Ronni - Many thanks for this. At least you are not stuck in traffic coming home from a mini-break somewhere!
I have tried to follow your instructions - however when I click on "Options & Supplies" > Utility I can only choose from "General" : "Driver" " or "Supply Level". The option to click on either "Clean Print Heads" or "Open Printer Utility" then "Head Cleaning" is not there. I can remember that in the past when I try to check my various Ink Supply cartridges I have to go through several steps, which are not as I previously did when the printer was connected to my HP laptop, and it takes me a while to remember and work out how to establish my ink levels for each cartridge. So the main message in General is - Queue Name: Epson Stylus-R310. In Driver Version: 5.2.3 URL: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%2ODR3107 serial=MGP10403170313500. When I click on the Driver, this reads Print Using : Epson Stylus Photo R310-Gutenprint v523 To take full advantage....check printers documentation. When I click on the tab Supply Levels the message is just "Information Not Available". I am not sure if there is another way to approach this. Any suggestions very gratefully received! Peta On 05/04/2010, at 4:56 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 05/04/2010, at 4:33 PM, peta belczowski wrote: > >> >> Hullo all >> >> I have had my Epson Stylus Photo R310 Printer for several years (probably a >> few several years!) This printer was used mainly just for printing photos >> from my other PC (Microsoft stuff). When I bought my first Apple Mac we >> plugged the Epson into the Apple and this is the only printer I use with the >> Mac. >> >> This has worked fine for about 2 years, but now there is a deterioration in >> the quality of my photos; i.e. I ca now see horizontal lines across each >> photo (faint, light). Also, I don't think the colour is as sharp as it >> should be. I don't use the printer all that often, because we can take bulk >> photos to Officeworks etc, so usually I just use the Epson when I have a >> small number of photos which I want immediately. Plus general printing >> (which seems to be okay - I think, no need to print very often). >> >> I cannot find anything in WAMUG archives dealing with this problem >> specifically, and nor can I obtain any help from going online to Epson. >> >> Does anyone have any advice on how I can tell the Mac to "clean the >> printhead" or similar? I do hope it is not anything manual that I have to >> do. Keep the messy fingers for the computers nowadays please! >> >> Many thanks in advance >> >> Peta >> >> Mac OS X V.10.6.3 > > > Hi Peta, > > Sounds like you need to do "Head Cleaning". > > In System Preferences > Print & Fax, click on your EPSON R310, then click on > "Options & Supplies" > Utility. > Then click on either "Clean Print Heads" or "Open Printer Utility" then "Head > Cleaning". > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
