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In article <815864639snz@petecar.demon.co.uk>
           peter@petecar.demon.co.uk "peter carley" writes:

> When i power it up it makes the usual noices as the thing starts up and then 
> after a few seconds it goes quite with just the cooling fan running. At the 
> end of the power on self test it reports "service" eror code 50.

I suspect this may be one of those x-thousand sheet codes. What happens with 
some printers is that they count the number of sheets printed and when it 
gets to x-thousand (where x seems to be any random positive integer) it says 
to itself "lets earn some money for <insert maker here>". You call the 
engineer, who rolls up and susses out any part which looks as though it might 
fail (or might not depending on the honesty of service company), changes it 
(and charges you) and then does a vulcan death grip on some buttons while 
(s)he starts the machine up. Nothing is wrong as such, but it gives the 
printer engineers a chance to make some dosh. I have had this happen to me 
more than once. Error Code 50 may be this, it may not, try something like 
comp.sys.printers (browse the active.dis file) for a more accurate answer.

Mike.