Re: [ql-users] Printer Problem

2006-04-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones
equivalent menus in QPAC2 and so on. -- Dilwyn Jones - Original Message - From: "hitchies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:32 PM Subject: [ql-users] Printer Problem > [Third attempt :( - 2 previous returned. Why??!]

Re: [ql-users] Printer Problem

2006-04-18 Thread extdgl42
"I'm in shape. Round is a shape"--tee shirt. Doug L. 37830 USA -Original Message- >From: Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 18, 2006 3:31 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [ql-users] Printer Problem > >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [ql-users] Printer Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, hitchies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > Re Malcolm's: > > Umm ... so you are still around then, John ? . :-) > > Hi Malcolm ! > > Not as round as I used to be. But, luurkingly reading the much > erudition on this list. ;-) Glad to know that you haven't los

Re: [ql-users] Printer Problem

2006-04-18 Thread Robert Newson
hitchies wrote: > [Third attempt :( - 2 previous returned. Why??!] > == > > Re Robert's: > durabrite...is that the same as the coating that goes on Ally [coach] > wheels > so that you don't need to polish them to keep them shiny? > > I've managed similar unblocking by sp

[ql-users] Printer Problem

2006-04-18 Thread hitchies
[Third attempt :( - 2 previous returned. Why??!] == Re Robert's: durabrite...is that the same as the coating that goes on Ally [coach] wheels so that you don't need to polish them to keep them shiny? I've managed similar unblocking by sparingly using warm water with old c

Re: [ql-users] printer problem (OT)

2006-04-15 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: "John Gilpin" <> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] printer problem > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert Newson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-14 Thread Robert Newson
David Tubbs wrote: ... > But that pre-supposes a handleable cartridge and not mounted in the printer > itself, had that problem years ago with an Epson, what a bugger that was, > endlessly cycling it through it's "nose wipe" routine, even used a solder > sucker over the feed tube, but at the ti

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-14 Thread Derek Stewart
Hi Dilywn, I have a DVD disk of most of the Epson Serice Manuals. If you want a copy of the disk, I can supply this for £5 Derek ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-14 Thread Jeremy Taffel
Phoebus R. Dokos (Φοίβος Ρ. Ντόκος) wrote: > Την Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:20:51 -0400,ο(η) Jeremy Taffel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> έγραψε: > > >>> > As I got it for nowt, I'm not too worried about replacing it - > especially as > I intend to get one that is Linux compatible. > >>

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread David Tubbs
> Only longer periods of no or very low >usage tends to cause the jet blockages again. Right, the worst treatment for an inkjet printer is NONE. A cleansing fluid sold alongside the refill inks is carbontetrachloride, or it's health&safety substitute. Industrially a de-greasing agent, also use

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Φοίβος Ρ. Ντόκος
Την Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:20:51 -0400,ο(η) Jeremy Taffel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> έγραψε: > >> >> As I got it for nowt, I'm not too worried about replacing it - especially as I intend to get one that is Linux compatible. >>> Is Linux able to drive those "control-code-less" Wind

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Jeremy Taffel
> > >>> As I got it for nowt, I'm not too worried about replacing it - >>> especially as >>> I intend to get one that is Linux compatible. >>> >>> >> Is Linux able to drive those "control-code-less" Windows printers, or >> does Linux have the same sorts of problems that QL has with tho

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Robert Newson
John Gilpin wrote: ... >>Out of interest...what is surgical spirit? > > According to the bottle I have it contains the following: > Virgin Caster Oil BP 2.5%v/v, methyl salicylate BP 0.5%v/v, Diethyl > Phthalate BP 2.0%v/v, industrial methylated spirit BP 95%v/v. > > So it's mainly Industrial M

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread John Gilpin
- Original Message - From: "Robert Newson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] printer problem > John Gilpin wrote: > > ... >> I successfully use Surgical Spirit (Obtai

