Printer i have a z611 printer it was working just fine then it stopped printing the button flashes twice saying carrier stall there is absolutly nothing blocking it then i get a busy error and it will not print not even a test page thank you kim

The flashing light could indicate either a communication problem between one of your cartridges and the printer, a short in one of the cartridges, paper jam or the cartridge carrier has stalled. Please follow the steps below to fix the problem:

1. Remove the sheets of paper from the feeder. Make sure there are no foreign objects or debris in the feeder.
2. Open the printer cover and remove both the cartridges.
3. While the cover is open, ensure there are no paper jams and the cartridge carrier is free from obstructions.
4. Close the printer cover.
5. Re-brick your printer. Pull out the power supply, black box where the power cord is plugged in at the back of the printer, and put it back after 30 seconds.
6. When the printer turns on, reinsert one cartridge first.
7. Close the printer cover and check the light status.
8. If light on printer is normal, open the printer cover and reinsert the other cartridge. Check the light status.
9. Replace whichever cartridge is causing the light to flash with a new cartridge. You can also try to insert a different known working cartridge to determine if the other is faulty.
10. Load some paper. Try to print a document again to verify that the problem is fixed.

The flashing light could either indicate a cartridge problem or the printer carrier has stalled.
Test the cartridges one by one and do the printer hardware test (refer to the relevant document for your printer) to establish which one is defective. The defective cartridge needs to be changed. To do the hardware test, follow the steps below:

1. Switch the printer off.
2. Put one sheet of paper into the paper feeder.
3. Press and hold the power button and the paper feed button for three seconds until the power light comes on.
4. Release both buttons. After three seconds, the printer will start to print. You should obtain a page containing a series of horizontal color lines, and a thick black line below these. All the lines should be solid.
5. When the test is complete, switch off the printer. NOTE: If you do not turn off the printer, it will keep on printing this page.

To check if you have a cartridge carrier stall, follow steps below:

1. First unplug the printer.
2. Move the cartridges to the left by hand. In order to do this, you need to grip the top of the carrier belt (a black/grey belt with cog-like teeth) and pull it towards the right-hand side of the printer.
3. Once the cartridges have been moved across, you can clip them out.
4. Try to print without the cartridges in the carrier.
5. If you no longer have a carrier stall, put the cartridges back into the carrier and clip them into place.

Try to print a document to check if printer is working properly now.
If problem continues, please contact Lexmark Technical Support Center for additional assistance.
Sources: - Lights Flashing on the Printer - How to Perform the Hardware Test on the Lexmark X74/X75

Mostly, printer cartridge error occurs when the printer head is unable to identify the cartridge properly. And the basic reason behind this is that the cartridge is improperly attached. To reattach the cartridge, turn on the lid of the printer and then remove the cartridge from the printer head. Check the cartridge to make sure that there are no scratches or other damaged parts that can contribute to a printer cartridge error report. Take note that the cartridge should not be left open for more than 30 minutes; otherwise the ink will start to dry up and the cartridge will get clogged.

Hi there
You can try not really know but it like your waste ink needs to be reset.

Start with the printer OFF

1. Hold down RESUME and then hold down POWER
2. Release RESUME
3. Press RESUME twice, then release POWER
4. Wait until print head stops moving
5. Press RESUME four times (if four doesn't work try three times)
6. Press POWER once
7. Press RESUME four times (if four doesn't work try three times)
8. Press POWER once

Repeating the RESUME/POWER code twice made the difference, the fixes I found wouldn't work because they stopped at step 6.

I removed the black ink cartridge that was REFILLED at a popular retail outfit and replaced it with a remanufactured one I bought on the web. As soon as I closed the lid, the flashing stopped and it has been working GREAT ever since. Many postings had already recommended the changing to a "new cartridge" to remedy this flashing lights and "pen failure."

you may need to service the unit first buy running the software head cleaner and see if the head move…try to see if anything inside that jamming the head movement…see if you reinstall the driver as you may installed something that effected the driver...let me know how that work for you and please do not forget to rate my service so we can improve on it with your help. God bless

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1. First count the number of times the light on the front of your printer flashes.
2. Then refer to the table below for information about the error condition and recommended recovery procedures.
   
   Number of Flashes Error Condition Error Recovery 2 Carrier Stall:
   The movement of the print cartridge carrier has been obstructed. Remove any objects blocking the carrier path.
   4 Print Incomplete:
   The print cartridge carrier stopped in the middle of a print job due to obstruction. Remove any objects blocking the carrier path.
   12 Cartridge Short:
   The printer has detected a short circuit in a cartridge.
   1. Turn the printer off.
   2. Open the front cover.
   3. Turn the printer back on.
   4. Remove the color cartridge.
   5. Close the cover. If there are no flashing lights, the color cartridge is short-circuited.
   6. Remove the black cartridge and then reinsert the color cartridge.
   7. If there is no error indicated by flashing lights, the black cartridge is short-circuited.
   8. If you continue to receive an error indicated by flashing lights, both cartridges are short-circuited.

it sounds like it might be the test sheets. but im not sure

Try resetting the printer like this
Canon S450 Printer
1: Power off printer
2: Hold Resume button then press and hold POWER, the beeper will sound once.
3: Hold POWER and release RESUME
4: Press RESUME twice
5. Release Power button
6: When the indicator lights steady, press RESUME three(3) times. The indicator should be orange.
7: Press Power to set data

Information gathered: Basically the printer carrier has stalled.
Lexmark documentation states that you should turn off your printer and wait a few seconds and turn the printer back on.
Restarting the spooler will sometimes do the trick as well.
Go to start, run
type: <cmd> without <>
Command prompt will open up.
Type: net stop spooler
The spooler will say it stopped successfully.
Type net start spooler
The spooler will say it started successfully.
Hope this helps!