epson EPL-5800L has gone nut

I have a laser printer from epson (EPL-5800L)
that has gone nut.
It prints blank pages ... it stops paper in the middle
but there is no paper jam ... it prints correctely,
then goes nut again ...
I check even the sensors, I tried every version of driver
for win, mac, linux ... same behaviour, so it's hardware
or maybe a firmware problem.

So, the question is ... how can I update the firmware
(or reload the same version)? Is there a CD somewhere
for this model. I checked everywhere but I found nothing,
so it's probably just one of the CD given to repair shops.

Any help would be very appreciated.

From: "Tano Cariddi"

I have a laser printer from epson (EPL-5800L)
that has gone nut.
It prints blank pages ... it stops paper in the middle
but there is no paper jam ... it prints correctely,
then goes nut again ...
I check even the sensors, I tried every version of driver
for win, mac, linux ... same behaviour, so it's hardware
or maybe a firmware problem.

So, the question is ... how can I update the firmware
(or reload the same version)? Is there a CD somewhere
for this model. I checked everywhere but I found nothing,
so it's probably just one of the CD given to repair shops.

Any help would be very appreciated.


Is this 13 years old /

Are the error and ready lights flashing ? If yes, how ?

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On 04/30/2013 07:01 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: "Tano Cariddi"


I have a laser printer from epson (EPL-5800L)
that has gone nut.
It prints blank pages ... it stops paper in the middle
but there is no paper jam ... it prints correctely,
then goes nut again ...
I check even the sensors, I tried every version of driver
for win, mac, linux ... same behaviour, so it's hardware
or maybe a firmware problem.

So, the question is ... how can I update the firmware
(or reload the same version)? Is there a CD somewhere
for this model. I checked everywhere but I found nothing,
so it's probably just one of the CD given to repair shops.

Any help would be very appreciated.


Is this 13 years old /

Are the error and ready lights flashing ? If yes, how ?


It works as it is everything fine .... it signal with a red led
when paper is jammed, but nothing else.
If you print a single page, after doing that it takes another page
just to jam it ... the only thing I can think about is that
firmware somhow has been currupted. All the sensors are good,
I tested them.

From: "Tano Cariddi"

On 04/30/2013 07:01 PM, David H. Lipman wrote: From: "Tano Cariddi"


I have a laser printer from epson (EPL-5800L)
that has gone nut.
It prints blank pages ... it stops paper in the middle
but there is no paper jam ... it prints correctely,
then goes nut again ...
I check even the sensors, I tried every version of driver
for win, mac, linux ... same behaviour, so it's hardware
or maybe a firmware problem.

So, the question is ... how can I update the firmware
(or reload the same version)? Is there a CD somewhere
for this model. I checked everywhere but I found nothing,
so it's probably just one of the CD given to repair shops.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Is this 13 years old /

Are the error and ready lights flashing ? If yes, how ?

It works as it is everything fine .... it signal with a red led
when paper is jammed, but nothing else.
If you print a single page, after doing that it takes another page
just to jam it ... the only thing I can think about is that
firmware somhow has been currupted. All the sensors are good,
I tested them.

If the firnware was corrupted it definitely would generate eror codes or not
work in any fashion at all.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

It works as it is everything fine .... it signal with a red led
when paper is jammed, but nothing else.
If you print a single page, after doing that it takes another page
just to jam it ... the only thing I can think about is that
firmware somhow has been currupted. All the sensors are good,
I tested them.

If the firnware was corrupted it definitely would generate eror codes or
not work in any fashion at all.


The thing is you have a printer that could print one, two, three ...
pages without any problem ... then keep going printing white pages until
paper jams.
Other times it prints one page ... than two/three white pages .. then
another good one ... and again white pages.
It's a wacky behaviour.
My bet is on something software related, but not at OS level (it does
the same in windows, linux and OSX) but at low level (firmware).

What do they use in the repair center? Is there a kind of cd test
that could be use to diagnose what it's wrong ?

From: "Tano Cariddi"

It works as it is everything fine .... it signal with a red led
when paper is jammed, but nothing else.
If you print a single page, after doing that it takes another page
just to jam it ... the only thing I can think about is that
firmware somhow has been currupted. All the sensors are good,
I tested them.

If the firnware was corrupted it definitely would generate eror codes or
not work in any fashion at all.

The thing is you have a printer that could print one, two, three ... pages
without any problem ... then keep going printing white pages until
paper jams.
Other times it prints one page ... than two/three white pages .. then
another good one ... and again white pages.
It's a wacky behaviour.
My bet is on something software related, but not at OS level (it does
the same in windows, linux and OSX) but at low level (firmware).

What do they use in the repair center? Is there a kind of cd test
that could be use to diagnose what it's wrong ?


You test the printer at the simplest level so you take tghe OS out of the
equation. For example load a DOS disk and have a simple stream of
continuous text or PCL sent to the printer and/or continuous print self-test
pages, etc.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp