Phaser 8200 out of ink 3

[HAWKNOSE]

I purchased a Xerox/Tektronix 8200DX printer at a surplus sale. Powers up great, but display says out of ink and will not print at all. Looking in the ink/sticks area, all bays have most of a color stick in them. Is there any way to get this printer to print at all without adding more color sticks. I would like to try out this printer before investing in more color sticks. Thanks

 

[nicksims]

I can't vouch for the 8200, but I have an 8550. Once the stick/ink level drops to a certain point (yes, I can see what looks like almost a full stick of each color), it won't print.

Xerox told me that once it hits a certain level, it won't print. Now it doesn't happen instantly- it will warn me for quite a while that it needs more ink.

Nick

 

[FidoUk]

The Ink Low/out is done by a sensor under each ink block, I have has a damaged block (a chip missing on the bottom) - and this caused a ink out, but as it doesn't tell you whick block it is I had to check each coulor

 

[HAWKNOSE]

Thanks for all the help. I also read somewhere that if the printer is unpluged and sits, it thinks it's out of ink when it is started up it needs to re-melt the ink since the prevoius ink has hardened.

 

[nicksims]

Yes, it does need to re-melt the ink. And, it does some cleaning of the ports to clear them out, hence using even more ink. If it will start!

If you have the option on the 8200 for the power saver mode, go with that instead of powering down, unless needed.

The other times to power down (again, I avoid this because of the resulting ink usage) are when you move it, even from table to table, and on a regular basis. The moving? The melted ink can splash onto circuitry. So if you do move it, let it sit for 4 hours (per Xerox). The power down on a regular basis? If you have striping issues (we do sometimes), it helps to really clean everything out. I power down every few weeks or once a month.

Nick

 

[oregondean]

I can't speak for the exact sensor position, but for that emergency or test as you are doing I have on occasion used an old-fashioned eraser between the levers that push the ink down as you close the ink tray door and the remaining stick of ink. Don't do this unless you can see a stick of ink in the slot and only do it for emergency. You definately do not want your eraser to get close enough to the heater to melt.

This should allow you to check out the printer and to print a few pages until your new supply of ink comes in. Don't use non-Xerox ink, either.

Dean