Flashing lights I was gone on vacation for 3 weeks and when I came back, my dell 1700 laser printer was on with all the lights flashing and I can't get them to stop. i have turned the printer off and on, checked for paper jams, I already replaced the toner within the last 2 months. And, of course, it will not pring documents... HELP

1) Turn on the printer and hold the resume button. Keep holding the button until it stops blinking and they begin to flash with a sequence.

2) After holding them, release the cancel button to reset the printer. After doing this, the printer gets resetted completely and the flashing lights stops.

Try to rest your printer by doing the following...
Trun the power off and then unplug the power cord from the back of the printer. Leave it unplugged for about 45 seconds or so and then plug it back in. Turn the power on and you should be back to normal

Try putting paper in the manual feed tray.

There is nothing on the photoconductor unit to 'tell' the printer that it is new, you have to do this yourself, by following the photocinductor reset procedure (it's in the manual, or

Dell 1700

RESETTING DRUM PAGE COUNTER

1) Leave the power on, insert toner cartridge, and leave door open
2) Press the cancel button and hold till the leds flash
3) Release cancel button and close toner cartridge door

After replacing fysicalythe photoconductor/imagaging drum, leave the door open. Press and hold Cancel untl all lights flash in sequence to reset the printer. Close front cover.

You may have a 'recalled printer' Check out this link!
http://support.dell.com/support/batteryrecall/index.aspx/en/main 1700/1700n Printer RecallIn cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dell is voluntarily providing the Customers who purchased the 1700/1700n printer (from June 8th, 2004 - August 18th, 2004) a free replacement printer. [Announced September 7, 2004]

make sure the side guides in your paper tray are tight against the paper.

Check toner darkness settings using the setup utility.

All flashing lights for the Dell 1700 series (1700, 1710, 1720 including those that have n or dn as part of the model) printers is a service related error. When double pressing the continue button twice quickly, the printer will give a secondary error code, narrowing down the printer part being effected. It is possible to even narrow the error code down even futher by double pressing the continue button and taking note of which combination of lights come on, wether they are steady or blinking. Most generally when this series of printers, when you get all flashing lights, something major is going on with the printer. It could be pointing to the fuser, or main board, etc. You can call dell warranty support and they will help narrow down which part is being effected. Most generally, what is being effected is not cost effective to get fixed if you are no longer under warranty.

After you replace the imaging drum, you should reset the imaging drum's counter. To reset the counter, press and hold the Cancel button until all lights flash in sequence.