>>
>> Usually, that will fix it. If not, sometimes 3rd party ink cartridegs
>> or counterfeits will not work, occasionally Epson will have a batch of
>> badly programed chips.
>>
>> If you refilled this cartridge after it read empty, and did not
>> reprogram the chip with an Epson cartridge resetter, the printer will
>> consider this cartridge empty until it is reset.
>>
>> Art
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> G.M. Durrence wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:30:52 -0000, "MikeD"
>>> <mike.dunstan@nochance.uk.thalesgroup.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried that. The utility acts like it doesn't see the printer.
>>> Apparantly as long as the color led is on the printer stays off-line.
>>> G.M. Durrence
>>> (To reply remove -nospam)
>>
>>
G.M. Durrence
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