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Robert Newson
John Gilpin wrote: ... > I successfully use Surgical Spirit (Obtainable from any chemist shop) > and a cotton bud to clear the jets on my HP printer. Alternatively, HP used > to provide strips of adhesive backed "velcro" type material which you stick > onto a "test page" provided using the

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-13 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, hitchies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Regards to all, > >John, in the Wales they can find when they deliver to the door ... :-) Umm ... so you are still around then, John ? . :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Maili

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Some printer manuals do say that when you first set up an inkjet, it > is "charged" with ink and that is why the cartridges supplied with the > printerseem to last a lot less than new cartridges you install if you > have to soak up this sponge the first time! Actually if tha

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread John Gilpin
- Original Message - From: "Robert Newson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] printer problem > hitchies wrote: > >> Robert said - >> >> ...any suggestions how

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Robert Newson
Dilwyn Jones wrote: >>However, I've been unable to use it as it was put away with a black >>cartridge open in it. Once I had downloaded the correct drivers for >>it, I >>eventually got the CMY jets working, but the black has steadfastly >>refused >>to work - I eventually got it to product a sin

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Robert Newson
hitchies wrote: > Robert said - > > ...any suggestions how to clear (trying propan-2-ol seems to have had > little effect (other than to get one dot working for minimal time), though > it does "collect" the other colours quite well - I dismantled the "head" > unit to get direct access to the jets

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread hitchies
Robert said - ...any suggestions how to clear (trying propan-2-ol seems to have had little effect (other than to get one dot working for minimal time), though it does "collect" the other colours quite well - I dismantled the "head" unit to get direct access to the jets...the C460 has a ... ---

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> 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 a

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
> However, I've been unable to use it as it was put away with a black > cartridge open in it. Once I had downloaded the correct drivers for > it, I > eventually got the CMY jets working, but the black has steadfastly > refused > to work - I eventually got it to product a single (dot) line for >

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>> I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and it >> has >> developed a problem - both indicators are blinking which indicates >> (according to manual) print head unable to return to home position, >> but it seems to be parked in the home position! >> > Hmm, Dilwyn + Hardware =

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>>Try Viking Direct for your printer cartridges. They do a full range >>of >>compatible units and the Epson stylus 880 Colour is on their list. >>Go to >>www.viking-direct.co.uk or ring free on 080042 > > I can vouch for Viking as being a useful and good supplier of > printer > cartridges. T

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Malcolm Cadman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Gilpin ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >>Hi Dilwyn, >> >>Try Viking Direct for your printer cartridges. They do a full range of >>compatible units and the Epson stylus 880 Colour is on th

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Robert Newson
Norman Dunbar wrote: > Dilwyn Jones wrote: > >>Wonder if anyone knows anything about this printer problem. >> >>I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and it has >>developed a problem - both indicators are blinking which indicates >>(according to manual) print head unable to

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Norman Dunbar
Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Wonder if anyone knows anything about this printer problem. > > I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and it has > developed a problem - both indicators are blinking which indicates > (according to manual) print head unable to return to home position, >

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-12 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Gilpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hi Dilwyn, > >Try Viking Direct for your printer cartridges. They do a full range of >compatible units and the Epson stylus 880 Colour is on their list. Go to >www.viking-direct.co.uk or ring free on 080042 I can vouch f

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-11 Thread Roy wood
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 > >On another note:

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones
>> 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 >> Compute

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-11 Thread John Gilpin
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:44 PM Subject: [ql-users] printer problem > Wonder if anyone knows anything about this printer problem. > > I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and

Re: [ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-11 Thread Derek Stewart
Try Aktiv Direct or Ebay Derek - Original Message - From: "Dilwyn Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "QL Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:44 PM Subject: [ql-users] printer problem > Wonder if anyone knows anything about t

[ql-users] printer problem

2006-04-11 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Wonder if anyone knows anything about this printer problem. I have my son's Epson Stylus C64 set up here at the moment and it has developed a problem - both indicators are blinking which indicates (according to manual) print head unable to return to home position, but it seems to be parked in t