Anyone dealt with an Epson Stylus Photo 2200? Disconnected from my machine, it won't even print a self-test page....
mark
On 06/08/12 12:51 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Anyone dealt with an Epson Stylus Photo 2200? Disconnected from my machine, it won't even print a self-test page....
ugh, photo inkjets rely on the drivers to do almost all the work, and its not simple, at all. most only come with MS Windows drivers.
Epson does seem to have CUPS and LPR drivers for the 2200, however, but they don't talk about distributions or anything, so who knows whats involved?
John R Pierce wrote:
On 06/08/12 12:51 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Anyone dealt with an Epson Stylus Photo 2200? Disconnected from my machine, it won't even print a self-test page....
ugh, photo inkjets rely on the drivers to do almost all the work, and its not simple, at all. most only come with MS Windows drivers.
Epson does seem to have CUPS and LPR drivers for the 2200, however, but they don't talk about distributions or anything, so who knows whats involved?
I d/l gutenprint, and that has a driver for this printer. I have a more serious problem, it appears: no matter what position I move the lever on the back right, and hold in the paper feed, no paper feeds, and so it doesn't print its firmware self-test page.... Can't see anything jamming it.
mark
On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 16:42:34 -0400 m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I d/l gutenprint, and that has a driver for this printer. I have a more serious problem, it appears: no matter what position I move the lever on the back right, and hold in the paper feed, no paper feeds, and so it doesn't print its firmware self-test page.... Can't see anything jamming it.
Many printers have a built-in test page that will print if you hold button X on the printer down for Y seconds. You can usually print a test page even if the printer isn't attached to a computer.
If that's not happening, then the printer has hardware (mechanical) problems.
On 06/08/12 1:42 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I d/l gutenprint, and that has a driver for this printer. I have a more serious problem, it appears: no matter what position I move the lever on the back right, and hold in the paper feed, no paper feeds, and so it doesn't print its firmware self-test page.... Can't see anything jamming it.
are the paper pickup rollers glazed? try cleaning them with a lint free wipe dampened in some 70% isopropyl alcohol...
John R Pierce wrote:
On 06/08/12 1:42 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I d/l gutenprint, and that has a driver for this printer. I have a more serious problem, it appears: no matter what position I move the lever on the back right, and hold in the paper feed, no paper feeds, and so it doesn't print its firmware self-test page.... Can't see anything jamming it.
are the paper pickup rollers glazed? try cleaning them with a lint free wipe dampened in some 70% isopropyl alcohol...
That's a thought. I'm thinking that there's something screwy with the paper feed, anyway. Maybe I'll try that Monday.
Thanks!
mark
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