Jumat, 31 Januari 2014

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List of Printer Error and How to Fix it


Carriage error or Error Code 5100
Condition: An error occurred in the carriage encoder signal.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Smearing or scratches on the carriage slit film
    - clean the timing slit film.
  • Foreign material or paper debris that obstructs the carriage movement;
     - remove foreign material.
  • Ink tank conditions;
     - re-seat the ink tanks.
  • If other solution fail, replace one off the following
    - Timing slit disk film
    - Carriage unit
    - Logic board
    - Carriage motor
Line Feed error or Error Code 6000
Condition: An error occurred in the LF encoder signal.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Smearing or scratches on the LF / EJ slit film
    - clean the LF / EJ slit film.
  • Foreign material or paper debris in the LF drive;
    - remove foreign material.
  • If other solution fail, replace one off the following
    - LF / EJ slit film
    - LF / EJ timing sensor unit
    - Paper feed roller unit
    - Logic board
    - Paper feed motor
Purge cam sensor error or Error Code 5C00
Condition: An error occurred in the purge unit.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Foreign material or paper debris around the purge drive system unit;
    - remove foreign material.
  • If other solution fail, replace one off the following
    - Purge drive system unit
    - Logic board
ASF sensor error or Error Code 5700
Condition: An error occurred in the ASF cam sensor.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Replace one of the following:
    - ASF unit
    - PE sensor board unit
    - Logic board
Internal temperature error or Error Code 5400
Condition: The internal temperature is not normal.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Replace one of the following:
    - Carriage unit
    - Logic board
    - Print head
Ink absorber is full or Error Code 5B00, 5B01
Condition: The ink absorber is supposed to be full. Message on the Monitor screen or printer LCD: Ink absorber full. Service required.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Ink absorber is full or waste pad inside the printer is almost full
    - Replace printers Ink absorber pad and reset the ink absorber counter value in the EEPROM.
Print head temperature rise error or Error Code 5200
Condition: The print head temperature exceeded the specified value.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Turn off the printer and then turn on if error still persist replace Ink cartridge or print head
EEPROM error or Error Code 6800, 6801
Condition: A problem occurred in reading from or writing to the EEPROM.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Replace logic board
VH monitor error or Error Code B200
Condition: The print head voltage is abnormal.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Replace Print head and logic board (Replace them at the same time.)
  • Replace Power supply unit 
  • Check and Clean Head contact pin condition of the carriage unit
  • Check Cable connection especially the carriage FFC
Carriage lift mechanism error or Error Code 5110
Condition: The carriage did not move up or down properly.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Foreign material or paper debris that obstructs the carriage movement
    - remove foreign material.
  • Consider replacing:
    - Switch system unit
    - Carriage unit
APP position error or Error Code 6A80
Condition: An error occurred in the APP motor.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Check for foreign material or paper debris around the purge drive system unit
    - remove foreign material.
  • Check for foreign material or paper debris around the ASF unit
    - remove foreign material.
  • If other solution fail, replace one off the following part
    - Purge drive system unit
    - Logic board
APP sensor error or Error Code 6A90
Condition: An error occurred during paper feeding or purging.
Problems and Solutions:
  • check for foreign material or paper debris around the purge drive system unit;
    - remove foreign material.
  • check for foreign material or paper debris around the ASF unit;
    - remove foreign material.
  • If other solution fail, replace one off the following part
    - Purge drive system unit
    - Logic board
Paper feed cam sensor error or Error Code 6B10
Condition: An error occurred in the paper feed cam sensor during paper feeding from the cassette, or the paper absorbing a large amount of ink jammed in the PF rear guide.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Jammed paper in the PF rear guide (when a large amount of ink was absorbed in the paper);
    - remove the jammed paper and foreign material.
  • check for foreign material or paper debris in the cassette or in the PF rear guide;
    - remove foreign material.
  • If other solution fail, replace one off the following part
    - PF pick-up unit
    - Logic board
USB Host VBUS overcurrent or Error Code 9000
Condition: The USB Host VBUS is overloaded.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Replace Logic board
Pump roller sensor error or Error Code 5C20
Condition: The pump roller position cannot be detected.
Problems and Solutions:
  • Replace Purge drive system unit
Ink tank position sensor error or Error Code 6502
Condition: None of the ink tank position is detected.
Problems and Solutions:
  • check Ink tank position
  • Re-seat or replacement of ink tanks
  • Replace parts
    - Spur unit
    - Logic board
Flatbed motor error or Error Code 5012
Condition: An error occurred in the scanner flatbed motor.
Problems and Solutions:
  • replace Scanner unit
Valve cam sensor error or Error Code 6C10
Condition: The valve cam sensor was faulty at power-on or when purging was attempted.
Problems and Solutions:
  • check for foreign material or paper debris around the purge drive system unit;
    - remove foreign material.
  • Replace
    - Purge drive system unit
    - Logic board

