I have not turned my Epson R1900 printer on in a few months and today, after turning I on, it is registering a paper JAM. However, I cannot find any obstructions inside. I have contacted Epson who are quoting €220+ for a repair, which is not worth it. Is there anything I can do?

Thanks,
PaulHave you tried canned air on it to blow out any dust etc from its inside? 99% of the time its as simple as blowing it out to remove obstruction.

There are 2 types of sensors that when triggered it thinks paper is present or jammed. I have seen where a fuzzball or ink gets on this sensor if a break beam type, although ink on it was only from a person who had a printer in use for about a year tipped it on its side when cleaning her DESK and excess ink in the waste ink tray ran out of the tray and ACROSS the sensor surface. Each time you perform a print head / nozzle clean it dumps ink into this compartment that over time can build up a GOOD amount of wasted ink $$$.

If canned air wont do it, look for the paper sensor. Some are a break beam type detection and others have a small plastic mechanical flag that triggers sensor for paper detected or jam when in position of paper present. These cheap plastic mechanical flags get stuck sometimes. If you have this type of paper present/jam sensor check to make sure it moves freely and rests in the non-paper present/jam position.