Printer problems.

Gravdigr · 11-06-2015, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

I think printer meets 14lb hammer might be the way forward.

It would be cathartic, anyway.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-06-2015, 02:23 PM

I don't have an Epson, so real experience. I was having trouble with my Canon printer adding color to black & white documents, also refusing to print black and white documents when it thought a color cartridge was out of ink. By going into the settings and checking the 'print black and white only' box, it let me proceed without further bullshit.

glatt · 11-06-2015, 02:38 PM

I have an Epson and I love it that they let you use 3rd party ink. It gets a lot of use and the heads never get a chance to really dry out. One thing I liked about my old HP was that the heads are integrated into the ink cartridges so every time you buy a new cartridge, you get a new head. But they charged an arm and a leg for them and it stopped working for some other reason I can't remember right now. So anyway, I'm not sure what use my blathering has had, but Epson is good stuff. And if you get a new printer, it will be wifi enabled and you can print stuff from your phone.

Carruthers · 11-06-2015, 02:48 PM

Thanks Bruce.

I'll give that a go in the morning and see what happens.

(Posting from iPad at the moment, so not connected to printer network.)

Carruthers · 11-06-2015, 02:54 PM

@Glatt....

If it should come to a new printer, I'll probably go down the Epson road again.

I suspect that the light use it has had is probably at the root of things, so I'll just have to print a test pattern every couple of days.

I do learn. Eventually.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-06-2015, 02:57 PM

And don't leave it on when not in use.

11-06-2015, 02:23 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't have an Epson, so real experience. I was having trouble with my Canon printer adding color to black & white documents, also refusing to print black and white documents when it thought a color cartridge was out of ink. By going into the settings and checking the 'print black and white only' box, it let me proceed without further bullshit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-06-2015, 02:48 PM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Thanks Bruce. I'll give that a go in the morning and see what happens. (Posting from iPad at the moment, so not connected to printer network.) __________________

11-06-2015, 02:54 PM	#5
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	@Glatt.... If it should come to a new printer, I'll probably go down the Epson road again. I suspect that the light use it has had is probably at the root of things, so I'll just have to print a test pattern every couple of days. I do learn. Eventually. __________________

11-06-2015, 02:57 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And don't leave it on when not in use. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-06-2015, 02:38 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I have an Epson and I love it that they let you use 3rd party ink. It gets a lot of use and the heads never get a chance to really dry out. One thing I liked about my old HP was that the heads are integrated into the ink cartridges so every time you buy a new cartridge, you get a new head. But they charged an arm and a leg for them and it stopped working for some other reason I can't remember right now. So anyway, I'm not sure what use my blathering has had, but Epson is good stuff. And if you get a new printer, it will be wifi enabled and you can print stuff from your phone.

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