Woohoo! finally it worked! The first two times I joggled what I thought were the paper switches, it didn't help, and I couldn't figure out how to reach where an electronic switch would be, but I just tried the joggling again, and all is well! Thanks!
>Mary Anne Stout wrote: > >>I have an Epson Photo 750 that is having a hissy fit. The power >>light and the paper out light flash when it's on, which the manual >>says indicates a paper jam and to turn it off and back on to clear >>the jam. There's no paper in it; the last time I printed something, >>a single sheet, all of it came out. The manual also says that if >>this doesn't work to contact tech services. Since the printer is 3? >>4? years old, it certainly isn't under warranty. I looked at the >>troubleshooting page at the Epson site and tried the suggestion to >>press the load/eject button. No change. What amazed me is that I >>can find NO way to contact Epson by email--the troubleshooting page >>offers a business hours phone number and a postal address. So, >>before I force myself to make a phone call on Monday, my day off, >>can anyone suggest anything to try? The printer behaves the same >>connected to the Powerbook G4 running 9.2.2 and the iBook G3 >>running 10.2.6. >>And if you can't suggest a fix, I welcome suggestions for a >>replacement 6 color inkjet. Should I consider a combo scanner? >> >>Thanks all, > >Mary Ann > >I don't know anything about Epson printers, but they all need a way >of knowing if there's a piece of paper passing by the print head. It >can either be mechanical or electronic. A mechanical switch would be >activated when the paper moves over it, a lever activates the >switch. If it's this type, the lever might be hung up and has to be >moved so it can go back to it's rest position. An electronic switch >would be an LED setup that measures reflected light. If too much >paper dust collects on it, you get the same result as the mechanical >switch. In this case, the mechanism has to be cleaned. Either with >some alcohol and a cotton swab or one of those aerosol cans with >compressed air and some kind of cleaning solvent. You could also try >to get the cover off and hold it in front of a powerful fan and move >it around. You might get lucky. > >I believe all printers basically work the same, so the switch should >be somewhere on the right side of the printer. If not, then the >switch should be lined up where the paper butts up against the input >tray. Since you said it's telling you there's a paper jam, I think >that's your problem. > >Good luck > >-- >Tony LaFemina >When you want to do more than just buy software >http://hometown.aol.com/visitmacland/index.html >mailto:remacs at optonline.net > > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be September 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
