Epson SEIJ98006 Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications, 1. Error Indication with the LEDs

EPSON Stylus Color 900 Revision C

3.1.1 Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications

This section describes how to troubleshoot the problem when the printer indicates an error at power on and can not print. The Stylus Color can detect the following six errors and indicates them with the LEDs, as shown below.

Table 3-1. Error Indication with the LEDs

	Corresponding Combination of the LED Condition
Error Condition	Power	Ink Out	Ink Out	Paper Out
		(Black)	(Color)
Paper Out Error	On	---	---	On
Paper Jam Error	---	Off	Off	Blink
No I/C or Ink Out	---	On	---	---
(Black) Error
No I/C or Ink Out	---	---	On	---
(Color) Error
Maintenance	Blink	Blink	Blink	Blink
Error
Fatal Error	Blink	On	On	Blink

NOTE: “---” means the LED is not affected by the error condition.

See the following tables which show the error conditions and corresponding possible causes.

Table 3-2. Error Condition and the Possible Causes

No.	Error Condition		Possible Causes
1	Paper Out Error	1. Failure in paper feeding
	(Refer to Section	2. Connector for the PE sensor is disconnected.
	3.1.1.1.)
		3.	The PE sensor actuator is acting improperly.
			The sensor base is not fixed properly.
		4.	The PE sensor is defective.
		5.	ASF is damaged.
2	Paper Jam Error	1. The paper in use is longer than specified.
	(Refer to Section	2. The encoder at the back of the carriage is covered
	3.1.1.2.)		with dust.
		3.	The encoder at the back of the carriage is almost
			dislocated. If it has completely come off, a fatal error
			occurs.
		4.	The PE sensor remains on because it is covered
			with paper debris or dust.
		5.	The PE sensor actuator is not acting properly.
			The sensor base is not fixed properly.
		6.	The PE sensor is defective.
			The encoder is defective.
		7.	The ASF is not installed properly.
			The paper load sub roller is not fixed properly.

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