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Paper stops half way

My IP4200 was working fine until yesterday, when I accidently triggered a huge print, and may have pressed the wrong button (or for too long) to cancel printing. Now it accepts my print command, feeds the paper through half way, then stops, with the top light blinking green, slowly. Turning off and on does not help. When I press the middle button the paper shoots through with no problems (but no print) so it is not a jamming issue. The cartridges (originals), which are nearly full, all show non-blinking red lights. I have taken out and replaced each one, in case the printer needs to recognise them again.
As I write, the top light is still blinking slowly, the middle light is on. I haven't noticed any amber lights flashing - always green.
Can you help?

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  • 3110 Jul 07, 2008

    Hi Maanita - I have checked, and there is no torn
    paper in the carriage. The paper feeds through easily when I press the feed
    button.
    Regards,
    Penny

  • 3110 Jul 07, 2008

    It's the power light, and it continues to blink green slowly and regularly until I turn it off and back on again. Then it initialises normally.

  • 3110 Jul 07, 2008

    I just successfully performed a print head alignment - the paper moved through and printed normally during the alignment. I tried to print a document immediately after, and the same problem occurred - it stopped half way and didn't print at all. (I tried printing from two different programmes with the same result)

  • 3110 Jul 07, 2008

    The problem is fixed! I performed a bottom plate cleaning through the maintenance menu, and it is now printing normally.

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How many times does the flight flash? - thats a error code

is this a alarm / power light?

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Please check for torn piece in the carriage which is causing the error

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