The printer makes a grinding noise and does not feed paper.
Something is pressing against the knob on the printer’s right side.
Turn off the printer and move it, leaving approximately 2 inches
of open area next to the knob on the printer’s right side. The
printer will not work if anything is pressing against the knob.
All lights except the Operate light flash and nothing prints.
Contact your dealer or EPSON.
Printing stops and the Data and Pause lights flash.
There is a problem with the carriage. Turn off the printer. After
a few seconds, turn it back on and try printing again. If this does
not solve the problem, contact your dealer or a qualified service
person.
The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints.
The print heads may need cleaning. See “Cleaning the Print
Heads” earlier in this chapter for instructions.
One or both ink cartridges are empty or too old. A cartridge is
too old if it has been used longer than six months or beyond
the date on its packaging. First clean the print heads as
described earlier in this chapter. If this does not solve the
problem, replace the ink cartridges.
Ink cartridges do not last as long as expected.
The ink cartridge life varies, based on the amount of ink used
in printing. If you often print pages with large graphics and
dense text with little white space, you will use up cartridges
faster than if you print pages with lots of white space.
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