I weight a new cartridge on my digital postal scale and compared it in weight to the supposedly empty one… suprise: only a 0.5 grams difference! When the printer told me the cardridges were empty I was surprised by the evenness of which each color cardridge had ran out… I scratched my head, but went out and bought new cardridges for each color anyway… (I was very happy with the amount of pictures I was able to print being a very very active printer back then)…Ī couple of months ago I installed 4 new cardridges (one for each color), but haven’t printed anything in color, thus using only black ink… yesterday my printer wouldn’t print, cause MY COLOR CARTRIDGES WERE SUPPOSEDLY EMPTY!!! I thought to myself “WTF!!!”… I took them out and shook them next to my ear… they were full! Not just a little, but really really full!!! I’ve used my EPSON Stylus DX4200 a lot for printing digital images & full-color invoices, which uses loads of ink (all 4 colors). I have not spoken with the company, however, rest asurred I shall tomorrow morning(1-1-08)if you buy one of these make damn sure to keep all the paper work and the name of whom you bought it from. What is with the damn major problem of printing just an ordinary stupid everday printout?!!!!!!!!! Well low and behold the damn thing did it. once again tried one from the mem card from the cam. Thought well maybe it will still print a picture from my picture file… daaaaaaaaa hell no. Went to bed … next day tried to printout a SIMPLE damn email…no way in hell… it failed over and over and over and I finally said to hell with it. I almost never got it installed and then almost never got it to print a picture. this great.THEN I hooked it to the real world of computers … Oh CRAP what a load of shit. I just plugged in the mem card and did the search and print. I recieved one for Christmas and loved the photo quality. What balls! Collapse replies (3) Reply View in chronology I will never buy an Epson anything again, and strongly encourage you not to. That printer experienced a violent trajectory into a garbage can. The Epson company decision makers are a pack of crooks. You don’t accidentally pick some one’s pocket. This scam can only be Epson corporate and technical policy. And a ridiculously expensive product at that. What balls, to devise such a sneaky way to prevent someone from using a paid-for product.
I don’t remember signing a lease agreement for 12 ml of ink at $50 for 6 months.
The cartridges were completely full (I shook and weighed them) and I couldn’t make a print. I was not able to make a solitary color print. When I finally got around to printing those digital photos that I’d been putting off, a print dialog box told me I was OUT OF INK.
I noticed that the software color-ink-level indicators seemed to show small decreases over time, but paid little attention. Lastly, you could help the paper through by gently pushing it evenly from above in a case of a top feeding printers such as the Epson and some of the Canon printers.I bought an Epson C84 printer (BTW, a Consumer Reports Best Buy) and used it for B/W prints for months, without making a single color print. However, often cleaning the feeding rollers with a little acetone or white spirit improves things and you can also try placing a few sheets of ordinary paper (despite instructions to the contrary) in order to increase the pressure on the rollers and assist in feeding. There is nothing adjustable on modern printers to allow for feeding the thicker papers. If you are reading this, chances are you have already bought the paper and are facing a dilemma as to what to do next. When considering higher weights and in particular art and fine art photo papers you are advised to check the printer specifications. Most printers whether budget or premium can accommodate photo papers up to 280gsm in weight with ease. It is recommended to check the printer specifications for maximum supported GSM. Another common scenario is that the printer’s rollers are either dirty or worn-out from years of use, therefore unlike to grip but the lightest of papers. In a large number of cases we come across, the photo paper weight (which is measured in GSM) or overall thickness exceeds the printer’s ability meaning it is too think or too heavy for the rollers to successfully handle. There are a number of reasons why this might happen.
Such delay often results in uneven print. Mainly, either the printer is unable to pull the paper or there is a significant delay while the printer’s rolls seem to struggle until something starts to ‘catch on’ and the photo paper is fed into the printer. On rare occasions we come across printer feeding issues, mostly when budget or older printers are used.