Bill Rising wrote: >Hey folks, > >My trusty Epson 740 printer has some trouble: > >Instead of printing nice, precise images, it shoots all nozzles all the >time whenever there is a little bit to print, causing there to be 1cm >high bands of ink-soaked wet paper wherever there are isolated lines of >information, and simply solid black paper when the printed lines would be >less than 1cm apart. > >I thought this might be a software problem, since I've been moving hard >drives from machine to machine and playing with installations, BUT I >found that the problem happens even if I detach the printer from all >computers, shut it off, let it cool down, turn it on, and print a test >page. > >I contacted Epson tech support via email, and their first inclination was >to completely ignore the symptoms and give me the instructions for >printing a test page, followed by 9(!) cycles of cleaning the jets. After >I responded to this, their next advice was to take the 740 in for repair >without any mention of what the problem might be. > >Has anyone seen this symptom before? Anyone have any hints about what to >do about it? > >Thanks, > >Bill >p.s. here is some info (which I think would be irrelevant, but may not >be): >system: quicksilver g4 400 running X.2.3 (but the problem started back >under X.2.2). > > Have you tried replacing the cartridges?
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