All Lights Flashing On Epson 880 Stylus Printer

[ToothFairy]

Ink Levels have not been visible for about three months which hav
not been a problem and may be unrelated to the flashing lights.

I changed ink cartridges and printed five full pages of address label
and after that was accomplished the lights began flashing and o
course the printer won't function.

I do not know if this is a fatal error or can the printer b
restored. I tried several things to no avail. I have had th
printer for about four years and has been good to me up until now.
Need advice please! :crybaby

 

[Tony]

Ink Levels have not been visible for about three months which have
not been a problem and may be unrelated to the flashing lights.

I changed ink cartridges and printed five full pages of address labels
and after that was accomplished the lights began flashing and of
course the printer won't function.

I do not know if this is a fatal error or can the printer be
restored. I tried several things to no avail. I have had the
printer for about four years and has been good to me up until now.
Need advice please! :crybaby:

This is a Maintenance Request and not a fatal error. It means the waste ink
counter has reached its limit and stopped the printer from printing.

Firstly see the recent thread in this ng "Epson C84 - ink overflow pads" and
make your own decision. The same principles apply to the SC880.

Secondly the reset procedure for this printer is as follows...

1. Turn the printer off

2 Pressing and hold the Load/Eject and the Cleaning buttons and turn the
printer on.
The Paper Out LED starts blinking (Blinks for three seconds). Release the
buttons.

3 While the Paper Out LED is blinking (for three seconds), press the Cleaning
button
for ten seconds. You must press the Cleaning button in this step while the
Paper Out LED is blinking, you have 3 seconds to do this.
The following three red LEDs blink and turn off. Ink Out LED (Black), Ink Out
LED (Color), and Paper Out LED.

Tony

 

[ToothFairy]

Thanks for everyone's help in this matter. I became so frustrated that
I junked this printer and bought a new one. When I contacted Epson
they said this problem was unrepairable by me and to send it to a
repair center. I consider this machine like a TV, kitchen hand mixer
or microwave. They all are inexpensive and expendable and not worthy
of outside repair. Thanks again!

 

[tomcas]

Thanks for everyone's help in this matter. I became so frustrated that
I junked this printer and bought a new one. When I contacted Epson
they said this problem was unrepairable by me and to send it to a
repair center. I consider this machine like a TV, kitchen hand mixer
or microwave. They all are inexpensive and expendable and not worthy
of outside repair. Thanks again!

Too bad you didn't wait for Tony's advice. By most accounts the 880 is a
pretty good printer that doesn't have chipped tanks and has very
inexpensive ink available.

 

[Arthur Entlich]

To use Toothfairy's own words, "crybaby" seems appropriate.

This person is one of the most impatient people I have ever had the
"pleasure" of having to deal with. He emailed me twice on Saturday 7
hours apart, I suppose because I did not get back to his 8:30 AM
Saturday email frustrated him.

As people know, I try to answer emails within 24-48 hours, and it is
rare that I don't. It just so happened that a whole bunch of pretty
intense personal stuff happened this weekend, which I won't get into
here, that delayed my getting on line for a day. During this same time
period "Toothfairy" posted twice here. So within a nine hour period, he
posted twice here, and maybe more elsewhere I don't know about, emailed
me twice, and because he didn't get a reply in under 24 hours, he
"junked" the printer and bought a new one.

Well, you know what... I have NO sympathy at all. This person's sense of
"entitlement" to my life and others doesn't deserve any sympathy or empathy.

I don't normally "expose" people who email me privately (and I won't
expose this person's real name) but it's a real slap in the face when
someone comes for help, demanding immediate response from a group of
helpful volunteers, and isn't even willing to wait 24-48 hours ON A
WEEKEND, for a reply, so we waste our time trying to resolve the issue
and he's already off buying himself a new printer.

So, fine, he tossed one of Epson's best made and cheapest to run
printers. Probably the only printer that surpasses it for economy and
durability is the SC900/SC980. Hope he enjoys his new one.

To "Toothfairy": Your quote "I consider this machine like a TV, kitchen
hand mixer or microwave. They all are inexpensive and expendable and not
worthy of outside repair."

If that's true, then why did you bother us all? I think you have a
similar attitude about your "appliances" as you do about people. We, or
at least our time, is "expendable.

Art

 

[tend-to-panic]

(e-mail address removed)lid (ToothFairy) wrote:
>Ink Levels have not been visible for about three months which have
>not been a problem and may be unrelated to the flashing lights.
>
>I changed ink cartridges and printed five full pages of address labels
>and after that was accomplished the lights began flashing and of
>course the printer won't function.
>
> I do not know if this is a fatal error or can the printer be
>restored. I tried several things to no avail. I have had the
>printer for about four years and has been good to me up until now.
>Need advice please! :crybaby:

This is a Maintenance Request and not a fatal error. It means the waste ink
counter has reached its limit and stopped the printer from printing.

Firstly see the recent thread in this ng "Epson C84 - ink overflow pads" and
make your own decision. The same principles apply to the SC880.

Secondly the reset procedure for this printer is as follows...

1. Turn the printer off

2 Pressing and hold the Load/Eject and the Cleaning buttons and turn the
printer on.
The Paper Out LED starts blinking (Blinks for three seconds). Release the
buttons.

3 While the Paper Out LED is blinking (for three seconds), press the Cleaning
button
for ten seconds. You must press the Cleaning button in this step while the
Paper Out LED is blinking, you have 3 seconds to do this.
The following three red LEDs blink and turn off. Ink Out LED (Black), Ink Out
LED (Color), and Paper Out LED.

Tony

Tony

I know this thread was over a year ago but I just want to say that I am so very, very grateful for your advice to the person about the Epson 880 and the flashing lights. I came across it by accident (the answer to prayer!!) when searching for something else.

I have an Epson Color Stylus 1160 A3 printer, now 4.5 years old and until four days ago, totally reliable. Well, suddenly in mid head-clean, all the lights kept flashing. Epson manual for that says "Turn off printer and refer to dealer."

Given age of printer, I thought it had probably died on me and was going to junk it this weekend. Having goodness know how come across your answer to the Epson 880 query, thought I would try that on 1160 - welll, if it was dead anyway.

I had to try the routine several times as I got the timing wrong - not known for my speed - and I am very, very pleased to report that the printer is now OK. Had to do a lot of head cleaning but it is now working fine.

Thank you for saving me around £200, possibly more, as I really do need an A3 printer and would have had to buy one.