The ink and paper light flashes together signalling that something is obrstructing the print head. These lights come on as soon as I turn the printer on thus not allowing me to do anything with cartridges and such. There is absolutely nothing in the way, and there aren't any odd noises when I turn it on. What could be casusing this error?
SOURCE: Epson CS3200 - Non-specific power-up failure & error message
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SOURCE: MY EPSON D88 PRINTER HAS 2 FLASHING LIGHTS
This is usually caused by a problem with the chip(s) on the new cartridge.
Check that the chips are clean, and are correctly installed on the cartridge(s) (some can be knocked out of alignment and thus not connect properly).
Also check for any damage to the tiny wires in the printhead where the cartridge sits.. These can also become soiled with fluff, etc... Be VERY careful if you try to clean these as they are very delicate and if broken off you will have a broken printer.
Last thing is of course to check you have the correct cartridges... A common one with the D88 is to have C86 cartridges which are not compatible at all (different' chips!).
Hope that helps.
SOURCE: both ink and paper lights are flashing, printer
the waste ink tank beneath the printer is full. it will cost more to fix this than a new printer. take a look at the Epson NX and Workforce series and get yourself a good printer with a year fedex replacement warranty.
SOURCE: The feed indicator light and
Lights flashing alternately means that your printer's waste ink pad is saturated. It needs to be replaced and reset the counter. To reset the waste ink pad counter you will need a resetting program. You may download it by going to this link:
http://www.divshare.com/download/1140953-256
First goto web site http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/50817
Read through ALL the cries for help and the answers.
Towards the end there are some very significant points, 'are the light flashing together' or 'are they alternate'
What it comes down to is you have a DIRTY printer. Don't worry ALL printers get dirty. You have to clean excess ink, and all the sensors as described in the lists from http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/forums/inkjet/50817
Regards
Remove your printer from the PC and uninstall the printer software. Now reinstall the printer software and connect the Printer to be detected and installed. Check printer properties to see the ink levels.
Use head cleaning before a test is taken . It is possible that the head is not reacting to the need of the command , can be an issue with ink drying , can also be poor ink cartridge contacts.
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