Epson Stylus CX6600 All-In-One InkJet Printer - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

How do you have this unit connected via parallel - there is no parallel port

The Edge, -Clean the electrical contacts on the printer where the cartridge connects with alcohol. After it dries clean the same contacts with a regular pink, non-abrasive pencil eraser making sure you remove all the debris when done. -Its also possible there is an air bubble preventing the flow of ink. You can try inserting a full cartridge of ink in the printer and letting it sit overnight then running a nozzle clean job or two. Another alternative if you have a syringe you may want to try gently forcing ink into it. If you?re really desperate you can try drilling a small hole into the cartridge to give gravity feeding a hand. BE WARNED the air hole will let ink flow pretty well and you run the chance of making a mess. Before you pull the cartridge out of the printer make sure you cover the hole with tape so the ink doesn?t make even more mess. -Check the cartridge alignment making sure the contacts are mating to the printer. -If it still doesn?t work I would try cleaning your nozzles. Even though I doubt you have clogged nozzles its worth a try because of the following: If you search the Internet you?ll find that this specific model is know for failing to print some or all colors after about 1 ½ to 2 years of use, even with Epson inks. Most of the posts I?ve seen blame it on clogged nozzles but I suspect a good number of them, like yours, have another explanation for their failure. Ink jet printers use resistors to create heat to create a bubble in the ink to eject it out of the nozzle (Bubble jet) or in the case of Epson, vibrating crystals push ink into and out of the nozzles (piezoelectric). We?ve already cleaned the electrical contacts and cleaned the nozzles so what remain are defective nozzles, short between the nozzle and the controller board or a defective controller board. Since the printer is only worth 1 or 2 hundred dollars repairs at a shop or buying these repair parts can easily exceed ½ its cost. Hope something here works for you, I just recently had to toss a great printer too. Let us know what happens and please don?t forget to rate the posting.

Refilling can be messy. Some printers will not register ink levels unless they are provided by that company. Using less expensive carts from most resellers will work when NEW. Some carts have a small electronic switch that tells the printer its ok to use, and some remain open and will not talk to the printer even if they are full. The Government filed a suite against printer mfg. to stop them from making their printers utilize proprietary ink carts. Thus you can use any available cartridges you wish. The only problem, the printer may not tell you the ink levels.

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...I figured it out for my printer today... just got new ink, had the same problem, saw these posts getting me nowhere, so I figured ok the ink cartridge is fine... so what else is between that and the paper. I decided to go out on a limb and get a paper towel and clean off the little plastic nubbin that's inside the printer (the part that sticks into the cartridge, sticking out from where you place the ink) and it printed completely perfectly after that.

I hate to state the obvious, but how long has it been since you've changed the ink cartridges on the printer. If you have done both the nozzle cleaning and print head alignment and nothing appeared on the paper, I don't know what else it could be. This following suggestion is very rare - if you recently replaced the cartridges and your printer hasn't printed since then, it is possible that you installed them incorrectly; OR perhaps you left the head protector tape on the cartridge. But then it wouldn't "see" the cartridge. In the "rare" situations, you should try to remove and replace the cartridges to assure that they are properly installed.

just via the menu bar on your screen from your printer, delete tasks or the menu bar direct on your printer , search here http://www.manualslib.com/manual/236993/Epson-Stylus-Cx6600.html?page=8#manual. greets richard

In addition to searching for the Model number of your printer, try adding the P/N (part number) which is usually found on the bottom of the printer. I have found that some models of printers can have different drivers especially when they have been manufactured a couple of years apart. When I searched for your printers driver, I came up with a file very similar to yours except that it was called epson12167.exe. Here is the link to that file. I hope it makes the difference: Epson Stylus Pro 7600 Print Engine with UltraChrome Ink

