I am getting magenta and cyan horizontal lines on my print outs - strangely - just where areas of type or colour are on the page.
I have done nozzle check and head cleaning.
When printing in black only a few coloured lines still appear.
Any ideas?
Thanks a million,
Trant
I have the same problem, although it's just cyan line appearing. The only thing that gets rid of it is if I print a couple of pages... by the third it's gone! Not good for the ink consumption tho.
I have the same problem, although it's just cyan line appearing. The only thing that gets rid of it is if I print a couple of pages... by the third it's gone! Not good for the ink consumption tho.
same prob, no idea of fix I'm afraid. Some prints come out fine, others covered in lines. Pooh.same prob, no idea of fix I'm afraid. Some prints come out fine, others covered in lines. Pooh.
i have horizontal lines throughout my printouts whether they are text or photos. unlike HP's epson catridges don't have the head as part of the catridge so short from taking the whole printer apart to get at the heads, i am stumped as to how to rectify the problem. running head cleaning and recharge doesn't help.i have horizontal lines throughout my printouts whether they are text or photos. unlike HP's epson catridges don't have the head as part of the catridge so short from taking the whole printer apart to get at the heads, i am stumped as to how to rectify the problem. running head cleaning and recharge doesn't help.
I have this same annoying problem with Epson 1290 - fine cyan and magenta horizonal lines appearing wherever there is other print. Has anyone sorted this one out in the meantime. Eimear
I have this same annoying problem with Epson 1290 - fine cyan and magenta horizonal lines appearing wherever there is other print. Has anyone sorted this one out in the meantime. Eimear
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Check out this link for Stylus drivers for your printer. What I have found is that you can always go down with printer model for updating drivers but not up. Just copy and paste into your browser.
If the cyan, magenta and yellow blocks print correctly on the self test page but on pages from the computer then I woukld suspect a driver issue.
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I would suspect the cartridge has run out of magenta ink. Try printing a diagnostic page.If the colors are "wrong" on this test then your cartridge is most likely the issue.
Hi, If you go to your printer properties, there should be a setting whereby you have to select the option to "PRINT USING BLACK CARTRIDGE ONLY". Make sure this option is selected, otherwise your printer will use ALL colors even if you only print black. Let me know if you need any further assistance. Best wishes, Graemevm
I like this one!
No don't have a solution but....interesting
Try it's test not by computer, just printer, may need head alignment, should be a command for this on printer
Hi there. The reason for your problem is that the colour cartridge contains cyan, magenta and yellow ink, plus a black cartridge of course. All the other myriad colours are produced by mixing these four basic colours. So, if you print red, it requires ink from both the magenta and yellow cartridges. Thus if your red produces a yellow print, it means your magenta is not printing. This can be due to a number of reasons, mainly an empty or faulty magenta cartridge or blocked magenta print nozzles.
If you wish me to help you with sorting out the lack of magenta, please post a new comment to this effect.
sounds lke your yellow nozzle not working properly...had same issue on lexmark printer, ended up geting this epson...learnt from my mistakes...perhaps it ran dry? or you left the yellow cartridge out longer than the rest....only you might know what happened
Hi kids!
I decided to have another go at sorting out my 'lines' problem and have sorted it.
See if this might work for you:
I had previously done the head cleaning via the printer itself - holding the central ink/paper black button for 3 secs.
This time I went to the Epson 1290 window on my Mac and clicked on the utility box. Though the Nozzle check print came out fine I went ahead and did the head cleaning in this box.
The next print came out almost perfect so I ran the Head cleaning again and it printed a perfect print.
Hope this might work for you. Keep on trying! All the best. Trant
I have the same problem, although it's just cyan line appearing. The only thing that gets rid of it is if I print a couple of pages... by the third it's gone! Not good for the ink consumption tho.
same prob, no idea of fix I'm afraid. Some prints come out fine, others covered in lines. Pooh.
i have horizontal lines throughout my printouts whether they are text or photos. unlike HP's epson catridges don't have the head as part of the catridge so short from taking the whole printer apart to get at the heads, i am stumped as to how to rectify the problem. running head cleaning and recharge doesn't help.
I have this same annoying problem with Epson 1290 - fine cyan and magenta horizonal lines appearing wherever there is other print. Has anyone sorted this one out in the meantime. Eimear
Similar problem/Solution as with mine.
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