Trouble with Epson R200 paper jam

[Scott Bannister]

Too clever by half these machines. Tells me there is a paper jam and there
isn't. Bit on an intermittent problem but now getting worse.........have to
feed through about a dozen sheets, switch it on and off, recite the alphabet
backwards and then it starts printing. Tried asking Epson......what a waste
of time that was........buy some of our cleaning sheets/send it for
repair/buy a new one. There is obviously a sensor but they wont tell me
where it is........no user-serviceable parts etc. Anybody know where the
sensor is so that I can try to clean it?.........or any other fix that might
work? I've cleaned the rollers and they seem ok.....paper is feeding in
straight and true.......perhaps this is just built-in obsolescence to keep
the revenues flowing !!.........I've already had the problem with the
machine seizing because the little ink pad was deemed full.......got round
that one with the re-setter........hate having to admit defeat.

 

[Dama DJ]

could be a number of things.
when you "reset" the waste ink counter did you remove anything from the
printer?

there is a sensor on the underside of the carridge which is used to detect
paper size and cd tray.
could also be a incoorectly placed or defective paper feed sensor which is
located in the roller system.

the sensor on the underside of the carridge may have been covered in paper
dust or maybe the FFC cable
has come loose.