Malfunctioning Epson 2200

[zeb_lisik]

<p>Does anyone have any idea whats wrong with this printer?<br>

The print out has colored bands</p>

<p><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Esamward/3-lines.jpg">http://home.earthlink.net/~samward/3-lines.jpg</a></p>

 

[Ray House]

<p>Do a nozzel check which will most likely indicate a cleaning. Just a guess, but Clogged Nozzels is usually the culprit.</p>

[david_prouty]

<p>Yep! Nozzle check. A friend of mine keeps a ream of paper (plain paper) just for nozzle checks before printing a job. Cheap insurance. You can even trim the nozzle check off to conserve paper. You don't need a full sheet to print a nozzle check.</p>

[zeb_lisik]

<p>I bought an Epson 2200 that was having problems, that being an example of the output. The guy didn't want to deal with it and just bought a new one. I think he did it because the printer was out of warranty.<br>

I got it home and printed a generic test page and there was horizontal white space between the text and then it ran out of ink... so I have to wait until my new ink arrives for further diagnostics.<br>

I've also found evidence that turning off fast printing can correct such a problem.<br>

I hope everything works out, I'll be out a lot of money if I can't fix it.<br>

I'll report back if things work out or not.</p>

[zeb_lisik]

<p>I'm still experiencing the same printing problems; vertical color banding.<br>

During nozzle checks I always get a vertical empty line down the cyan column but everything else is now good.</p>

<p>So far I've:<br>

-run plenty of head cleanings<br>

-run alignment<br>

-I bought some head cleaning fluid, soaked the sponge and let the head sit over night<br>

-used cleaning fluid and cleaned the spikes under the ink carts<br>

-replaced all ink carts with epson carts<br>

-printed on epson paper, gloss and mat</p>

<p>Any suggestions?</p>

 

[zeb_lisik]

<p>I got a solution to my problem on a printer forum<br>

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=25532#p25532</p>

<p>basically the timing strip got dirty (with ink) and was causing the vertical lines of color and the vertical inless line in the nozzle check.</p>

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