Epson Photo 1400 and Stylus R 380

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I am trying to print pictures from photo program and it will only
approximately an inch to 2 inches and then it stops. It feeds the
paper through like it was done and then will continue to feed paper
through without printing the rest of it. I was using the R380 first
and when it first started doing it, I thought that perhaps the printer
was going bad. I had recently bought the 1400 and I installed it last
night. It prints with the same problems as the R380 so I know it has
to be a setting with the WIndows Vista that I have on this new
computer. I have tried to contact support but unfortunately they are
not there on weekends. So I am curious to know if anyone else out
there has had this same problem and what is the fix for it. I have
already downloaded and installed any updates for the drivers.
 
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:19:23 -0800 (PST), in comp.periphs.printers
I am trying to print pictures from photo program and it will only
approximately an inch to 2 inches and then it stops. It feeds the
paper through like it was done and then will continue to feed paper
through without printing the rest of it. I was using the R380 first
and when it first started doing it, I thought that perhaps the printer
was going bad. I had recently bought the 1400 and I installed it last
night. It prints with the same problems as the R380 so I know it has
to be a setting with the WIndows Vista that I have on this new
computer. I have tried to contact support but unfortunately they are
not there on weekends. So I am curious to know if anyone else out
there has had this same problem and what is the fix for it. I have
already downloaded and installed any updates for the drivers.
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Sounds like you might not have enough disk space for the print spooler. How
much free space to you have on your c: drive?
 
Sounds like you might not have enough disk space for the print spooler. How
much free space to you have on your c: drive?
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There is a total of 193 GB free out of 288 GB on the c drive.
Available memory shows 1982MB
 
�It prints with the same problems as the R380 so I know it has
to be a setting with the WIndows Vista that I have on this new
computer. �I have tried to contact support but unfortunately they are
not there on weekends. �
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Windows Vista does not always like anything older than today. Try the
EPSON site again for newer drivers for your printers.
Bob AZ
 
I am trying to print pictures from photo program and it will only
approximately an inch to 2 inches and then it stops. It feeds the
paper through like it was done and then will continue to feed paper
through without printing the rest of it. I was using the R380 first
and when it first started doing it, I thought that perhaps the printer
was going bad. I had recently bought the 1400 and I installed it last
night. It prints with the same problems as the R380 so I know it has
to be a setting with the WIndows Vista that I have on this new
computer. I have tried to contact support but unfortunately they are
not there on weekends. So I am curious to know if anyone else out
there has had this same problem and what is the fix for it. I have
already downloaded and installed any updates for the drivers.
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I have an Epson 1400 working perfectly using Vista Ultimate on both X32
& X64.
Which 'photo program" are you printing out of and what type of file,
jpg, tiff, bmp, etc is it and what size is it?
Frank
 
In the printer driver dialog box make sure you have the correct size paper
checked off? If you are having the same problem with two different printers
you are likely doing something simple wrong repetitively.
Epson's Vista drivers for older printers are not all as fully functional as
their XP counterparts but things like you describe sound like user error.
 
The first and likely cause I would consider is the status of the spooler
area on your hard drive. I do not j=know enough about Vista to know
where the print spooler file is located, however.

The spooler area of a hard drive is an area used to rasterize the image
into a bitmap image just prior to printing. The size of that area needs
to be large enough to hold the full rasterized image. If the size is
too small, or, in some cases, if that space is not contiguous (all
connected together without gaps within that drive area) what you report
can occur.

Also, if you use the same logical device (hard drive) for your photoshop
scratch disk(s), or for the computer OSs virtual memory area is stored,
it could cause conflicts.

The fix is to make sure adequate room on the hard drive that spooler is
on. If the space seems adequate, but no luck, try defragmenting that drive.

Art
 
I'm still thinking a problem with the spooler memory area. Make sure no
partial print order got corrupted and is clogging up the printer cue.


Check all USB/printer connections.


Art
 
I am trying to print pictures from photo program and it will only
approximately an inch to 2 inches and then it stops. It feeds the
paper through like it was done and then will continue to feed paper
through without printing the rest of it. I was using the R380 first
and when it first started doing it, I thought that perhaps the printer
was going bad. I had recently bought the 1400 and I installed it last
night. It prints with the same problems as the R380 so I know it has
to be a setting with the WIndows Vista that I have on this new
computer. I have tried to contact support but unfortunately they are
not there on weekends. So I am curious to know if anyone else out
there has had this same problem and what is the fix for it. I have
already downloaded and installed any updates for the drivers.
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Do you have an HP printer connected to the same PC? I've had similar
problems (not with Vista admittedly) which seemed to be down to a conflict
between the Epson and HP printers.

John
 
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