T7070
Frequently Asked Questions

Error C and 1 flashing on display
Nothing in display apart from ink life indicator
F?? Error Messages
Z Driver CD ROMs
Slow printing with the Tally Super Colour (Z) driver  
Printer prints magenta instead of dark blue
 
Error C and 1 flashing on display
I have turned on my T7070 and it has C and 1 flashing in the display, why?

This indicates that the ink absorber mat needs to be replaced. This requires one of our field service engineers to do the job. Please feel free to contact our Field Service Department by clicking here
Nothing in display apart from ink life indicator

I have turned on my T7070 and I am seeing only the ink object on my printer display, why?

This can indicate that the printhead life may have expired or that the printhead may have a bad contact. The worst case scenario is that you may have a printer hardware failure. We recommend that you replace the print head first. If the problem still occurs then you could contact our Field Service Department by clicking here

F?? Error Messages

What does the error message F?? mean that comes up in the display?

If you get F?? errors then power off the printer for approximately 15 seconds. Turn the printer on again and attempt to resume normal operation. If the error persists contact our Service Department. Here are a list of the Errors:-

F1

Home Position Error/Carriage Error
F12 Printhead Hot

F13

 The cartridge is removed or the cartridge lock lever is pulled down in a mode other than the cartridge replacement mode. The printer status will be in the cartridge replacement mode. Then install the cartridge correctly.
F1D Head Heater Error. This can be caused by something as simple as a dirty or bad contact between the T7070 Bubble Jet Head and the Printer itself.

You could try checking that the contacts between the Head and Printer are not contaminated with ink residue or replacing the whole Head (Black Head Part Number 044690, Colour Head Part Number 044693).   Should the F1D problem still exists then we suggest sending the printer in for repair as it is probably a printer's hardware failure.

F1F

Optional Interface Board Error. Power the printer off, re-install the optional interface board properly - see manual provided. If the same error is display it may be a fault on the optional interface.

Fnn

If any other F errors (F followed by a number or letter) are displayed, stop operation, power the printer off and on as described above. If the error persists call our Repair Center or Field Service Department.

Part Numbers CD ROMs

What are the part numbers of the Tally Z drivers for the T7070?

  • T7070 Z driver Win 3.X,WIN95 and NT4 is Part Number: 731 990
  • T7070 Z driver NT4 only is Part Number 731 991

Slow printing with the Tally Super Colour (Z) driver

I have installed your CD ROM driver for my T7070. It is very slow when printing. Why is this ?

There is one setting in the printer properties that causes the printer to run slowly. This is in the details of the printer. The settings, "Print to Spool" and "Start printing after first page is spooled" give very slow running. Sometimes there is no printing at all. The system locks up.
To change this take the following path:

Start>Settings>Printers and select "Tally 7070(Z)".
Then choose
Printer>Properties>Details>Spool Settings
Leave "Spool print jobs so program finishes printing faster" selected
Click on "Start printing after last page is spooled"
Experiment with Spool Data Format, RAW and SMF data. Sometimes RAW is faster sometimes SMF is..

Printer prints magenta instead of dark blue

If I choose Dark Blue in Word for my characters on my T7070, the characters print more magenta than blue. Why is this ?

If you have not used your T7070 for a long time and then go straight to printing, the dark blue does print with a purple hue. This is due to ink mixing in the head with standing. To overcome this either purge the head before printing or run off a header page using lots of dark blue.