Internet Explorer 9 it’s better than the previews


Microsoft , the internet giants, have already made it big by unleashing some of the most updated software and apps that users look up for innovation at its best. To keep up to this trend, latest from their arsenal is the Microsoft InternetExplorer 9. Released earlier in March this year, this was touted to be the most awaited release from Microsoft that everyone was eager to get hands on experience with.
Anticipated to be the fastest web browser ever to be introduced, the new features this one packs is enough to keep anyone glued to the screen for long. The pinned shortcut that enables users to treat their favorite websites as their own apps was ‘THE one’, which topped the feature list to be displayed on the IE 9.
The InternetExplorer support is something that users have always looked up to for solutions which are reliable and can be approached whenever in need. The newest release from Microsoft keeping up to this promise has continued its trend even in this one.
 IE 9 is different in not just the internal features it boasts, but also the outer look and interface. Created on a site centric theme, this one’s actually different and not just different as in people say and assume the others to be. With advanced security systems incorporated to deliver security and protection like never before, this is simply an ace.
Dramatically enhanced performance with a list of features that is enough and complete, what more can users ask for. Compatible with most operating systems, just one slight issue users can face with the same are a compatibility limitation. Well, as it’s already seen, IE9 works to the best of its abilities with Windows 7. The users of Windows XP will have to think again for this one’s not built to work in compatibility with the latter system.

SSC Service Utility para Impressoras Epson Stylus


Impressoras Suportadas


Epson Stylus Сolor 400 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 440 supported
Epson Stylus Color 480 LPT supported
Epson Stylus Color 480SXU / 580 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 600 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 640 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 660 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 670 supported
Epson Stylus Color 680 / 777 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 740 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 760 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 800 / 850 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 860 supported
Epson Stylus Color 880 supported
Epson Stylus Color 900 / EM-900C supported
Epson Stylus Color 980 supported
Epson Stylus Сolor 1160 supported
Epson Stylus Color 1520 supported
Epson Stylus Color 3000 supported
Epson Stylus C20 / C40 / CL-750 supported
Epson Stylus C41 / C42 / C43 / C44 / C45 / C46 / C47 / C48 ** supported
Epson Stylus C50 supported
Epson Stylus C60 supported
Epson Stylus C61 / C62 ** supported
Epson Stylus C63 / C64 ** supported
Epson Stylus C65 / C66 and PE ** supported
Epson Stylus C67 / C68 / D68 and PE ** supported
Epson Stylus C70 ** supported
Epson Stylus C80 ** supported
Epson Stylus C82 ** supported
Epson Stylus C83 / C84 ** supported
Epson Stylus C85 / C86 and PE ** supported
Epson Stylus C87 / C88 / D88 and PE ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo RX420 / RX425 / RX430 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo RX500 / RX510** supported
Epson Stylus Photo RX520 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo RX600 / RX610 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo RX620 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo RX700 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX3100 / CX3200 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX3500 / CX3600 / CX3650 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX3700 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX3800 / CX3810 / DX3800 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX4500 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX4600 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX4100 / CX4200 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX4700 / CX4800 ** supported
Epson Stylus DX4200 / DX4800 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX5100 / CX5200 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX5300 / CX5400 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX6400 / CX6600 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX6300 / CX6500 ** supported
Epson Stylus CX7800 ** supported
Epson PictureMate supported
Epson Stylus Photo supported
Epson Stylus Photo EX supported
Epson Stylus Photo 700 / IP-100 supported
Epson Stylus Photo 750 / PM-770C supported
Epson Stylus Photo 780 / 790 / PM-780C supported
Epson Stylus Photo 810 / 820 supported
Epson Stylus Photo 820 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 825 / 915 supported
Epson Stylus Photo 830 / 830U ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 870 / PM-875DC supported
Epson Stylus Photo R200 / R210 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo R220 / R230 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo R300 / R310 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo R320 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo R800 / PX-G900 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo R1800 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo R2400 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 890 supported
Epson Stylus Photo PM-890C supported
Epson Stylus Photo PM-A700 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo PM-G720 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo PM-970C ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 895/ 785EPX supported
Epson Stylus Photo 900 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 925 / 935 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 950 / 960 / PM-950C ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 1200 / PM-3000C supported
Epson Stylus Photo 1270 / PM-3300C supported
Epson Stylus Photo 1280 / PM-3500C supported
Epson Stylus Photo 1290 supported
Epson Stylus Photo 2000P supported
Epson Stylus Photo 2100 ** supported
Epson Stylus Photo 2200 / PM-4000EPX ** supported
Epson Stylus Pro 5000 / PM-5000C supported



