Thursday, February 4, 2010

How do I fix a ';false paper jam'; on an Epson CX3200?

There is a common problem when you get a constant jam condition, or paper won't feed in correctly after a bad jam was removed, or even when the printer or your computer thinks that the paper has not been correctly loaded. You stated that you have recently had a bad paper jam that you had to remove out of your printer. If you had to actually pull that jam out forcefully, especially towards the rear of the printer, in the backwards direction, then its possible that a part was unhooked/unseated, or even damaged. When paper is pulled to the rear/backwards with force, it can unseats the arm on the ';Paper Jam Sensor Assy';, resulting in a constant jam condition and no paper feeding in at all. Normally, as paper passes thru the printer, it causes a black plastic arm [with a spring attached] to be pushed forward out of the ';Paper Jam Sensor';. As the trail edge of the paper leaves the plastic arm, the spring causes the plastic arm to be pulled back into its normal position [into that sensor assembly]. When the arm does not correctly return, the sensor is not activated and the printer thinks there is a paper jam [even though you can not see any paper in the paper path], or does not correctly feed-in the paper, because the sensor is not correctly actuated. Of course I have no way to really know whats wrong with your printer, or even if this is your problem but you have to start some place and I've seen this happen many times. Because of the disassembly and troubleshooting involved, you will need a Service Manual to use for reference in disassembly and troubleshooting. You have to realize that your printer does not actually have the ability to see any paper in your printer. It depends on electrical signals transmitted thru sensors, to determine if there is a jam or if the paper is out.How do I fix a ';false paper jam'; on an Epson CX3200?
If there is no paper stuck in the printer you reset it by hitting the color copy button. Usually the ld screen prompts you with what it wants you to do. If there is no paper jam just skip the instruction to remove the paper and follow the mini lcd screen instructions.
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