R300 Printing Problem, Help Please

[hendrix]

right im not sure at all whats wrong with my printer, being trying for 2 days but no luck, anyway.....

whats happening is that its not printing any colours right

ie. anything blue prints out pink
does nto recognise black or yellow at all even though there new cartridges, shows up on the pc n printer lcd but just doesnt print em

when i print a nozzle check theres no black, cyan ot yellow on it at all just light cyan, magenta and light magenta which are all perfect tho

ive tried everything i can possibly think of but need 2 print some important documents out ASAP so id appreciate it if any1 has an idea what might be wrong?

ive replaced ink, done loads of head cleaning, which has wasted loads of ink as well, even treied just turning the printer on and off for a bit but now im completely stuck! :bawling:

:cheers:

[PhilEnfield]

Could be a dodgy set of cartridges you've picked up.
Are they compatibles or Epson ?

[thedvdmonster]

you sure you got them in the right order?
black-cyan-light cyan-magenta-light magenta-yellow is the order for r200 so i presume r300 is the same

[hendrix]

yeah there in the right order definately cos it has little indicators above 2 show where they shud be and there compatibles but surely couldnt of had so many bad ones, replaced black and yellow both twice cos i lost that much during the head cleaning....

[The Firemaster]

I have the epson r200 and use IMJET compatible cartridges, sometimes I have to take them out and put them back in again as the printer dont recognise them, all I can suggest is that there may be a blockage somewhere, read this it may help m8:
http://www.maxpatchink.com/epson-tips.shtml

[hendrix]

thaks for that link firemaster, no idea how to do most of that stuff tho, not sure how 2 actually get rid of dried ink off the print head n not ordering sumot all the way from america 2 do it :( i'll go see the local computer shop 2mora if i cant get it done, unless any1 has any more ideas?


:cheers:

[polarstar]

what cartridges are you using m8 are they compatibles or Epson
if compatibles what make are they?
as i have been using im jet in my epson r200 which are the same as the epson r300 and in the past i have found some faulty ones

[hendrix]

im using imjet yeah but i dunno if there fauly becos there showing up on the pc as being there, not like there missing or anything? or do they show up even when faulty neway?

[polarstar]

I can't remember if they did show up as full cartridges for sure but i think they did
also i did not get any printout on the print pattern after cleaning

[hendrix]

Well i took it 2 local pc place see if he could help me but he said they dont touch printers and told me to clean it but nowt happening still so im gunna ring the guy i got it from 2mora but i think im gunna have to send it back 2 epson, cant find the receipt tho :(

[vinniedub]

have you tried printing a couple of pictures or labels using 'best photo'? I've had the same or similiar problem with my own R300 a couple of times. The first time i reckon the original problem was with a faulty cart but, even when it was swapped, I was still left with the problems you described. I found that printing a couple of DVD covers using the best photo setting cleared it. The second time I think the problem originated with a particular cover, it really screwed the print settings. When i got it back to normal it messed up again after trying to print that same cover. Each time printing a couple of other covers @ best photo seemed to do the trick.

[hendrix]

right im gunna av 2 ring epson up and ask em 2 replace it but ive lost my manual, anyone know what the number is that i have 2 ring 2 sort it out please?

[PhilEnfield]

Telephone enquiries
08702 416900 - Open 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday (calls charged at BT National Rate)

http://www.epson.co.uk/contact/index.htm

[sparks]

have you tried this utilty?..you can 'reset' the printer. worth a go

http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml

[hendrix]

well just got off the phone to epson and the guy reckons that ive voided my warranty by using im-jet cartridges! GREAT! even tho i know other people who used em and still got there printers replaced plus the fact that there not even supposed to say that now as its the customers choice whether they use official or not :eek:

so basically ive got myself a nice 115 quid paperweight here and my parents arent gunna be to impressed :rolleyes:

[PhilEnfield]

I haven't tried these myself, but for £2.99, it might be worth a try :

http://www.valueshop.co.uk/dp_epson/epson-r300.asp

If you try them , post back and let us know how you get on.

Good Luck

[freakit]

I had this problem once. Never figured it out. I ended up formatting my pc some time later and when I tried to print a pic the printer worked perfectly. I have no idea what the problem was. I tried uninstalling the drivers and software that came with the printer and that didn't help. I tried different brands of ink as well and basically wasted my money.