Kodaks printer gets whacked commercial and other celebrity fun


Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE EK) has been having fun with their connections to the Celebrity Apprentice TV show. With their EasyShare All-in-one inkjet printer featured as the object of one of the shows team competitions in a January episode, and exposing Gene Simmons passion for "a Kodak world" (see "Show Biz and the printing and imaging industry"), the company has put together a Simmons-inspired "Kodak World" web site, including celebrity testimonials and a commercial where Vincent Pastore (above, center), reprising his The Sopranos role, "takes out" an older all-in-one from a "leading maker", and brings a new Kodak into the family.

Gizmodo featured the commercial in a recent post with some great printer-related comments, worth checking out.

What is BetterSurf and How to remove it



What is bettersurf?

Better is a malicious adware application installed on internet browsers (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox) as extension or browser helper object. It is usually comes as a complimentary to a free application software. Some software may provide the options to exclude it during installation process but others are directly forced to installed without warning. The common installation directory located at the C:Program FilesBetter-Surf or C:Program FilesBetterSurf where it folders for each of the browser with acronym (ch = google chrome, ff = firefox, ie = internet explorer). The primary file responsible for executing the ads is the Bettersurf.dll

The Bettersurf behavior

When user visiting any website the ads such as banners, text-link ads, and pops up automatically executed on the site. It adds the load of the browser and making it slower as a result more CPU usage incurred. This can be viewed on the Windows System Performance Monitor whenever bettersurf is running on the website you are visiting. In Google Chrome it installed one extension whereas Firefox and Internet Explorer at least two or three of them.

One of the popup ads shows as below with Affilliate ID 195299 which clearly intended to promote affiliate programs.

http://www.freelotto.com/register.asp?skin=CertifiedWinnerRSP&noepu=1&partner=1063817&affiliateid=195299&tid=29452683531386668782&utm_source=AdCash&utm_medium=Display&utm_term=CPA&utm_content=CertifiedWinnerRSP&utm_campaign=EveryoneWinsTV

BetterSurf Detection:
  • On windows startup any antivirus (i.e. Avira) programs will detect the Bettersurf extension running on Mozilla firefox.
  • Windows Defender will detect it running on Internet Explorer
  • High usage of CPU when visiting websites and it slows down the browser when Bettersurf is running on the foreground.
How to remove BetterSurf from each browsers:
  1. Google Chrome: Click Customize and Control icon>>Tools>>Extensions>>search Better Surf Plus 1.1 and click on the recycle bin icon to uninstall
  2. Mozilla Firefox: Click on Tools>>Add-ons and Uninstall the Better Surf
  3. Internet Explorer: In Windows 7 click Start>>Control Panel>>Programs (Uninstall Programs)>>Better Surf then right click mouse and uninstall.
After uninstalled for each of the browsers the extensions could still be there especially Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. To remove it completely you will need to clean up the registry manually by doing the following
  1. In Windows 7 – Click Start and Type “regedit” and press ENTER on the keyboard. The registry edit screen will popup
  2. Click on the Edit tab and Find or press CTRL + F on the keyboard. Search “Bettersurf” keyword and delete each of the registry. Once deleted keep searching by pressing F3 on the keyboard and delete until it is no longer be found.
  3. By deleting the registry the extension should be completely eliminated from Internet Explorer and Firefox

