Printer is not offline but it says it is. Epson Stylus Color 800

In comp.periphs.printers on Fri, 20 Jun 2003 00:36:55 +0200 "Lukasz
Spychalski" posted:

meirman wrote:

My friend has an Epson Stylus Color 800
He gets a message on the screeen that the Printer is not online.
What
does that mean?. It's plugged in, turned on**.

Try to print the self-test (press the load/eject button while turning
on the printer, then release load/eject after several seconds).
If the printer refuses to print, it has an "internal" reason - such as
waste pad protection counter full or black ink out. If it prints -
there is a problem in interface area.

Your friend should check the printer's interface mode - if it's
switched from "auto" or "parallel" to "Mac serial" or "option" the
printer 's parallel port is offline (I assume we are talking about
parallel port connection)
Deafult setting mode is entered by pressing "cleaning-color" button
while turning on the printer.

I sent him a copy of your advice too, and Lee's, and I talked to him
on the phone about it today.

thanks all.

Best regards
Lukasz


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