Misaligned lines in epson 2100

I just found out how to fix this - on my Kyocera Mita FS-C5400DN the Cyan and Magenta colors were greatly misaligned. Cyan was 3 mm to the left and magenta was about 9 mm to the left (misaligned).

In the "Advanced Operation Guide" I found out that I have to go to Menu-> Adjust/Maintenance -> Registration Normal. Use "Print Registration Chart" and see which colors are misaligned.

The center lines on both black and color bars should perfectly match. If they do not, go in the same menu and select "Adjust Magenta" or Adjust Cyan/Yellow depending on which color is misaligned.

Look at the printed chart and select the best matching line. If it is greatly misaligned then select the farmost value. E.g. if the magenta bar is greatly to the left - select "I", if to the right - select "9".

Please note that the alignment values are added/subtracted and stored each time you change them and press OK. The values increment or decrement the alignment each time.

Also take into account that for farmost values the left and right portions both will vary slightly even if you adjusted just one of them.

I hope this helps anyone looking for the answer!

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Epsons are notorious for this sort of problem, especially in used infrequently as ink residue dries on the print head; try using a cleaning cartridge, or swab around relevant print head with cotton bud and ethanol/isopropyl alcohol. Here are examples of cleaning carts, there are others http://www.internet-ink.co.uk/epson-cleaning-cartridges/ http://www.icompinkcartridges.co.uk/epson-r200-r300-r220-r320-r340-cleaning-kit.html

1. open a document. 2. control-P - shortcut for print. then click properties, click maintenance, then click head cleaning. after this print check pattern. continue doing this until your light magenta and yellow ink gets clearer. if it didn't work replace your light magenta and yellow cartridge.

Are your alignment tests show good results? If they are, try head cleaning 3 consecutive times without printing nozzle checks. After 3 head cleanings do the nozzle check. If problem persists try printing at BEST PHOTO or whatever is the slowest print setting for your printer. Good luck!

Are you using genuine inks or compatibles/refills? Have you cleaned / aligned the print heads recently? Does it only happen on the second print? Could be a case of excess ink getting onto the rollers which then get hot and deposit the ink on the next paper coming through.
Also make sure you've selected the correct paper type before printing.

It means some nozzle not perfect. If you check nozzle, there is missing lines for some nozzle. Example : Print blue color ( 100% cyan + 100% magenta). If some point of cyan head is clog, the output will be shown that at some lines just show magenta. It repeated. Yous said every 8 mm, so, you must print it at best photo quality. If you have print at best photo quality, and lines still appear, it must some nozlle badly clog. Try do head cleaning, wait for 30 minutes. Check Nozzle.

Helps to turn the printer off when not in use as the heat tends to dry out the ink. Sometimes the heads just quit and have to be replaced. If you are sure it's just blocked remove it and flush with soft water, then buy some windex window cleaner, make a solution of 100 mls cleaner 200 mls soft water and soak overnight , flush with soft water and shake dry, hope it works.

im sure your familiar doing the head cleaning from the computer / driver at least 3x consecutively

and still the issue persists, hardware problem

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You need to start by cleaning the head from the underside. This rescue kit has a good cleaning guide as well as loads of other useful info and functions.