Kamis, 30 Januari 2014

Obama Elected newspapers sell out the exception that makes the rule

An interesting sidebar story related the American presidential election a week ago has been the "run" on newspapers featuring the front page announcing the historic outcome. Long lines to buy papers, reprints, and special newspaper editions, have all been well documented. (For an example, see The LA Times, "Extra! Extra! Barack Obamas election win sends newspaper sales soaring".)

While this blogs primary focus is printing in the home and office, from time to time we cant help exploring the overall future of the printed page, including that venerable societal institution, the newspaper.

And while the biggest sales day for papers in a long time is an interesting, and even poignant story, it may also provide insight in why the printed page still satisfies certain "fundamental user needs", in marketing parlance. Snippets from the news reporting on the sales surge quotes buyers as seeking something that documents the election in a permanent, "official" format. From the Times piece:

"I think there is an authority and finality, a sort of last word that comes from the printed edition of the newspaper," said Steve Hills, president and general manager of Washington Post Media.


At the same time, with the majority of todays current news, which is much more fleeting and ever-changing, is probably more appropriately delivered in electronic form. To use another example from late 2008, who needs/wants an ink-and-paper stock table from any given closing market day? (And thats even assuming the markets actually close!)

RESET Canon IP 2770






FIRST STEPS:  Entering Service Mode
You have to enter in service mode in order to used the resetter. To do that follow this procedure,

1. Turn off the printer without pulling the power cords.
2. Hold down Resume button and press Power button.
3. Keep holding down Power button and let Resume button go.
4. Then Press Resume button 5 times then let BOTH buttons go.
5. You will notice that the Alternate Blinking error is gone, this means that the printer is in Service Mode state.

SECOND STEPS: Using the Resetter

1. After you download the resetter, extract it and double click "servicetool.exe"
2. Press the "Main" Button, Then press "EEPROM Clear" button if a pop-up appear just click OK
5. Then power off the printer(sometimes you have to press twice the power button to turn off) and turn on again. and its done!

Download Resetter at Canon Resetter Page




Tips For Local Printer Repairs

Everybody uses printers in Sydney. They are found in the home and in the office. Kids use printers for homework, mothers use them to print out recipes and there are a thousand other reasons why people use printers inside their homes. And I dont need to tell you how instrumental printers in Sydney are for businesses.

Printers get a lot of use. And because of the frequent use, printers will need plotter repairs from time to time. When a printer does break, it makes it abundantly clear just how important they are. Being stuck without a printer is frustrating to say the least.

Your printers manual is a valuable source of reference if your printer stops working. There will be many troubleshooting advice for issues that you can fix yourself. Printers manuals are written in easy to understand language so that the average person can understand them and execute the instructions. You will always be able to find out about any applicable warranties in the owners manual  as well. Repair technicians who work for the manufacturer or suggested by the manufacturer will also be noted.

If you printer is too old to still be under warranty and there is no other solution for your problems inside of the printers manual, you will have to seek the services of printer technician on your own. One thing you should be looking for when searching for a place that provides printer repair in Sydney is a technician that does house calls. Some shops will send their repairman to your home.

There is an extra fee for this service but if you have tried dragging your printer somewhere you might find that this is one service that is worth the extra money. Of course this may not be something you are interested in if you have a very tiny printer that can easily be carried in your hands. But some people, especially those in business have large commercial printers and they can way upwards of two hundred pounds of more and of course in-home repairs would be very interesting to them. But everybody can appreciate not having to make a trip across town, or farther, so in-home repairs might be interesting to a variety of people.

