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  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.

Printer problems

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Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
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Builder of Finescale Signals in 2mm scale to 7mm scale, Trackwork, Turnouts and Layouts.
It looks like my Epson 1290 has finally given up the ghost, all I get now is the green on light and the red fault light, can't even change the cartridges. So it looks like I will have to persevere with the A4 printer for the moment. I do still have a Roland A3 pen plotter, which will no doubt take a lot longer, if I can get it to communicate with the PC. I haven't looked to see if the PC has a Printer port, I suppose there is always USB to serial.

Unless there is an Epson 1290 expert out there and it's something simple I can fix.

I will have to start saving up the pennies for something better.

For a short term fix it is possible to set the A4 printer to print something a bit longer but then it's a pain when I want to print a letter, just as well I have yet another A4 printer!

If no luck and I still have no luck, anybody want some Compatible Inkjet cartidges to suit a 1290?
 
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My Epsom 1290, gave up the ghost about 3 years ago, after a pretty long and useful life, it certainly didn't owe me anything. I now have a Canon Wifi printer.
 
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I haven't given up on the Epson entirely, just stored it until I can find time to have a go at stripping it down and re-building. In the meantime I can fool the A4 printer into printing quite a good length, I haven't tried anything longer than A3 at the moment but I have some longer paper that I can reduce in width, which might be possible. I shall have to experiment.

In the meantime I have just posted some new photos in the media section, the templates were printed on the Epson about 18 years ago when I built the pointwork for him. Sadly the layout no longer exists but I think it worthy of saving a few shots for posterity at the very least.
 
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