| On Jan 6, 9:54 am, "Neil Turkenkopf" <
[email protected]>
| wrote:
| >
| > Al wrote:
| >
| > | >> My printer will not power up! Came back after a week away, and my
Epson
| > | >> R-300 will not power up at all. Left it uplugged overnight, for a
| > | >> complete power reset, and still, nada. It hadn't been moved, and I
am
| > at
| > | >> a loss as to what to try next.
| > | >>
| > | >> Also guessing that any but the very simplest repair will be
uneconomic,
| > | >> and so, maybe resurrecting the Epson 740 for the low rez color
things I
| > | >> may want. (Under OSX, I guess I need to use CUPS.(?) )
| > | >>
| > | >> Also had in the back of my mind a little home networkable laser
printer
| > | >> (B+W).......so maybe now is the time for that.
| > | >>
| > | >> Any tips on the R300 power situation will be appreciated.
| > |
| > |
| > | > When you say it won't power up, I assume you mean that there is not
| > | > indication of power getting to the printer at all (no lights or
noise
| > | > of any kind). Check the outlet to make sure power it there. Wiggle
the
| > | > cord at the socket end and the printer end as those are the most
| > | > likely places for a broken internal cord connection. If all that
| > | > checks out then the problem is likely the power supply inside the
| > | > printer. Some have fuses and some fuses are soldered into the board.
| > | > If you are not into this stuff beyond this point, go shopping.
| > |
| > | Having plugged and wiggled extensively before I posted, I am convinced
| > | this is internal, though I haven't yet broken out the phillips head. I
| > | was hoping someone might have direct experience.
| > |
| > | --
| > | john mcwilliams
| >
| > Sorry if this seems silly, but a similar thing happened to me once after
a
| > power outage.
| > After trying many things, I finally tried pushing the power button and
| > *holding it down* for a few seconds... eureka!
| >
| > Hope this helps!
| > Neil
|
| Apropos of nothing I guess, but decades ago when the first microwaves
| came out, I had one that would turn on and not heat. They were heavy
| and I dropped it on the way to my workbench. At first I thought, "Who
| wants to try using this thing now anyway?" I tried it out and the dam
| thing heated properly. I had to go into it just to determine what had
| corrected itself. It was a corroded connection on a secondary
| terminal. The bottom line is that a lot of problems can be simple, but
| finding them can be difficult and sometimes accidental. I have never
| used this technique on a printer.
That's not a bad idea at all, maybe John could accidentally drop his R-300
and it will start working again! <g>
