Epson 880 Color Not Printing

Bellucciman · 10-27-2009, 08:22 PM

My 880 color cartridge is not printing. The black ink is printing normally and sharp. I have utilized the nozzle cleaning and the head cleaning to no avail. At times there are minor red and blue lines but no yellow.
After almost two hours of inspecting, cleaning and reloading drivers I'm still in the same boat, the color is still not printing. The only good thing is at least I reloaded the driver with the status monitor so I can see how much ink is in the cartridges.
I suspect that I have clogged heads but do not know how to clean them. Any suggestions or instructions as to how to clean? It looks complicated but I'm willing to give it a try. I'm not ready to buy a new printer just yet!

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

Regards,

Mike

Dogg · 10-29-2009, 04:29 PM

Have you tried a new ink cartridge?

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/s...473&foid=31853

AshleyLewis · 11-12-2009, 12:25 AM

One such way is to brush the printer heads with Q-tips soaked in water. Sources vary on whether alcohol would be more effective than water, but in the opinion of some printer resources, alcohol can be harmful to printer heads and should thus be avoided.By this way,you can clean your clogged head.

10-27-2009, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bellucciman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: New York, USA Posts: 15 OS: Win XP, Win 2000	Epson 880 Color Not Printing My 880 color cartridge is not printing. The black ink is printing normally and sharp. I have utilized the nozzle cleaning and the head cleaning to no avail. At times there are minor red and blue lines but no yellow. After almost two hours of inspecting, cleaning and reloading drivers I'm still in the same boat, the color is still not printing. The only good thing is at least I reloaded the driver with the status monitor so I can see how much ink is in the cartridges. I suspect that I have clogged heads but do not know how to clean them. Any suggestions or instructions as to how to clean? It looks complicated but I'm willing to give it a try. I'm not ready to buy a new printer just yet! Thank you for taking the time to read my post. Regards, Mike

10-29-2009, 04:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,040 OS: XP sp3	Re: Epson 880 Color Not Printing Have you tried a new ink cartridge? http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/s...473&foid=31853 __________________ Google is your friend !

11-12-2009, 12:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
AshleyLewis Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 5 OS: xp	Re: Epson 880 Color Not Printing One such way is to brush the printer heads with Q-tips soaked in water. Sources vary on whether alcohol would be more effective than water, but in the opinion of some printer resources, alcohol can be harmful to printer heads and should thus be avoided.By this way,you can clean your clogged head.