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| Thread ID: 46361 | 2004-06-21 04:43:00 | Excess Ink lines / epson printer wont clean | beetle (243) | Press F1 |
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| 246509 | 2004-06-21 04:43:00 | hi ya have a Epson printer Cu41 x ? and now with last lot of ink we have so many printouts with lines across them, to the point non usualbe for invoicing . i have tried every setting / head cleaning etc, and to the point of using too much ink and no cleaner print on the paper . Horizontal lines at edge of paper - both sides seems to be hit worst, faint lines across the middle . . . . . what is wrong with it???? and how can i clean it? frustration city as it is the work printer doing it . . . all the time . beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 246510 | 2004-06-21 05:43:00 | Yo beetle Are they black lines across the page, (indicating excessive ink) or white lines (indicating insufficient ink)? All that head cleaning may have left a surplus of the black stuff lying around and that could be the problem. There are other possible causes, so not to confuse, answer this question first. Cheers Billy 8-{) Hah! I got in ahead of Mrs Bump this time! |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 246511 | 2004-06-21 05:57:00 | how would i get white lines on white paper? ?:| Black lines, sometimes smudging the words, or the last thing printed has blurry words...... i put a fullstop on a otherwise blank peice of paper, and it has a big black line across to it and back to edge of page as well...... ive checked on the epson site, and come up with nothing that fits the bill. its like the head movement across the page is causing the ink marks? beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 246512 | 2004-06-21 06:16:00 | You could try taking out the supply paper and tutning it over. Sometimes the curl of the paper holds it up against the print-head nozzles, this smears the ink across the center of the paper, and vertically at the edges. R2 |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 246513 | 2004-06-21 06:18:00 | Hi beetle, if tutning it doesn't work, try turning it over ;-) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 246514 | 2004-06-21 06:19:00 | Are you using a genuine Epson cartridge or a refill, or a third party manufactured cartridge? It sounds like excessive inking, if its a refill or non-original Epson this is not uncommon. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 246515 | 2004-06-21 06:22:00 | Its a New Genuine Epson...... ive never tried anything else except the products recomended for my printers..... blasted machine..... wasting heaps of paper this way. and customers look sideways at you after seeing the screeds of lines..... beetle |
beetle (243) | ||
| 246516 | 2004-06-21 06:31:00 | Head cleaning is counterproductive. You have too much ink, not too little. Head cleaning is for when you get missing bits of the printing (white lines on white paper, well said!) not when there is too much. Its like taking lots of castor oil as a treatment for diarrhea otherwise. Not a good idea. They are sods of things to get at to remove excess ink. Almost impossible in some models. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 246517 | 2004-06-21 06:46:00 | Do you have any of that old fashioned blotting paper? You could feed a sheet of that through and it might wipe up the excess a bit | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 246518 | 2004-06-21 07:08:00 | > how would i get white lines on white paper? ?:| It's real easy if you think about it beetle. If a printhead fails to deposit ink from one particular set of nozzles, then you will see horizontal white streaks through your text. It's true, honest, would Billy lie to you? Cheers Billy 8-{) :| |
Billy T (70) | ||
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