Most USB things come to life with that sort of basic method. The hot plugging in kind of wakes things up again and the turning off and on makes sure the printer is not in a error state. Glad I could help.
On 14/07/2010, at 5:08 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: > Hey Rob, thanks for that tip. Our Epson 510 was out of yellow ink and we knew > others were running low but the ink status monitor showed as being disabled. > I switched the printer off, unplugged the usb, switched it on and replugged > the cable, and voila ink levels show again. Hmm, well now we're off to buy 5 > new cartridges! > > Thanks for the tip. I hope Rosalyn solves her problem just as easily. > > Reg > > On 14/07/2010, at 11:14 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: > >> >> Have you tried simply turning the printer off, unplug the USB cable, turn >> the printer back on and plug the cable back in? >> Then start the print queue. >> >> On 14/07/2010, at 10:47 AM, William Crabb wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Just wondering if anyone can help me. >>> >>> I have sent jobs to the printer as normal, and nothing is happening. >>> The jobs are getting stored, but not printing, >>> and it is showing status as "stopped". >>> I've been using this same printer for a couple of years and have never seen >>> this status. >>> Any suggestions greatly appreciated, as I have a heap of stuff to print >>> today and this is not a good start... >>> >>> Regards, >>> Rosalyn >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > Reg Whitely > > Home: 08 9921 7272 > Mob: 04 8899 7313 > Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net > Web: http://web.me.com/whitelyr/Reg/ > http://beachlands.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
