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From: hess@IUVAX.CS.INDIANA.EDU (Caleb Hess)
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Texas Instruments OMNI 2115
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Date: 2 Jun 88 20:34:33 GMT
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We have two OMNI2115's that are almost a year old.  We had a problem with one
of them jamming frequently that was fixed by replacing the OPC cartridge
(some little pieces of rubber fell out of the cartridge when we removed it).
As I recall, it finally got bad enough to produce the "F.Error OPC" message.

We also have the problem of faded spots appearing near the bottom of the page.
I don't think this is closely related to pages printed, rather, it seems to
come from ambient light leaking onto the end of the belt cartridge.  Awhile
back, someone posted a suggestion that the belts be stored in darkness for
several weeks to rejuvenate them.  We have been doing this and it works.
(Just be VERY careful not to scratch the belts while exchanging them).

Another persistent thorn has been paper tray selection.  According to the
manual, selecting LIMITLESS should cause the printer to change trays when
the current tray empties.  It doesn't work on ours.  TI insists that it
works, so the problem must be in our software.  Has anyone else tried this
feature?