> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn > Jones > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Anyone got any suggestions or experience of this? > In my experience this is usually the end of the printer. It is > probably > the sensor on the rod that the print head moves on but is too > expensive > to repair You are right. I located the mechanical part of the sensor and could make it work by pressing on it briefly as the head approaches it.
I worked out how to get the clip-together case apart so that I could see the sensor mechanism better. A little piece of plastic which seems to act as a spring seems to have got slightly out of place. I gently eased it back with tweesers and cleaned around it as best as I could. The printer seems to print OK now. Thanks for that suggestion. And thanks to everyone else who responded with so many suggestions, on and off list. >>On another note: just been online to try to order some ink >>cartridges >>for my own Epson Stylus 880 and Choice Stationery have discontinued >>them, describing the Epson Stylus 880 as "obsolete". I'll be trying >>other suppliers of course (like those who advertise in the back of >>ComputerActive). Wonder if this is general or just one supplier >>discontinuing compatible cartridges? > What are the Epson codes? We may have a few. Strangely enough, I've just found two shops in Bangor (Tesco and Currys) which sell both compatibles and original Epsons (though the original Epson ones are too expensive). I also found a couple of other suppliers in Computeractive. Part numbers are TO19 (black) and TO20 (colour). -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/308 - Release Date: 11/04/2006 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
