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Need help with Falcon Jr Problem

bmatlock5

New Member
I hope someone can help me with a problem on my Falcon Jr. Thanks in advance!

Thursday, I woke up and ran a cleaning cycle. When it was over, my CMY were all empty. I figured that was a wierd coincidence they would all be empty and the waste bottle was full, but it never gave me the beeping warning that the waste bottle was full like it has before. So I emptied it and put in new cartridges. The printer has worked fine Thurs, Fri, Sat. This morning I woke up when I heard a beep in the house and when I went into the office there was ink all over the floor overflowing from the waste bottle and CMY cartridges were empty that I put in new on Thursday, but the LCD still said <PLOT OK> alternating with <CMY INK END>. Black has not been affected during this process, only color. I would think if it were stuck in some kind of automatic cleaning that the black would be empty also, and I swear if it it stuck in cleaning, it is awfully quit, because my office is in the house and I never heard it running last night. I may be totally wrong, but I think this is happening while the printer is setting idle. I do not think it is stuck in cleaning mode or anything, but I am in no way an expert!! Anyone with any ideas, PLEASE HELP!!!!
 

Jackpine

New Member
Your cmy part of your cap station may be bad (is pad swelled up?) and siphoned the ink. Is there ink in and around your pump or did it all siphoned into the waste bottle?
 

bmatlock5

New Member
i cannot really see that it leaked out around the pump. i think it all went to the waste bottle. after reading some other post with similar problems, i am about to decide it could be the station. i was just hoping it was not a serious problem like a mainboard hanging up in clean mode or something. thanks for posting
 

bmatlock5

New Member
thank you for your help. i am hoping that capping station is the problem. seems to be ok for a couple days now after changing the station, just think a couple nozzles may have gotten stopped up by the pad touching the head. but has worked ok for a day or two
 
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