Printer problems

[diamondtiling]

Any computer whizz know whats up with my printer?
It is an epson stylus s20, only 3 months old with epson cartridges.
All colours come out wrong, green is yellow, red is pinkish, etc.
I have tried taking the cartridges out and reloading them, I have also ran the print set up and cleaned the heads.

A little help please.

:dizzy2:

 

[Gazzer]

Sounds like one colour is low or out

 

[diamondtiling]

All 4 ink cartridges are full Neale.

 

[Deleted member 9966]

have you been able to do a printer colour and clarity set up thingy Dom?

most printers like you to do that when you add new cartridges.

or, maybe most importantly, do you suffer from colour blindness and could it be affecting your ability to see the colours properly?

 

[diamondtiling]

No colour blindness as yet :lol:

how do you do a colour clarity set up thingy :dizzy2:

 

[Deleted member 9966]

No colour blindness as yet :lol:

how do you do a colour clarity set up thingy :dizzy2:

I dunno, I've never had an epson printer :lol:

 

[diamondtiling]

I dunno, I've never had an epson printer :lol:

Thanks.

 

[Gazzer]

Hmm i would uninstall all printer software, reboot and re install. Sounds as if its a software error.

 

[Colour Republic]

when was the last time you used it? if it was longer than 1-2 weeks ago (for colour) take the cartridges out and clean the heads, the ink drys on them and blocks them up. There will also be a bit of software that came with the printer in it will be a 'clean/purge cartridge' programme, you can use this instead of doing it by hand, the downside is, it uses a hell of a lot of ink. So if it was me i'd take the catrs out and have a look, if you can see 3 strips of magneta, yellow and blue then it's blocked as the carts should be clean on the out side

 

[diamondtiling]

Cheers Neale, will try that now.

 

[Gazzer]

when was the last time you used it? if it was longer than 1-2 weeks ago (for colour) take the cartridges out and clean the heads, the ink drys on them and blocks them up. There will also be a bit of software that came with the printer in it will be a 'clean/purge cartridge' programme, you can use this instead of doing it by hand, the downside is, it uses a hell of a lot of ink. So if it was me i'd take the catrs out and have a look, if you can see 3 strips of magneta, yellow and blue then it's blocked as the carts should be clean on the out side

I thought it may have been a blockage but Dom said he had cleaned the heads. May need a few cleans though to clear it.

 

[Colour Republic]

I thought it may have been a blockage but Dom said he had cleaned the heads. May need a few cleans though to clear it.

whoops I should read more:mad2:
Ink jet printers always suffer from it to some degree but I got an HP printer a few months back and the heads would dry up after a few days so it was really bad, I rung HP and it seems they knew there was a bad batch so set me out some new cartridges worth over £50!

It's crazy the way they price printers nowadays where they sell 'em cheap but make the money on the new cartridges, it sometimes works out cheaper to buy a new printer when the ink runs out, so much for being eco friendly (although this doesn't apply to all printers as they some manufacturers ship them with half filled carts)

 

[Gazzer]

Yep just bought an all in one printer,scanner and copier and wireless too....only came with calibration ink but i have printed loads of photos off so far. £62 for 4 XL cartridges next time though.

 

[diamondtiling]

I have a brand new Lexmark all in one super duper but I am not paying nearly £55 for ink so I bought the Epson just for printing.

Just took the cartridges out as you mentioned, ink can clearly be seen on the heads so when you say clean them do you mean let the printer clean itself by running something or do I remove the dried ink myself?

Sorry if that sounds a silly question, computers are not my thing.

:20:

 

[Gazzer]

Let the printer do the cleaning, i had an Epson once that always clogged up the heads on the black mostly. They said it was due to me using non Epson ink but it made no difference. Sometimes i had to run the cleaning program 4 times to get it cleared.