Problems with no printing

Hi,

I am trying to work out why l get green faint lines in the printer.
I have changed cartridges but still get faint lines.

When l clean print head l have now run our of black

Any help is appreciated as l have lots to print but cannot.

Regards
JJ

Please print a nozzle check and post it here; are you using Epson cartridges or do you do refill ?
What is the usage rate for your printer - frequently - regularly or idling most of the time ?

I assume you are reporting the issue on your listed XP-8700 ?

Ink stained Fingers said:

Please print a nozzle check and post it here; are you using Epson cartridges or do you do refill ?
What is the usage rate for your printer - frequently - regularly or idling most of the time ?

I assume you are reporting the issue on your listed XP-8700 ?

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Thanks for your help.

Most time printer is idle.
I use refill type i.e. compatible.

Our of black now due to a head cleaning.
Yellow out of ink so replaced - due to faulty cartridge. Out of black now so cant use! Never ending!!

Not used for 4 months due to printing issues!

Hi @nitsuj1972

Your issue is not to hard to explain.

Note that on your test image about half of the magenta is not runnning on all cyclinders (ends up being light or partial magenta):



On a mostly black and white image, all the CMYK inks are being used to create that grayscale. When the magenta is weak in that process you get a green tint.

As a simple example, I took a B&W test image, made sure Photoshops was in CMYK mode, selected the magenta channel and then erased at 50% strength in the middle of the upper two and lower two images. As you see, a green tint.



Since you magenta is weak on the top and bottom of the test block, each couple paths of the print head there will be a weak magenta stripe across you image creating those green stripes.

You fix the problem with the weak magenta and that green stripe problem will go away. Don't get destracted and focus on fixing the ink path problem with those particular nozzles.

My opinion of course and hope this helps.

John Wheeler

Hi,

Thanks for your help.
I am confused as the Magneta catridge is full.
Is there a fault with the catridfge?

I'm sure the cause of problem is in the printhead. Some of the magenta nozzles seem to be clogged or defective. If the cartridge were the cause of the problem by causing ink starvation the green stripes would have been wedge shaped instead. See this post for an example of magenta ink starvation.

PeterBJ said:

I'm sure the cause of problem is in the printhead. Some of the magenta nozzles seem to be clogged or defective. If the cartridge were the cause of the problem by causing ink starvation the green stripes would have been wedge shaped instead. See this post for an example of magenta ink starvation.

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Thanks, so the fault is with the print head, interesting. How do l fix this?

nitsuj1972 said:

Not used for 4 months due to printing issues!

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An Epson printer needs to print - somewhat regularly or it'll clog.

There are plenty videos on Youtube showing how unclog/flush a printhead like this one


and more.

Thats great thanks

Hi @nitsuj1972
A frustrating problem, yet there are some basic and easy tests to help narrow it down. You have six ink cartridges, and the black is near empty. Black is used in creating some colors, and full black often utilizes color inks as well.

1) Make sure "all" cartridges have ink, including the black cartridge.

2) Run a nozzle check per this link from the front panel of your printer. I provided one link in my post above, and here is another showing step by step the path to that test:
You should end up with a picture similar to the one shown in the video, as illustrated below. This will check every nozzle of every cartridge. This would provide quick basic information on how the nozzles are working or not. Please print, scan (or photograph), and share in another post.

Unfortunately, the other test patterns you have shared are not as complete for debugging purposes.

Additionally, I'd like to note that some non-OEM print cartridges are more prone to clogging, particularly when the printer is not used frequently

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