On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:10:47 -0500, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:10:29 GMT, Jethro
><Wilson@somewhere.org> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:00:08 -0500, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>I am using an ordinary USB cable (<10'). The scenario is:
>>1) I print something (a few pages).
>>2) Printing stops with printer's ready light back on solid.
>>3) The window warning me about the cartridge appears on the screen.
>
>
>What window and what warning? Have you taken out the
>cartridge, rocked it back and forth, and inspected the
>electrical contacts? Might you have a spare cartridge you
>could swap in? Does the problem only happen with it first
>printing ok (when printer is cold), then only starts having
>trouble after having done a prior job and warmed up? Is the
>2nd job always failing, or could you print two jobs in rapid
>succession and they'd go through, only after a few moment(s)
>had passed would it begin failing to print?
>
>
>
>>4) If I fail to x-out of that window in a few seconds or so, if I
>>then x-out of the window and then try to print something, the printer
>>window shows that I am printing, but no printing occurs and the
>>printer ready light blinks like it normally would when printing.
>>If I delete the print job or cancel it, the printer window shows that
>>the job is being cancelled - but but but it stays that way forever. Or
>>at least until I shut down and re-boot, at which time the
>>printer-window is cleared.
>
>What if you don't touch the printer window, just turn off
>the printer then turn back on? And/or then cancel job and
>retry it?/
>
>
>>I just repeated the above using Wordpad to print twice one line of
>>small x's. The first page printed fine, but not the second because
>>the printer was flashing its trouble-light. The print window is
>>locked after I tried to delete the second print job and shows the
>>print job is being deleted, but of course it never will be, until I
>>re-boot. I tried manually turning the printer off then on, which
>>returned the printer to its ready-state, but the printer window
>>remains with the delete indicated.
>>
>>I hope I am explaining things clearly.
>
>I'd seek a different driver, if the cartridge doesn't seem
>bad... if it's under warranty still (and considering same
>problem from a 2nd system), you might seek an RMA.
>
>Had it ever worked right and what has happened since then
>(if anything)?/


The error window is:

TO ENSURE THE BEST PRINT QUALITY VERIFY THAT A GENUINE KONICA MINOLTA
TONER CARTRIDGE IS INSTALLED IN THE PRINTER.

PROBLEMS CAUSED BY NON KONICA MINOLTA CONSUMABLES COULD INVALIDATE
YOUR WARRANTY
<OK>

This problem has existed since the day I replaced the cartridge with
the present one.

I do not have another spare.

Yes I can print more than 1 job as long as I do it rapidly. I've done
3 or 4 that way.

It happens cold or hot.

I have had the cartridge for several months, so I don't think RMA is
feasible.

Thanks

jethro