EPSON Photo 1400 Ink drops on portraits: Got as a gift in Christmas 2007 ...Stopped using because of ink drops on pictures...Quit using went back to my HP 6180 What's wrong...?
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Same Problem. Epson help center could not "help." I am returning the printer. So disappointed.
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Thank you for asking. First I am a season on location portrait studio photographer. My production run 2 weekends in 3 months period. To answer your question, I print all my studio portraits with Premier Imaging Premium Photo Luster Paper. I have done a test on Epson Luster paper vs Imaging premium luster on my studio portrait and didn't notice a different. I also used epson ICC profile because Premier Imaging did not provide. In my opinion, any major brand of paper will work as long as you use correct icc profile. Warning on Refill non-epson ink. A friend of mine learn the hard way by switching to after market inks. Color won't change right away but it slowly shift as time goes on. The print head clogging and not recognize ink levels. BTW, My 3880 have not clog once yet after 3 years. I have gone thru 2 or 3 week without a print in my home studio and still work fine. Sorry I may have given you more than what you want to know. Hope my input help
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It's been awhile since I installed the cartridges from that purchase. The printer may have asked me to confirm that they were 'epson' cartridges (which I probably would have said yes) or there may have been a warning about nonepson-ness where I had to say yes I want to install them. Seems like the clips or tape preventing ink leakage needed a 2nd look. Rebooting he printer before and/or after installing the cartridges may also help. Otherwise it sounds like a faulty chip(s) in the ink cartridges.
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Hello, I do have 3 printers working good with this non oem cartridges. Do not see a problem, why the printer should get damaged. Unless U use the printer frequently, so that the ink does not dry in the ink head. This also will happen with the original ones. The manufacturers make their monnies through the ink cartridges, not the high end printers sold at cost. Have fun Brgds
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I'm thinking of buying this printer. I LOVE using Picasa3. If I buy this particular printer and I will be using Picasa3 and IF I find the same problems you are talking about, I'll get back to you. Thanks for the information you've passed along. I've LOVED my HP Photosmart 7550 but it just quit accepting ANY ink cartridges! Can't find it's problem. Printed beauuuuuutifully.
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Lia I too am looking for a new printer. I have searching the web for reviews and have found only a few which is not much of a help. It apprears the MP 620 looks, please let me know what you think. Thanks:)
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Ah, that explains why I suddenly cannot print black & white photos, even though the display indicates that I have plenty of Black ink left. The image I get is a reddish-gray. I bought the MP620 last month. I am still able to copy ordinary black text, though, probably because the printer comes with an extra Black ink cartridge (which is larger). So the 620 holds a total of 5 cartridges. I'm aggravated that the 5 cartridges do not come in a 5-pack... you have to buy a 4-pack & a separate pack for the extra Black one. [Just in case you're wondering, re my reddish photos, the ink display shows that I have plenty of ink in BOTH black cartridges.]
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I believe the photo black must be replaced for the printer to work; in my experience if any of the colors are empty the printer shuts down. Be sure and match the symbols so you're uing the correct ink cartridge.
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Ha. Have just been doing some reading at (www).slate.com/id/2198316/ as well as (www).inkjetfraud.com/feedback/index.html If these sites are accurate, then I was correct in noticing that it was using colored ink, in spite of my software settings to grayscale. I also learned why I might not want to necessarily run the ink jet printer with no colored ink--one site says the print heads might overheat???) However, I'd be willing to be there's a way around this constant out-of-colored-ink b.s. Will keep searching to find a solution like the toner-cartridge solution that guy came up with. Ha. Have just been doing some reading at (www).slate.com/id/2198316/ as well as (www).inkjetfraud.com/feedback/index.html If these sites are accurate, then I was correct in noticing that it was using colored ink, in spite of my software settings to grayscale. I also learned why I might not want to necessarily run the ink jet printer with no colored ink--one site says the print heads might overheat???) However, I'd be willing to be there's a way around this constant out-of-colored-ink b.s. Will keep searching to find a solution like the toner-cartridge solution that guy came up... » Read More Ha. Have just been doing some reading at (www).slate.com/id/2198316/ as well as (www).inkjetfraud.com/feedback/index.html If these sites are accurate, then I was correct in noticing that it was using colored ink, in spite of my software settings to grayscale. I also learned why I might not want to necessarily run the ink jet printer with no colored ink--one site says the print heads might overheat???) However, I'd be willing to be there's a way around this constant out-of-colored-ink b.s. Will keep searching to find a solution like the toner-cartridge solution that guy came up with. « Show Less
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I am having the same problem, and I didn't realize there were other people with the yellow ink issue. I'm sorry to say that I can't help in any way except to commiserate with you. I'm so disappointed because I bought this printer specifically for my classroom, and I loved it up until the bleeding yellow took over. At first I thought it was a bad cartridge even though it was brand new, so I ordered another one. It didn't help. I don't know what to do other than buy another printer. I will write the company and post any response.
