zeb_lisik Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray House Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 <p>Do a nozzel check which will most likely indicate a cleaning. Just a guess, but Clogged Nozzels is usually the culprit.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_prouty Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb_lisik Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb_lisik Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb_lisik Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 <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> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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