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I needed a printer for general home stuff and the bit of occasional work, went through a load, HP (burnt out!), Xerox just plain died after I printed out my Uni-project (over use?), Cannon didn't like A4 (?) & currently on a laser from Samsung still going but complains about the imaging sensor being life expired bit a Googling turns out its a known issue and shorting two contacts with a 470K resistor resets it. No problem other than that. I think all issues are from converting the digital media to physical.
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I second using more expensive paper.
Many, like 30 years ago I had a nice Epson ink-jet (~$500!). After some years of light use, the feeding started to fail. I bought a cleaning kit which included a solvent-like liquid that put back some tackiness/removed glaze from the roller. Things were much improved. However, I doubt your printer is old enough to need this treatment.
I literally put the thing in the trash because the cartridges failed so often when I was travelling a lot and there were long periods of non-use.
Now I have an HP laser CP1525nw, which is ok except when you have to reestablish a WiFi connection.
I recently started using the manual duplex feature and was having many failures. I switched from low-tier paper to Hammermill 20 and 24 # paper, which claims almost 0% jams and it has not had a single failure. With the 24#, when you print a 15 sheet document, you do feel like you're holding an entire tree in your hand. The 20# has worked just as well.
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That is a shame. I have had an ET-2750 for several years and have had very little problems with it. I just had to clean the heads a few times as I don't print that often.
I still have half of the original ink.
"Mistakes are prevented by Experience. Experience is gained by making mistakes."
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Hi,
had an HP 2940 that was great for printing but the cartridges were hideously expensive. I then went with a brother multi-function printer/fax/scanner (laser). It lasted through 7 years of cat hair, coffee and the sale bin paper. The network port stopped working. The USB port still worked so I gave it to a neighbor who has 1 pc, not 3. Bought a replacement Brother multi-functional printer/scanner/fax (laser) unit. So far so good.
Cegarman
document code? If it's not intuitive, you're in the wrong field 
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Interesting to see so many negative comments about Epson -- I've generally had good luck with them. Of course, I don't actually print very much.....
Have both an Epson color inkjet (like the individual ink cartridges and ability to print on CDs) and a much older Samsung B/W laserjet. Unfortunately, one of my newer OSs refuses to talk to the Samsung.
Kevin
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"PC Load Letter? WTF does that mean?!"
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Never had an Epson printer.
I have always relied an Canon printers for many years and have had only a single issue once, where I easily had the printer replaced...
Steve Naidamast
Sr. Software Engineer
Black Falcon Software, Inc.
blackfalconsoftware@outlook.com
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I worked for Xerox back in the 80s, and all the paper feed systems are pretty much the same. We learned it's the paper being used, like that cheap paper that Staples sells, the Staples 20 pound bond, that is really a 16 lb bond, but it's super polished and smooth, and will glaze the feed wheels. You have to use a rag or microfiber towel with water and scrub the wheels hard, to remove the glaze. Plus paper has a curve to it, you can pick up say 300 sheets on one end, and watch it try to bend up or down, you usually want to load the paper bend down, or look at the reams label, and sometimes there's an arrow pointing up or down, and use the direction of the arrow, arrow down.
Try a ream of Hammermill 20 lb bond first, after cleaning the feed and registration wheels, and see how that performs before tossing the printer. At least use up your ink, and then judge the printer. Better papers don't glaze up the feed and registration wheels.
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Discover my world at jkirkerx.com
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The "cleaning" options don't have any thing to do with paper handling, so not sure why that's what you tried.
We run a fleet of Epson printers in our office, several of the smaller desktop models (3 Color MFP's, 2 monochrome MFP's and 3 monochrome printers) and even one of the full size Enterprise models that prints 100 PPM in color (that's not a typo, it's really that fast). The printer in our warehouse has printed around 100 pages per day since it was installed nearly two years ago, and the Enterprise series copier prints about 25K pagers per month and hasn't seen a tech since it was installed nearly two years ago. We did have one printer that was jamming constantly when printing card stock. We tried the card stock in a HP LaserJet printer too and it still jammed, turned out it was the stock.
So, you might have gotten a bad one or you might have bad paper, but I can personally attest that Epson printers are usually quite reliable.
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Ink jet printers are a pain in general. I finally gave up on the one HP Ink-Jet I had inherited when it started showing an error message about the print head and their doc says that after 3 years, it is deemed broken and cannot be fixed, requiring buying a new printer.
So, I only do laser printers now, even at home. Multicolor. Never dries out if you don't print enough. Lasts many years. Cheaper in the long run.
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I have a completely different experience.
We have a 25-year-old DFX-9000 that is still printing green bar like crazy. We also have a 14-year-old Stylus Photo R2880 for 13 x 19 for photographic prints and still working but scheduled for replacement. For normal documents, we have a 7-year-old WF-4740 inkjet that actually replaced a Brother Laser we had for 15 years. No issues with any of them except when the Brother finally gave up the ghost.
Sometimes, it's the environment but I learned a long time ago that crappy paper jams easily so we never use anything less than 20 lbs. We normally use 24 lb. for most documents and 48 lb. photo paper for prints.
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It seems these days that unless you get into a pricier printer that most of them are junk. I have a Canon image class that was a steal, since it was a floor model and it is amazing. But it was a $400ish printer that I got for less than 1/2 the price.
One note on printers that I've learned over my 40 years (yikes!) of using them, some are really sensitive to the paper when it comes to feeding. It's not necessarily the cost of the paper either, I've just had combinations that don't work. The other thing is humidity. Really dry or really humid weather can change the paper just enough to cause issues. The rollers and slides can cause issues, but should last longer than what you have. They can be a real dog to get to on small printers to clean them correctly.
Failing that, it's still under warranty; send it back!
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Hi All,
Working at the moment on a Stepper Motor driver. The suppliers company software drives the board. It is a complete nightmare to use and it needs to be controlled precisely for the test rig it goes in. So an Arduino is tasked with the task of driving it. I have tried all manner of will this work! The most I have is a vague 'buzzing' my desk is disappearing amongst wires, prototype boards, scopes, PSU's and the like. I have put a request in to manufactures of the motor and driver boards for help, not heard back yet. So Close yet so far!
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When I first read "Need to release tension", I had to double check to make sure I was on the correct site. First solution that came to my mind was not KSS. 
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Slacker007 wrote: First solution that came to my mind
I hope you have released and cleaned the solution!!
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I forgot where I was... 
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Slacker, please behave  lol
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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"Man, I hope I never get that tense." -- Conrad Birdie
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Conrad Birdie
Ye gods, that brings back old memories. 44 years ago during my senior year of high school we performed Bye Bye Birdie[^] as our musical. I had a bit part as the town mayor who welcomes Conrad Birdie. I even made my own prop (the "key to the city") out of plywood and lots of gold paint. I still have it.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Sorry, no witticisms.
If you just need something for a test rig and don't need to be elegant or cheap, use a stepper controller-indexer.
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johnjohnsch wrote: Sorry, no witticisms.
You could lose your Lounge permit that way.
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To give the full reason would waste too much time. This is to proove that the motors work and step switch is in the right place. The simple reason is company politics. Quote: Sorry, no witticisms.
As Piebald said thats heading close to the edge.
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"So an Arduino is tasked with the task of driving it"
there is your sign. Arduino, etc are nice but sort of hobbyish. Don't expect much support. Look for alternatives.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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That's what I said exactly I was all set to PIC it but no!
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