After youve found a shop, make sure you pick a good repairman. Before you give the okay for the technician to begin the printer repairs in Sydney, you need to ask some questions about the length of time theyve been doing repairs as well as in education they may or may not have had. You need printer and you rely on it. So you need to make sure you are entrusting it to someone who is going to fix it and fix it right. Never hesitate to ask questions because you fear offending the repairman. Visit the link to get more information on hewlett packard printer service.

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Little Printer creators moving ahead!


The Little Printer, as regular readers may recognize, has been one of my favorite topics over the last several years (for the latest, see "Go, Go, Go Little Printer"). Its creative inspiration and success have fit very nicely with "Jim Lyons Observations" and one of my overall themes, that printing is only as old and tired as we wish to make it, and there are signs of life, if not wherever one looks, at least in selective locations.

This morning BERG Cloud, the company behind Little Printer, had an email waiting for me in my inbox,the contents of which are also available on the web. (See "BERG Raises $1.3m Funding Round and Announces Public Launchof BERG Cloud").  And I love their press releases sub-head: "We’re taking funding to make the technology, services and design thinking behind Little Printer available to everyone."

Congrats, BERG Cloud!

Managed Print Services definitional dust up tempest in a teapot

A number of industry insiders, including at least three of my fellow printer industry bloggers, have been following and commenting on the seemingly strange and confused reaction from the Printing Industries of America (PIA) at the time of HPs MPS announcement last Monday, July 13th (see "HP (NYSE HPQ) Guarantees Print Savings").

Patrick Henry ("PIA Says It’s Wary of New Managed Print Services Offerings by HP"), Rob Sethre ("An Odd Case of Mistaken MPS Identity"), Greg Walters ("Strange Twist - Managed Print Services is Redefined Again: Printing Industry of America"), and finally Clint Bolte, guesting on Pats blog ("Managed Print Services Emerges as Market Niche") have all shed light on the topic. It mostly seems like a simple mix-up over what most see as HPs (and by proxy, the entire printer/copier industrys) pursuit of more of a hands-on role in the management of enterprise customers printing and copying functions. Dubbed "Managed Print Services", once advertising and other press activities reached a critical mass, the

While the most part I agree with the bloggers about mass confusion and unclear semantics overriding common sense in many of the arguments, some of the growing number of comments to the WhatTheyThink post have me thinking and reflecting, too.

During my career working at HP, I was around for the emergence of the "printing pie" chart that has come to be famous as the "one-slide strategy presentation" still commonly used by many in the industry. The idea of the chart, in its many variations, is to show todays digital printing volumes, based on pages or other metrics, as a relatively small slice of the overall (digital plus analog) print universe. Make no mistake, at the very highest level, that "pie" is a tool to describe the vast opportunity that exists, 15 years ago or today, in converting analog to digital pages.

While we see many tactical implementations, whether by Company A or Company B, or division X or division Y of Company H, the underlying goal is generally the same. In the biggest of all pictures, all printing is connected, from commercial print on the high end to simple pen-and-paper and typewriters on the lowest end. Ask the latter -- did digital printing change your business? Did Royal and Smith Corona need to be concerned?

And of course in marketing and economics we also try to look beyond direct competition to substitute goods and services. What about "not printing"?

Just something more to think about!

Rabu, 29 Januari 2014

July Observations Memorable Hard Copy Advertising Taglines—Part Two





In last month’s Observations column (see “Observations: Memorable Hard Copy Advertising Taglines—Part One”), I explored some printer industry taglines, after being inspired by an article in Forbes magazine on the “25 greatest advertising taglines.” The list was the result of voting by a group of corporate CMOs, including Xerox’s Krista Carone, who shared further thoughts about some of her company’s greatest (and longest lasting) advertising achievements. The column just did not seem to offer enough space to go beyond Xerox, so in this second part of my “tagline” observations, I look at some advertising experiences with HP and our industry at large.

HP’s “Set Your Lasers On Stun” and Dalmatians



HPs Garage is perhaps the most enduring symbol of the "original" Silcon Valley company.

