Hi Barry and Grandma (is this Grandma Fern?): Will the web site you indicated below work for other printers as well as the Epson? I am using an hpdeskjet 940c. I think I may need to check for that ink stuff also. Thanks. Ruth in IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <barry@yobunny.co.uk> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Printer Problems > Hello Grandma, > > Saturday, April 30, 2005, 3:48:39 AM, you wrote: > > GF> I run Windows 98 with an Epson sylus color 600 printer. which is > GF> about 9 years old. It has recently refused to print and all the > GF> lights on the printer blink continually when the machine is > GF> running.. My guilde book tells me that an internal error may have > GF> occurred. > > Wow - that's an old printer and I assume it's seen a lot of work over > the years .... and this is where Epson's can suddenly stop working > even though there's actually nothing wrong with the drivers or PC. > > What happens is the waste ink tank ( in reality a sponge in the base > of the printer ) has reached the point where the printer thinks it is > too full and need to be changed. This decision is based on the number > of times the head cleaning pump has drawn ink from the cartridges. It > doesn't have any means of telling if the sponge is soaked with ink or > has plenty of life left in it. If you took the printer to an Epson > dealer they could change the sponge and use a program to reset the > waste in counter ... at a cost ... and they'd probably tell you the > thing was broken or not worth the trouble. To be fair, at the prices > they'd charge it probably would be more cost effective to buy a new > printer <lol> > > Now for the good news - there is a free program that can do this waste > ink counter reset job. As for the sponge in the back of the printer - > all the ones I've seen have been nowhere near the point of risking ink > seeping out of the printer. It's not as if there's a lot of ink sent > there at one go and it soon dries up. > > The counter reset program is here http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml - > it's free and also does a better job of telling you how much ink is > left in those cartridges :-) > > In case you are wondering - yes I've used the program myself to > restore a non-working Epson printer to full working condition. > > BTW - It's not only Epson's that have this problem, Canon printers too > have need of this sort of reset after a while. > > HTH > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: > http://www.RAOGK.org > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >