Lexmark Printer

[AAH]

Lexmark printer with display indicator
"Cover Open" got struck. None of the
button on the panel works.
The cover appears to be in proper
place.

Should I rush to the store to buy
new one or ..... ?
Thanks for any early advice.

 

[AlmostBob]

It would probably be more reasonable to ask Lexmark

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"AAH" <aah@chakcomnet.net> wrote in message
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> Lexmark printer with display indicator
> "Cover Open" got struck. None of the
> button on the panel works.
> The cover appears to be in proper
> place.
>
> Should I rush to the store to buy
> new one or ..... ?
> Thanks for any early advice.
>
>

 

[Don Phillipson]

"AAH" <aah@chakcomnet.net> wrote in message
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> Lexmark printer with display indicator
> "Cover Open" got struck. None of the
> button on the panel works.
> The cover appears to be in proper
> place.
> Should I rush to the store to buy
> new one or ..... ?

This is a decision we face almsost every day
because so many of our gadgets now have:
1. Functional component (e.g. Lexmark cover latch)
2. Sensor (open/closed)
3. Message routine (to display #2 data about #1 function.)

The purpose of ## 2 and 3 is to inform you why the
printer will not print -- because of an undocumented
cutout between the print function and the
cover latch. The link was designed to protect you
from electric shock, as well as to protect the printer
mechanism from damage.

But when troubleshooting you now have three
subsystems to check, not just one.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[Dan]

Also, I don't like the constant nagging to buy a printer cartridge when the
printer cartridge works fine. Actually, I have run the black cartridge so
low that the printer was forced to use the other colors to make black ink.
<grin>

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

> "AAH" <aah@chakcomnet.net> wrote in message
> news:%23dsJKwj4HHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> > Lexmark printer with display indicator
> > "Cover Open" got struck. None of the
> > button on the panel works.
> > The cover appears to be in proper
> > place.
> > Should I rush to the store to buy
> > new one or ..... ?
>
> This is a decision we face almsost every day
> because so many of our gadgets now have:
> 1. Functional component (e.g. Lexmark cover latch)
> 2. Sensor (open/closed)
> 3. Message routine (to display #2 data about #1 function.)
>
> The purpose of ## 2 and 3 is to inform you why the
> printer will not print -- because of an undocumented
> cutout between the print function and the
> cover latch. The link was designed to protect you
> from electric shock, as well as to protect the printer
> mechanism from damage.
>
> But when troubleshooting you now have three
> subsystems to check, not just one.
>
> --
> Don Phillipson
> Carlsbad Springs
> (Ottawa, Canada)
>
>
>

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:35:11 +0100, "AAH" <aah@chakcomnet.net> put
finger to keyboard and composed:

>Lexmark printer with display indicator
>"Cover Open" got struck. None of the
>button on the panel works.
>The cover appears to be in proper
>place.
>
>Should I rush to the store to buy
>new one or ..... ?
>Thanks for any early advice.

I suspect that your problem is a dirty switch or optical sensor. It's
probably an easy fix if you know how.

- Franc Zabkar
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