help printer trouble

bbb_uk

Mr_Skint wrote:

I think someone should start a thread on the most useless sites I mean check out this crap. http://www.mrskint.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

That should be top of the list - a sticky in fact. lol :rotfl:

To get a little of subject, what speed are you on with telewest?

bbb_uk

lol :rotfl:

bbb_uk

My apologies - I didn't realise you were serious.

Telewest are currently upgrading their 256k broadband to 512k. The price is £17.99.

If you have a phone line with them you can upgrade to broadband for the same price for a year (£14.99).

See the following links:-

256k (providing you have a line with them) for same price.
Telewest's other packages

quoia

ste.h wrote:

epson 480 sxu message reads unplug and return to service centre or dealer.

According to http://www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/epson480.html

What means that silly message "Unknown error. Please shut down the printer and contact your local retailer or service center."?

Your printer did too much print head cleaning. Either you asked for those cleanings or the printer did them by itself. Print head cleaning means a little vacum pump sucks a noticeable quantity of ink from the print head. Like a cow milk machine. The ink pumped away is disposed on a tissue pad on the bottom of the printer. If you clean the heads too much, the ink pad will overflow and ink will start to spill out of the printer. So there is a software counter inside the printer that increases each time you ask for a print head cleaning (or whatever event that leads ink towards the pad). Once the counter reaches its maximum, which means the ink pad may be soaked up, the printer stops working, yields that "unknown error" and asks for servicing.



and

I opened the printer. But where is that ink pad?

It's on the bottom of the printer. Since the pad is soaked in ink it's black just like the printer bottom. That makes it difficult to notice. If you're in front of the printer, with the paper output towards you, the ink pad is on the right side of the printer, on the bottom, surrounded by thin plastic walls.



I did replace the ink pad. But the printer is still stuck.

You need to reset the software ink pad counter inside the printer. You can do that with the appropriate Epson software. ftp://ftp.epson.com/drivers/epson10281.exe for USB printers (thanks to Gaby for pointing this out). Using Windows, install and start the program. (By the way, don't use the pop-up window that appears, it is bugged. Use the program's main menus.) Please note this program is for Windows 98. It doesn't operate with Windows 2000 or XP. A reader reported it did the job on Windows Me. Possibly go to a friend who still operates Windows 98. (This program seems to be OK too for USB Epson 580 printers.) http://www.guterpast.com.br/downloads/programadeservicioStylusCOLOR480.zip for parallel printers (many thanks to Sônia for this one). Kevin send me the address of a program that should work with Windows XP: http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml



Also other gems you need to read

ste.h

thanks i`ll give it a go.