Hi Susan, Basic Scanning You can scan original documents and photos and save them as files on your computer using the Epson Scan software. You can also launch Epson Scan from any TWAIN-compliant application, such as Adobe Photoshop 1. Open the document cover and place your original face-down on the scanner glass, in the front right corner, as shown on page 9. 2. Close the cover gently so you don't move the original. 3. Do one of the following to start Epson Scan: Windows: Double-click the EPSON Scan icon on your desktop. Macintosh: Double-click EPSON Scan in the Applications folder. If you are scanning from an application, start your application. Then open the File menu, choose Import or Acquire, and select your Epson product Select Full Auto Mode as the Mode setting in the upper right corner. (If you are in Home, Office, or Professional Mode, you see a different Epson Scan window.) 5. If you want to restore faded color in a photo or make other corrections, click Customize. Then follow the instructions in the next section. 6. Click the Scan button. The image is scanned and you see its icon in Windows Explorer or Macintosh Finder.

Try to do a printhead cleaning and then do a nozzle check to see how the black printhead is printing - if all the nozzles are clear then it is probable that you have a bad cartridge.

By now you have probably figured out that it isn't going to work again. Unfortunately with all epsons and other printers where the printhead is not on the cartridge if you let them sit for an extended time the ink dys up in the printhead and if 3 or 4 cleanings does not make it work it is not likely to ever work again.. My advise is to buy a printer where there are only 2 cartridges (1 black and 1 tricolor) make sure these have the printhead on the cartridge and then if they dry up in the printhead and can't be cleaned by your local cartridge refiller then the worst that can happen is you have to replace the cartridges and not the whole printer. Alternative to that buy a laser printer where the toner cartridges never dry up.

this may help... Check that all the access doors and compartments are closed correctly. Check paper isn't jammed. Take out the all the ink cartilages and reset them in correctly Make sure the rollers are set in place correctly, (if there removable) Hope this helps a bit

I recently installed CUPS. At first everything looked good, the server started and i was able to add printers with the browser or KDE-Control center. I tried to add an Epson Stylus C86, which is connected at my USB Port. It really looked good too, cups automatically found the printer on the usb-port and suggested the right driver. I added it, configured it and tried to print a test page. The job was added correctly in the queue but nothing happened. it was just pending there. I took a look at the error log but there wasnt anything suspicious, so i set the logging level to debug and tried again. After reading through that (now very long) log again, i still wasnt able to find anything false or any error. Im a bit clueless now, no errors, smooth install and no signs of anything wrong. OR If You Still Need Assistance Then Follow US For On : Epson Printer Support

Hi Violet, There might be a number of reasons due to which your documents get stuck in a printer queue. Overloading and driver issues are the major reason behind this. If you are simultaneously printing hundred of documents then sometimes your printer jobs gets stuck in the printer queue. Then if your Printer drivers are corrupted then also while printing the documents sometimes it might get stuck in the print queue.If You Still Need Assistance Then Follow US For On : Epson Printer Support

try this rescue kit that includes everything you need to do the job, including how to clean the old pads instead of buying new ones.

http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/2379162-Documents-eBooks-Technical

had problem with printing pdf files,removed printer and reinstalled it but no good, told to download adobe 11 version had version 9 , and it worked , installed printer on other desktop and laptop, and it worked as had version 11 on them all ok now

here is link to drivers:

http://www.epson.com.sg/epson_singapore/printers_and_all_in_ones/inkjet/product.page?product_name=Epson_Stylus_CX2900&tab_index=3

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sounds like a bad ink carriage.

Usually just a dirty scan plate (the glass) just clean it with glass cleaner.

That message indicates that the porous waste ink pads inside your product are near the end of their service life. Epson recommends replacing the printer, but if you want to continue using it, I'd suggest having the printer serviced at an Epson Customer Care Center. You may also be able to have the ink pads replaced by an independent service provider and use the Ink Pad Reset Utility to reset the Ink Pad Counter to continue using the printer. However, replacement of ink pads is relatively expensive and may not be a good investment for lower cost printers because the printers' other components also may be near the end of usable life. Hope that helps!

There is no way- if the computer has NO available USB ports, buy s USB hub ( a multi outlet USB expander/extender cable). If the computer has no USB ports (outlets) AT ALL- it is ancient, but you might be able to install a USB expansion card into the computer and get external ports.