Epson printer help

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I have an epson 760, which I am very happy with. Lately it has started
printing black lines about 2mm apart over all of pictures. This is not on
every thing just randomly.

Has anyone else had this problem and also does anyone know how to take out
the cleaning mechanism on the far right of the printer?? I have cleaned a
few epson 660's and this little machanism just pops out and then you can
clean it under the tap and leave to dry but the 760 oneis a little bit more
complicated..

Before you all say dump it and get a new one I have an r200 too but I have
an abundance of carts for the 760.

thanks for any help

Nath
 
Don't worry about all the ink cartridges you have. According to the person
who post in this group as "GP", they're worth more than Gold! Maybe you
could sell them to him, and retire! LOL!!!

Bill Crocker
 
Nath,

My first inclination is to tell you it is likely your print head is in
its death throws, which it may well be. However, there are a few
different possible causes for what you describe and some are repairable
with cleaning.

I will try to describe the most common way the "dead or dying head"
presents itself.

1) The lines are one nozzle wide and do not tend to vary in that width,
although the lines tends to begin intermittently meaning they may be
dotted or solid.

2) Lowering or raising the heads using the usually blue paper thickness
lever makes no difference in the lines

3) The lines tend to be evenly spaced when they do occur, and will print
in the margins as well as the normally printed area.

4) They tend to not occur when the printer is put into 720 dpi or lower
resolution mode.

If the problem disappears in 720 dpi mode, you may just wish to use that
printer for that usage.

If instead, the lines are of varying thickness, then to be unevenly
spaced and not necessarily straight, are smeary or look like the line
from a finger nail lightly scratched across a carbon paper, then it may
be dried ink or paper or hairs stuck to the underside of the head.

If you want to know for sure, send me a scanned image of an area showing
this defect. Scan an area bout 2" square or equivalent, at 300 dpi and
saved as a high quality jpeg and send it as a file attachment to my
email address (shows in the header of this posting) along with a
description in the body of the email, so I know which printer and the
circumstances.
 
In the case of this printer (the 760 discussed below), I suspect head
cleaning won't fix it (see my other posting earlier about how to tell).


However, for others, I have a much better idea that will cost a lot
less, and is much less likely to put your printer in jeopardy ;-)

Email me at my address shown in the header of this and request an Epson
Cleaning Manual. It will explain how to fix most clogs and other Epson
issues, using household materials which do not require expensive
cleaners. The method also avoids injecting liquids into the ink
"feeders" which can lead to failure of the head, especially with a badly
clogged one..

No cost for the manual, no spam, no ads, no hassles.

Please mention the model printer involved, the type of ink you are
using, if non-Epson, if you are using a CIS (continuous inking system)
and what specific problems you are having (if you are).

Art
 
Arthur Entlich said:
Nath,

My first inclination is to tell you it is likely your print head is in its
death throws, which it may well be. However, there are a few different
possible causes for what you describe and some are repairable with
cleaning.

I will try to describe the most common way the "dead or dying head"
presents itself.

1) The lines are one nozzle wide and do not tend to vary in that width,
although the lines tends to begin intermittently meaning they may be
dotted or solid.

2) Lowering or raising the heads using the usually blue paper thickness
lever makes no difference in the lines

3) The lines tend to be evenly spaced when they do occur, and will print
in the margins as well as the normally printed area.

4) They tend to not occur when the printer is put into 720 dpi or lower
resolution mode.

If the problem disappears in 720 dpi mode, you may just wish to use that
printer for that usage.

If instead, the lines are of varying thickness, then to be unevenly spaced
and not necessarily straight, are smeary or look like the line from a
finger nail lightly scratched across a carbon paper, then it may be dried
ink or paper or hairs stuck to the underside of the head.

If you want to know for sure, send me a scanned image of an area showing
this defect. Scan an area bout 2" square or equivalent, at 300 dpi and
saved as a high quality jpeg and send it as a file attachment to my email
address (shows in the header of this posting) along with a description in
the body of the email, so I know which printer and the circumstances.
Click to expand...
Yes Art, I have had two Epson 600's die this way. One had cyan lines, the
other had magenta. I lucked into a replacement head for one and brought it
back to life.

Chris
 
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