jweeks Loc: Phoenix

I have an Epson P800. One afternoon I turned it on and it said I had roll paper loaded that I needed to remove. I don't even have the roll paper adapter for this printer. Turn it off and on. Now it says I have a paper jam - remove the jammed paper. No, there's no paper anywhere near the printer. Hmmm. I was getting ready to call Epson but decided to troll Google. Turns out lots of people - at least several - had reported this problem with no success from Epson. After a half hour of pounding on Google I got the answer - It turns out that if your printer is sitting in bright sunlight, the sunlight can mess with the paper sensors. My printer sits under a west facing window. Most of the time I print either in the morning or evening, but I usually have a shade drawn in the afternoon to keep the sun off of me. That day the shade was up a few inches and it played havoc with the sensors. Lowered the shade and the problems went away. So if you have an Epson printer near a sunny window ...

Tjohn Loc: Inverness, FL formerly Arivaca, AZ

That is good to know, thanks.

Archiefamous Loc: Manhattan

Good to know. Never had the problem but shades always closed

Ronsh Loc: Floresville,Tx.

Thank you , I have a p800 also.