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epson stylus 800 parked lever
hello,
epson 800 stylus color printer. the lever that locks the cartridges (when they are parked) sticks so that when one tries to print the cartridges do not move (they crash into the parked lever) what i need to know is whether the printer actually needs this lever (nothing i have done has loosened it) and if there is some way to cut it would the printer mechanism still *function* without it. this printer is 7 years old thank you! |
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Hi Tanya,
Firstly, I cannot figure out how that lever can be jammed. Are you sure it isn't gummed up with ink? If it is use the same cleaning fluid for head cleaning in an eyedropper and drop some on the lever and it should loosen up. Secondly, yes, that lever has a function, it hold the head in the proper position when the printer shuts down to keep it locked with the cleaning station. This closes some air values that otherwise will allow air to the heads, and they will be clogging continually. Art Tanya wrote: hello, epson 800 stylus color printer. the lever that locks the cartridges (when they are parked) sticks so that when one tries to print the cartridges do not move (they crash into the parked lever) what i need to know is whether the printer actually needs this lever (nothing i have done has loosened it) and if there is some way to cut it would the printer mechanism still *function* without it. this printer is 7 years old thank you! |
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wow thanks for the reply!
didn't think anyone would answer this [...below...] Arthur Entlich wrote: Hi Tanya, Firstly, I cannot figure out how that lever can be jammed. Are you sure it isn't gummed up with ink? If it is use the same cleaning fluid for head cleaning in an eyedropper and drop some on the lever and it should loosen up. i did that -- didn't work Secondly, yes, that lever has a function, it hold the head in the proper position when the printer shuts down to keep it locked with the cleaning station. This closes some air values that otherwise will allow air to the heads, and they will be clogging continually. that's good to know i have a technical manual -- perhaps i should take things apart so as to better access it it's been 1 year now... i'll post back THANKS AGAIN! sincerely Tanya Art Tanya wrote: hello, epson 800 stylus color printer. the lever that locks the cartridges (when they are parked) sticks so that when one tries to print the cartridges do not move (they crash into the parked lever) what i need to know is whether the printer actually needs this lever (nothing i have done has loosened it) and if there is some way to cut it would the printer mechanism still *function* without it. this printer is 7 years old thank you! |
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Hi,
I had a similar problem, which was caused by congealed ink. I used the following procedure to fix it. The problem reoccurred about 18 months later, but this procedure again fixed it. After removing the top of the printer case to give more working room, I packed under the lever with absorbent cloth and then flushed the problem area with Windex, introduced with a hypodermic syringe (the absorbent cloth had to be changed several times). This rapidly dissolved the congealed ink. The problem lever was manually moved backwards while the area was being flushed and it quickly became free. I then lubricated the joint with a couple of drops of "3-in-one" oil. Bob Remove "NOSPAM" to reply "Tanya" wrote in message ... wow thanks for the reply! didn't think anyone would answer this [...below...] Arthur Entlich wrote: Hi Tanya, Firstly, I cannot figure out how that lever can be jammed. Are you sure it isn't gummed up with ink? If it is use the same cleaning fluid for head cleaning in an eyedropper and drop some on the lever and it should loosen up. i did that -- didn't work Secondly, yes, that lever has a function, it hold the head in the proper position when the printer shuts down to keep it locked with the cleaning station. This closes some air values that otherwise will allow air to the heads, and they will be clogging continually. that's good to know i have a technical manual -- perhaps i should take things apart so as to better access it it's been 1 year now... i'll post back THANKS AGAIN! sincerely Tanya Art Tanya wrote: hello, epson 800 stylus color printer. the lever that locks the cartridges (when they are parked) sticks so that when one tries to print the cartridges do not move (they crash into the parked lever) what i need to know is whether the printer actually needs this lever (nothing i have done has loosened it) and if there is some way to cut it would the printer mechanism still *function* without it. this printer is 7 years old thank you! |
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