Re: Okay, me & my 740

[Marie Thingelstad <mrs.thingy@prodigy.net>]

No. I wouldn't put 5 ml. in the tube. I think I put in about 1 ml., and
that was with a good pad of paper towel under the heads.

Marie

Steve Smith wrote:
> 
> I have had the chattering happen on my 1200. Its an easy fix if it is
> the same problem.  Take a paper towel and clean the main silver carriage
> bar. Excessive ink on this bar is usually the cause for this noise and
> subsequent printing problems. Excessive ink on the bar may come from
> changing a cartridge or just by taking it  in & out other than for
> changing.  On the 1200- get to the right side of the bar  by unplgging
> it when the carriage is on the left.
> 
> Thursday, May 16, 2002, at 01:03  PM, mrs.thingy wrote:
> 
> > So, I pulled out the CIS cartridges in the 740 to work on the plugged
> > magenta line. I very carefully did a little thing with Windex and a
> > syringe, just to see if a little prodding might unplug it. After a few
> > minutes, I put both cartridges back in and turned it on. Now the
> > carriage swings to the very left and clatters; swings to the very right
> > and clatters, then stops dead with all the left lights red, and the top
> > red and green lights flashing. Now, what did I do? Any ideas as to how
> > to get it back online? I really doubt I'll have the nerve to do a thing
> > to the 1200 except change back to Epson inks.
> 
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