I just bought an Epson R300 printer on Ebay, and there is a General Error message displayed.

Everything you need; manuals, drivers and interactive guide can be found here:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=26322&infoType=Overview


Below are two possible soultions for a General Error:

1. When a General error message appears in the display on your printer's control panel, the print head may not be able to move because of some obstruction. Follow these steps:

1. Turn the printer off.
2. Open the printer's cover.
3. Gently remove any jammed paper or other obstructions from the paper path.
4. Close the cover and turn the printer back on.

Note: If you can't remove the paper or foreign object yourself, do not use force and do not disassemble the printer.

2. When a General error message appears in the display on your printer's control panel, the print head may not be able to move back and forth freely.

If your printer's ink cartridge cover is not completely closed, the print head may have trouble moving back and forth. Follow these steps:

Turn off the printer.

1. Open the printer's cover.
2. Press the ink cartridge cover to make sure it is completely closed.
3. Close the cover and turn the printer back on.

Before considering other options you might to try unplugging the printer from the power supply; give it 5 - 10 minutes before plugging back in and restarting.

Hopefully this will help resolve the problem. :)

Here is the online manual
http://support.epson-europe.com/onlineguides/en/spr300/index.htm

and here is the support page re the general error problem
http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Inkjet/Epson-Stylus-Photo-R300/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=3866

I hope this helps you solve your problem!

Power off printer and power bk on

general error 
see your printer 
ducumenation for information about clearing the error

General error : head carriage error / chip not recognized. Head carriage can't move freely. Just turn off for about 1 hour, turn on again without ink tank. Plug ink tank.

my epson r300 makes all the right noises when feeding paper but will not draw the paper through can you help
adrian

in my r300 epson printer general error appear . How can i remove or clear this error from my printer lcd

when i thurn printer on it says general error see your printer documentation for information about clearing the error

you need to reset your printer. you can pick up a utility called ssc utility. and then reset it

step1..............switch on
step2............press+hold stop,ink,power buttons untill printer switches self of
step3............switch back on and problems should have gone