I had something like that on the C84.
On mine, that sensor is a 'paper present in paper path' sensor, not a 'paper
ready for feeding' sensor. Does that make sense?
I remember having problems testing the C84, my initial reaction was to
trigger this sensor, that gave me an error.
Robert
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> Objet : [Homebrew_PCBs] Epson 850 - getting closer but now
> have an error problem?
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> I got most of the mechanicals out of the way now and decided to put
> it back together where I can to check to see if it will work still.
> I got everything wired back up and power it up. It seems to do fine
> for a while - you hear it doing it's usual cleaning - the main
> feeder shaft seems to rotate the right direction etc.
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> However, when it finishes that up, The "Paper" LED blinks and both
> inks show as being empty. I don't have this printer connected to a
> computer at the moment so that could be partially the problem - not
> sure either way.
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> There is one thing I have to remove and this too could be the
> problem. The paper feeder has an opto sensor on it to detect the
> position of a shaft (the one that holds the cams to feed the paper
> in). This sensor is NOT the paper "leading edge" sensor. I have
> tried to manual rotate that shaft so the sensor can "see" through
> the hole and so that it is blocked - same errors either way.
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> Anyone have any suggestions - I am all ears .
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> Thanks
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> Chris
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