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Well being in the same boat as you. I have found out a couple of things about each of the printers. I own an older Epson, so most of the problems I have had have been Ink (drying/clogging) issues. So from the reviews that is still a problem with newer Epson, however If you print more than one picture a month it is probably not a problem. The Canon (again reading the reviews) seems to be very good, but has some quality issues (may break within a couple of weeks). That being said, I would still go with the Canon, only I would buy it from Best Buy with their electronics agreement (repair or replace with new). The Canon and Epson warranties will also repair or replace with a refurbished unit. My 2 pennies. Of course the Best Buy thing would work for the Epson as well.
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Yep, about the time my printer got to it's third set of ink cartridges it started acting up, it wouldn't print anything red and it went through ink at the speed of light. Rather then spend time, money and my very thin patients on what turned out to be a bad choice in printers, I donated it to my local charity and bought an Epson Workforce 2540 and have been very happy with it's performance so far.....
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I think it would depend if you are talking about a regular typed page or something requiring an excessive amount of ink. Also, are you sure your cartridge is not expired and actually drying up? Several variables? Is it exceptionally hot where your printer is located?? You might google HP 61 and see if it tells you how many "normal" pages of typing you should get? Hope this may help??
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Yep, I still have 100 freshly sealed-packed 'HP Premium Plus' and some opened quantity of 50 (for a total of about 150 or so), fed it to the Artisan 810 and the results were atrocious! The ink does not dry and the pics looked like a bunch of old photographs from 1981 -- sort of yellowish, brownish sepia effect with black dots all over. Then I decided to print on some of the samples that came along with the Epson and the prints were the best I've seen so far, also, the inks dried up instantly. As a matter of fact they looked better than the ones produced by your local Walgreen's or Rite-Aid.
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My advice is to cut your losses and replace the printer. I could not resolve the issues with this printer as much as I tried including online help from Kodak which by the way recommended that I go and buy more ink. After spending $30 on ink which is about 40% the price of the printer, it is now collecting dust in my garage. I already replaced it with an HP after 4 months of use. Kodak products are substandard including a digital camera I bought. Do not buy their products in the future.
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I did encounter that error code just last week (after the printer was only 14 months old - fresh out of the warranty) and I did a lot of research. It's usually a bad print head. But what caused the head to go bad in the first place is the question. It could be an over-voltage issue from a bad circuit board (that would also need to be replaced) or it could be that you ran the printer with a dried up ink reservoir, which over-heated the print head, or it could be that it's really dirty and would have to be cleaned (although I didn't encounter anyone who eliminated that error code by cleaning it). So you have a few options: you can drop $70-80 on a new print head that may not fix the root problem and get damaged again, or you can take it to a repair shop and pay out the nose, but know it's repaired correctly, or you can just hedge your bets and buy a new printer (NOT a Canon). I opted for the latter and just got a new Epson. I'll never get another Canon printer.
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I had a similar problem and I'm sorry, but I can't give a technical answer to help you. I discarded my Epson due to the expensive, tiny ink cartridges that continually failed to work properly. My new HP works very well with its larger ink cartridges.