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Title: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on May 25, 2011, 08:05:33 PM
Lexmark X6570  has been gathering dust for 2 years almost, cos when switched on the orange light flashes and flashes and something inside sounds like it keeps hitting the buffers.   

Any ideas anyone or shall I send it to landfill and start again? 

 Shrugs:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 25, 2011, 08:06:40 PM
My old printer did that ...I binned it and got a new one
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on May 25, 2011, 08:10:07 PM
Annoying it was £100 and has produced about 15 pages of copied material and scanned about 5.
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Nick on May 25, 2011, 08:26:42 PM
Take it for a bike ride  angel1
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on May 25, 2011, 08:40:29 PM
Thanks Nick.  I would like to say all contributions gratefully received.     .... but I can't!  evil:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 25, 2011, 08:41:45 PM
Tipsy is not having a good day  happy100
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on May 25, 2011, 08:48:45 PM
Where has that sulky emoti thingy gone, I need one with an extra specially big pouting bottom lip.  sadsmiley30:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 25, 2011, 08:48:59 PM
Quote from: Tipsy Gipsy on May 25, 2011, 08:05:33 PM
Lexmark X6570  has been gathering dust for 2 years almost, cos when switched on the orange light flashes and flashes and something inside sounds like it keeps hitting the buffers.   

Any ideas anyone or shall I send it to landfill and start again? 

 Shrugs:

Printers are like dogs that bite. Once they go bad they need to be put down.

My vote is for landfill and dont buy an inkjet in future
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Pirate on May 25, 2011, 08:52:35 PM
It needs 240 volts and 13 amps...The power from a lamppost is reduced these days due to global warning and will not be enough to run it... ;)
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Darwins Selection on May 25, 2011, 08:54:24 PM
Quote from: Pirate on May 25, 2011, 08:52:35 PM
It needs 240 volts and 13 amps...The power from a lamppost is reduced these days due to global warning and will not be enough to run it... ;)

Warning?  scared2:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Pirate on May 25, 2011, 09:16:36 PM
Quote from: Darwins Selection on May 25, 2011, 08:54:24 PM
Quote from: Pirate on May 25, 2011, 08:52:35 PM
It needs 240 volts and 13 amps...The power from a lamppost is reduced these days due to global warning and will not be enough to run it... ;)

Warning?  scared2:

Oh yes...there was an global email sent out to all gipos travellers warning about the reduced power...and that every other lamppost would be switched off throughout the night...
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on May 26, 2011, 04:42:37 AM
 evil: evil: evil:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Barman on May 26, 2011, 05:21:46 AM
I vote landfill...

I've just dumped two HP printers that stopped working or insisted that they had no cartridges...  ::)

They've been gathering dust for a while 'pending repair'...  redface:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Miss Demeanour on May 26, 2011, 05:26:58 AM
But what have you been using for the last 2 years then Tipsy ????

Get a tenner for it at the car boot ( in perfick working order of course  ;) ) and use that to treat yourself  cloud9:
Title: Re: Orange flashing lights.
Post by: Tipsy Gipsy on May 27, 2011, 08:11:34 AM
Oh I like the way your mind werks Miss D but that sounds like too much effort.  Computer engineer reckons landfill too but has taken away a second laptop to repair instead.  I will be a two laptop person and will be able to surf in stereo.  lol:

And to answer your question... dusters mostly.  ;D