The prints are coming out very orange. Any ideas as to what is wrong?
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Sounds like one of the Colored Ink cartridges ink nozzles is clogged. Try running the Ink Head Cleaner that your printer has under the printer properties. If after cleaning a couple times, it still is not working properly, you might want to try a Ink Solvent to clean the heads. If all else fails you might want to replace the ink cartridge completely and I believe that the clogged / bad ink cartridge would be the Cyan color.
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I have printed in only black and white. Just now, I removed the 3 color cartridges, and it would not print. May be missing something, but I think all the cartridge slots must be filled.
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I would suggest "cleaning the printeads" after refilling your cartridges and before printing. I'm able to do this directly from my printer, under "tools"
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I had the same problem, I took them out and then put them back in again. Once I did that a couple of times then a question mark appears on the front screen, but the printer will print it won't acknowledge the cartridge cause it is a refurbished one, but the printer will print. Try that and see if that works for you. Hope so :)
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Try adjusting the settings in your printer preferences to print in black only or change to darker tone using your printer panel buttons, that's what I did when the same situation happened to me. hope this help.
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Sorry, I cannot answer to your problem, but want to add that I cannot get yellow on my printed papers, and from the day it came it has been this way. Our HP printer has been wonderful all these years until the ink cartridges were no longer. Does anyone have any suggestion?
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I have been using this machine for nearly two years and I notice the same problem since then. What I did to reduce toner running out soon is to adjust the contrast level to minimal and change toner saver to ecology. I hope you can get more copies than before to do this.
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I was interested in finding out if this would be a problem, so I removed the color cartridges from my printer and was able to still print in mono. Hopefully this answers your question.
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I have never had that problem. What printer setting are you using? I believe just the normal print setting is suggested; that's what I use.
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Please make sure your printer is set on black and white and color mode. In the on line instructions there is also a nozzle cleaning program you can try. If you get is to print, print a full color photo of some kind and set your printer on photo quality and print at least 5 pictures. This should clear up your issue. Thank you Freddie
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I've had this issue with numerous colors. Many times I go to "Paint" and create a solid black image. Close paint and title it "Black". Then go to a program like "Wordpad". Open wordpad and drop and drag the "Black picture onto it. Stretch the image out as much as you can.Now just keep printing this over and over until the color comes back. You may get the "Black cartage is empty" message, so hit the rest. If this fails, unplug the printer and let it sit for a while. This removes any of Epson's built in "Fake errors". These fake errors are designed to get you to buy more cartridges, even though you have plenty of ink. I've had this issue with numerous colors. Many times I go to "Paint" and create a solid black image. Close paint and title it "Black". Then go to a program like "Wordpad". Open wordpad and drop and drag the "Black picture onto it. Stretch the image out as much as you can.Now just keep printing this over and over until the color comes back. You may get the "Black cartage is empty" message, so hit the rest. If this fails, unplug the printer and let it sit for a while. This removes any of Epson's built in "Fake errors". These fake... » Read More I've had this issue with numerous colors. Many times I go to "Paint" and create a solid black image. Close paint and title it "Black". Then go to a program like "Wordpad". Open wordpad and drop and drag the "Black picture onto it. Stretch the image out as much as you can.Now just keep printing this over and over until the color comes back. You may get the "Black cartage is empty" message, so hit the rest. If this fails, unplug the printer and let it sit for a while. This removes any of Epson's built in "Fake errors". These fake errors are designed to get you to buy more cartridges, even though you have plenty of ink. « Show Less
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I had this problem too. Adjust the head height (or platen gap). This will fix it most of the time.If the humidity is too high, you get ink drops and lines. You also need to run the print head cleaner often for epson printers.
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The printer heads may need to be cleaned. Go to printer >>>touch the picture of the wrench >>>>tools >>>clean cartridges.
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Not really enough information to respond. Are all of the colors printing correctly? Are the various colors lining up correctly?
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try running a print head clean with a new cartridge, otherwise you may need a new print head
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Are you sure you're really printing grey? Check the RGB values on the color you're trying to print. If all three values are not the same, or very close to the same, then it's not really grey. You may have a screen calibration problem in that case. Or it could just be a poor batch of ink. The ink I have seems to be on par with the original Epson ink I've used except for the black which, to my eyes, is much closer to black than Epson's which always looked more like a charcoal grey to me. It's possible that this black does have a color tint to it, though. It's so dark, though, that I can't see it if it's there. The Epson ink, while not quite "black", at least appears to be pretty color neutral.
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I am sorry you are having this problem. They are very handy little machines; the one I had before this one lasted almost 15 years. It sounds to me as though your machine is broken. As long as you are pressing the button marked Print, you seem to be doing everything correctly. You need to return the machine. Sorry I could not be more helpful.