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Low Ink/Ink end warnings absent?

Posted by Barry Williams on 19 May 2009 at 22:06

Greetings All,
My Rockhopper 38 has stopped giving either "low ink" or "ink end" messages.
Is there any easy fix for this problem in the control panel menu.?
If it isn’t one problem, it’s another, with this
xxxx machine.!
Any help would be most welcome.
Regards,
Barry (hot)

Peter Normington replied 16 years, 6 months ago 6 Members · 13 Replies
13 Replies

Chris Wool

Member
19 May 2009 at 22:16

i presume it has run right out of ink with out telling you.
is this just one colour or all.
had this about 3 years ago the tag on the cart did not trip the switch on the machine. that was a roland machine.

chris
Kevin Flowers

Member
19 May 2009 at 22:16

Barry
as far as i can remember on the 38 it just relies on the plastic tab that protrudes out of the cart side. These can get stuck or the part it activates can seize or break off. I run my 38 for nearly 3 years only problem in that time was a new capping station.

Kev
Karl Williams

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:01

I’m gonna stick me head up me @rse and keep quiet! 😀
Chris Wool

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:03

quote Karl Williams:

I’m gonna stick me head up me @rse and keep quiet! 😀

that will make a change 😉

hi karl
Karl Williams

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:05

Thanks Chris. :baby: :baby: :baby:
Chris Wool

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:13

is there anything you would like to say about that printer
Karl Williams

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:18

quote Chris Wool:

is there anything you would like to say about that printer

Nuffink! 😉
Chris Wool

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:21

you sure
Karl Williams

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:27

No. 😕
Barry Williams

Member
19 May 2009 at 23:48

quote Chris Wool:

i presume it has run right out of ink with out telling you.
is this just one colour or all.
had this about 3 years ago the tag on the cart did not trip the switch on the machine. that was a roland machine.

chris

Hi Chris
this happens with all colours. I will have a close look at the cart holders in the morning.
What a great Forum—greetings night-owls all. Makes me feel "not strange" in trying to solve problems in the early hours!!.
I am feeling guilty about the little rant that I had a couple of weeks back about "grammar and the scarcity of".
I think my comments then should have been directed towards the attitude of the contributor and her Trade-union like demarcation line, not her poor grammar.
Many thanks,
Barry
Martin Armitage

Member
20 May 2009 at 17:31

On the same note – when the cartridge runs out does it cause a problem if you don’t have an immediate replacement. i am assuming it doesn’t drain the tubes so the heads wont dry out
Barry Williams

Member
20 May 2009 at 18:07

Hi Martin,
I replace the empty cart immediately so I do not have any follow-up problems.
I checked the carts and the "parking" bays but there doesn"t appear to be any damage.
I will just have to shake the carts on a regular basis and hope for the best.
Mny thanks,
Barry
Peter Normington

Member
20 May 2009 at 18:32

Edit missed some of the posts