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I think I also read about the date change issue in a forum somewhere. I suspect in this case it may be a problem with the parallel port driver. Windows XP uses a driver that uses ECP mode (Extended Communication Port) for the parallel port. I think the Printer Adjustment Program for Win 98...

I'm thinking it's probably time to dump the printer in the skip. :he

I just tried to use the Epson Printer Adjustment Program to check that the head id in the EEPROM matches that on the print head. Unfortunately it looks like this program only runs under Windows 98. Under WIndows XP, it gives a "Communication Error" message. This happens even if you run the...

Yes I realise that.

I would have expected black to get far more usage than cyan. Something that did cross my mind is the EEPROM that holds the head info. My understanding is that the data includes the voltages required to drive the piezo elements. It may be unlikely, but if the data for the cyan channel were to...

Out of interest, here is a macro image of the cyan jets spraying deionised water from a syringe. It's not a perfect photo, but it clearly shows all 48 jets are open and not blocked with ink.

Thanks - I will contact them for a price and availability quote. In view of the age, unless a new head can be obtained cheaply, I will probably end up buying a new printer. If it were a problem with crystal fatigue, is it likely that 19 out of the 48 jets would all fail at about the same time...

From the printer test pattern, it's easy to tell which of the 48 jets are working and which are not. The failed jets are shown in red, the working ones are shown in cyan. If there were any true blockages, it would be quite easy to spot them when injecting fluid with the head removed.

I've owned my Epson Stylus Photo 1290 for about 14 years and it has worked pretty well for general use and colour photo printing. I've had the usual ink blockages over the years but have always managed to clear them. The waste ink pad became full a while back, so I reset the software and fitted...

You seem to be suggesting that wireless networks are insecure. What makes you think that? I used to design software for switches and routers, so I know a bit about how networks operate. My wireless network is configured such that new devices cannot connect unless their MAC addresses have been...

I've now figured out how to get this to work using the Epson 64bit XP driver... As I suspected, the root cause of the problem is that the Epson 64bit XP driver is not digitally signed. You can still install and use it, but you first have to disable driver signature checking in Windows 10. The...

That suggestion only makes sense for a local printer that is physically located close to the client PC. The maximum USB cable length is only a few meters. In my case the printer is not even in the same room as the client. I want to connect to it over a wireless network. The point is that...

I managed to add a new remote printer using the WIn 10 Epson Stylus Photo 1290 (M) driver by manually adding a TCP/IP port with the host IP address of the XP machine and port 9100. However, printing a test page does not work. I can't find any useful diagnostic information. Attempting to use...

I am wondering if the problem could be that Win 10 will not use the Epson 64bit XP driver because it is not digitally signed.

I'm reviving this old thread as I recently bought a new Windows 10 64bit desktop and am having problems connecting to my old Epson 1290 over a network... The Epson 1290 is still working fine and is connected to my old 32bit XP desktop. I am trying to configure a networked printer on the new Win...

My Epson 1290 is around 13 years old now. It's been pretty reliable, but over the last few weeks I've begun to experience more nozzle outs. If I initiate a head clean operation, the nozzle blockages appear to move around - i.e. the nozzles that were blocked become clear, but others that were ok...

I did try installing the 32bit drivers in compatability mode on the 64bit machine, but I got an error message telling me the installer could not be run.

Further to my last reply... Although you can't install a 32bit driver on a 64 bit machine, you can add one using the 'Additional Drivers' option under Printer Properties->Sharing. However, drivers you add in this way are not actually installed on the local machine. They are copied and installed...

Unfortunately the 32 bit XP driver will not install on a 64 bit machine. It would be interesting to try a 64bit XP machine (not Windows 7) with a shared printer on a 32bit XP machine. I bet that doesn't work either. Has anyone tried that combination? I assume it works when using two 32 bit XP...

Good idea websnail. Here's what happened... First I had to connect the printer via USB to the Windows 7 laptop as it has no parallel port. Windows 7 then automatically installed its own USB driver for the 1290 named 'Epson Photo Stylus 1290 (M)'. This driver doesn't support all the 1290...