HP’s LaserJet celebrated its 25th anniversary last year (see, “Observations: 25 years of the LaserJet”) and has certainly earned a role in the “product Hall of Fame,” for the printer industry and for products and marketing in general. But what about advertising? Some long-time HP employees recall an early ad, put together with Microsoft, touting the crisp, clean laser-printed copy available by combining the mid-1980 wonders of Microsoft Word (pre-Windows) with the new HP LaserJet. The ad carried the tagline, “Set your lasers on stun,” and while that line did not endure, it was a favorite with Star Trek fans. (I admit to not being a Trekkie, so I took a few years to make the association to one of Captain James Kirk’s favorite lines, “Set your phasers on stun.”)

And it was just a few years later, with the advent of new LaserJet models around the beginning of the 1990’s, when HP seemingly struck gold with the “Dalmatians” theme to advertise its new LaserJet printers. The theme was a natural, with the lovable black-and-white-spotted dogs featured in print and television ads associated with the latest and greatest monochrome-only printers of the day.

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As last month’s interview with Xerox’s Carone pointed out, there are “taglines” per se, and then there are other advertising-industry descriptors for other themes. For example, Xerox’s successful “Document Company” phrase was never a tagline but a “signature statement.” So at the risk of over-simplifying, how did these two HP themes size up? While they are warmly remembered by insiders, neither has stood the test of time in the minds of the public, as HP continues to roll out new themes and taglines on a regular basis—see, for example, this year’s “Let’s Do Amazing” effort (see illustration below).Carone’s wisdom on what makes for “great” or at least memorable taglines included “an ability to transcend generations and markets.” She explained that they tend to strike a societal chord, which in turn, gives them long-term staying power and relevance. As mentioned, the Star Trek-themed “stun” ads were not meant to transcend generations but were quite focused on a techy (and trekkie) early-adopter segment, very important in the early days of a new product. But HP rolled out the Dalmatian theme to appeal to a much broader and more mainstream audience, five years following the first LaserJet printers, and the firm may have missed the opportunity for that theme to live on longer than it did.

Branding experts Lynn Parker and F. Joseph LePla, in their 2002 book “Integrated Branding,” discuss the importance of “hanging in there” with brand-related motifs and images. They cite HP’s Dalmatians campaign as a good example of not following their advice that “associations must be used for the life of the brand,” even recalling an instance that brought this example literally very close to home for me. Parker and LePla write, “Local schoolchildren in Boise, Idaho, were asked to do advertisements for Hewlett-Packard’s LaserJet printers as a school project. Even though it had been several years since HP’s LaserJet brand had featured Dalmatian dogs in its advertising campaign, most of the kids drew Dalmatians in their ads. Dalmatians had obviously become a valuable association for HP that implied professional-quality printing. However, that value was never leveraged as a lasting part of the customer experience.” While the authors’ observation sheds light on the importance of patience and consistency in marketing, does it also, give us possible insight into where HP was getting its ad ideas. But surely those school kids were not really creating the ads … were they?


YouTube Experiment

Integrated campaigns aside, the Forbes piece on best taglines highlighted memorable TV commercials, and as we are trying to recollect and/or document the memorable ones from our industry, why not query that repository of seemingly all things video, YouTube? My first search, for “Dalmatian commercial” yields a selection of ads, mostly for, you guessed it, Budweiser and Miller beer spots, with nary an HP entry in sight. I then tried a more generic search by simply entering “printer commercial” into YouTube’s search field, and came up with some interesting (if not exactly inspiring) choices. I will leave it to my readers to sample some of the clips on their own, in the privacy of their own cubicles or homes (yes, some of the examples are a bit risqué), but suffice it to say that the available evidence leads one to conclude the printer industry is still probably searching for its first true “killer ad!”

Dell 5100CN 5110CN Developer Replacement

If your Dell 5100cn or 5110cn is having certain print quality issues you may need to replace one or more developers. This video covers the following part numbers: M6091, G6593, M6090, H6682.
To order these parts please use the links bellow (these work on 5100 and 5110)

Dell 5100CN, 5110CN Black Developer:  Part# - M6091.    
Dell 5100CN, 5110CN Cyan Developer:  Part# - G6593.    
Dell 5100CN, 5110CN Magenta Developer:  Part# - M6090.    
Dell 5100CN, 5110CN Yellow Developer:  Part# - H6682.