old Mac serial printer problem

[williamd]

I have a Color StyleWriter 2400 which I connected to the serial port of
my PowerMac 8600.

The paper feed doesn't complete and nothing will print. Error messages
only say things like it's not responding. I noticed the carriage return
doesn't park in its spot on the right side, but stays in the middle.
Also, when printer is on the little green lite is blinking- I only once
or twice got a steady lite here, then only for a short time.

Is there something wrong with the carriage return, or is it trying to
tell me all the ink cartridges I've tried are empty or dry?

Thanks for any suggestions.

bill

 

[Sylvester]

option 1 : bad cartridge
option 2 : broken gear in purge station (to the right in printer)