Epson style printer doesent work…?

Posted in Printers on September 21st, 2008

so i am trying to print and it states i need to change the color ink but i dont want to cuz no time to purchase one how can i make it so i can print without color please

Answer:
Things I have learned about Epson printers and why.

1. Leave the printer on:

It is suggested that you leave your printer turned on. The printer is Energy Star compliant. Each time you turn your printer off and then back on, it recharges the Ink Cartridges and actually uses ink. This is true for all printers. If you print often you should not have any problems with your printheads. If you don’t print very often, it is suggested that you perform a nozzle check once a week to keep the printheads from drying out and becoming clogged. If this does happen, all you need to do is a printhead cleaning. This maintenance operation varies from printer to printer and will be explained in your user’s manual.

2. When you run out of ink, you will have to manually tell the printer that you want to change the ink cartridge:

This is due to a safety feature that is on all Epson printers. It is very easy for children to open the lid of the printer. If your child opens the lid and the printhead carriage begins cycling (moving back and forth), your child’s fingers can easily get injured. Therefore you need to tell the printer you want to change the cartridge. This information is in your user’s manual as well.

3. If you run out of a color, you cannot use the printer until it is replaced:

The reason for this is yet another safety feature for your printer. There are actually two reasons for this feature. First, if you are granted to print with an empty ink cartridge, when you finally do replace the ink cartridge, your printhead maybe clogged. This is due to the fact that there is an ink reservoir in the printhead. If there is not any ink to keep the reservoir moist, it will dry out and become clogged. I use this illustration; it is the difference between new glue and dried glue. The glue will flow freely when it is liquid, but when it dries out it is set and hard. Now envision this example in your printhead. Secondly, some printers grant you to print if a ink cartridge is empty. They do this by combining the remaining colors to produce the desired color. The only problem with this theory is that you will not get accurate, true colors, especially if you’re printing photos. How are you going to accurately make yellow with cyan and magenta?

Epson's are great printers and I suggest them to everyone, but many people are not aware that if you are out of a color, you can not print until it is replaced. Epson used to let people print if they were out of a color, but they soon earned a reputation as the manufacturer with clogged printheads, because people would print for a couple of months and then replace the empty color. By that time the ink had dried in the printhead and they’d a clogged printhead.

Now my question is, Is it Epson's fault or the customer's?

This is why Epson finally said NO printing at all, until the cartridge is replaced. It saves their reputation and the customers do not have the added expense of printhead cleanings.

Answer:
You can try changing the settings to print in black and white only, but a lot of printers these days use just a “bit” of color even to print black and white to help keep the colors from drying out or becoming clogged.

Click on File | Print the program you are trying to print from. Click on Printer properties. Click on the Quality Tab and click on B&W under the color selection.

Answer:
you can try take the ink cartridge out and shaking it around. prolly wont work tho. go buy a new one or use a pen and paper

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