Re: [SLUG] Epson R200 Out of Paper Reset

From: Richard Smoot (rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2006 - 17:34:50 EST


On Thursday 30 November 2006 17:20, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On 11/30/06, Richard Smoot <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > I am running SUSE 9.3 Pro with an Epson R200.
> > I am using CUPS. I have Epson Inkjet Tools.
> > I can normally do clean cycles and nozzle checks within Linux.
> >
> > Is there any easy way to reset the printer to work again after I let
> > it run out of paper before finishing a print job?
> > In admin mode I have deleted the unfinshed job. I have turned the power
> > off and disconnected power to the printer and put new paper in it.
> > After this if I try to print an e-mail, I get a CUPS error.
> > I need to be in admin mode to delete the new qued job.
> > When I go to control in admin mode it shows the printer ready to print
> > a test page. It says it has successfully sent it to the printer. Nothing
> > happens. Just another job shows up in Kjobviewer.
> > In Epson Inkjet Tools, if I try nozzle check nothing happens-another
> > job shows up in Kjobviewer.
> > Is there someway of getting it going short of Uninstalling shutting
> > everything down to no power and Reinstalling the printer as I have done
> > in the past?
>
> I have the same problem with 10.1. At some point it will decide that it is
> not going to talk to the printer anymore unless I am root, and then it will
> do so. If you look at the printers under the printer dropdown in Kjobviewer
> you will probably see your printer is barred out. I either go to root and
> do the print or re-install the thing and press on.
It wouldn't talk to me as root. I have reinstalled it before to fix this
problem.
I try to not let it run out of paper, but this is something that needs to
be fixed if we are going to get people switched from Windows.

                                    Richard Smoot
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