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This started in my old printer about a month ago and my new one was installed a few days ago.

I can scan from the flat screen no problem.

I have run Windows printer troubleshooting and there is no problem detected in ANY of the settings.

I've looked at all my "set up" settings and they all seem to be correct, but because I am starting up a print business, I can't have this problem.

Can asnyone help ? Thanks

1 posted on 05/09/2020 5:13:57 AM PDT by knarf
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Google seems to think blocked printer nozzles are the most common reason, even though it’s happened on two machines now. Have you tried any cleaning/diagnostic stuff?


2 posted on 05/09/2020 5:20:25 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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Sounds like Joe Biden’s mind right before he starts talking.


3 posted on 05/09/2020 5:20:41 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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October 16th there was a windows update that caused all kinds of issues with the printer spooler. Most cases, if you were part of the lucky few hit by the glitch, printers just stopped working. There are all kinds of patches and tech notes you can spend days on trying to fix it. You’ll get it all sorted out then 3 weeks later the problem returns. The only long term solution is backup you data, download the latest version of Windows 10 and re-install the OS.


4 posted on 05/09/2020 5:24:23 AM PDT by IBIAFR
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Did you try this?

https://epson.com/faq/SPT_C11CG20203~faq-0000491-et3760?faq_cat=faq-topFaqs#


5 posted on 05/09/2020 5:24:27 AM PDT by krny9
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Is it Windows 10? What are you printing? Word docs? Do you have backups from before the trouble began? If you will be running a business, you have to have good backups that you can go back to.


6 posted on 05/09/2020 5:25:28 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Die-ggl,TWT,FCBK,NYT,WPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antf,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP,MSNBC)
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Only a guess, check to see if it has a couple of print jobs alreary spooled and clear that. Could be left over jobs from a previous printer, uninstall any left over drivers. Might need to boot into Safe Mode to get yhem all, sometimes windows does not show duplicates except in safe mode.

Always uninstall old printers before installing a new one. If you have to, uninstall ALL printers then start over.


7 posted on 05/09/2020 5:25:37 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (That boy's about as sharp as a pound of wet leather - Foghorn Leghorn)
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Your computer is sending extra page feeds in between pages, printer driver or printer driver settings. It isn’t your printer.


8 posted on 05/09/2020 5:26:35 AM PDT by dila813
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Have you tried resetting the calibrator?


9 posted on 05/09/2020 5:26:47 AM PDT by JonPreston
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Can you print ok from other device like your phone?
What does print preview look like?


13 posted on 05/09/2020 5:37:13 AM PDT by jonose
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Call Kim Komando today. Her radio show starts in a few hours and....a big advertiser is your printer manufacturer. I’ve called a few times and always get through on the first time! If the Digital Goddess doesn’t know, nobody knows.


14 posted on 05/09/2020 5:40:42 AM PDT by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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C’mon, man. Free paper.


16 posted on 05/09/2020 5:44:33 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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18 posted on 05/09/2020 6:01:53 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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Over the long haul, color laser is probably cheaper to operate. Brother makes a very good one. It stands up to the endless printing of a long lost descendant of Guttenberg. My print addicted spouse.

Another meaningless opinion.


21 posted on 05/09/2020 6:19:12 AM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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If you have a friend who prints stuff on their printer and it works ... you could print something of their laptop. If it works, problem is on your computer - i.e. probably you docs are all page-feedy or your print driver (the software between the document and the printer) is messed up and generating and sending page feeds .

If you get the same problem when printing from friend's computer, problem is on your printer.

You could type a short paragraph in a new doc, print. Do you get blank pages? If so Backspace from the middle of the doc to the beginning, being sure you deleted everything to the beginning. Save -> print again. Still get it?

I think you said it's images that are doing it - is a short, say, notepad document doing it?

Do three different applications all do the same thing?

In other words, try a bunch of different stuff. If it never behaves differently, it's the printer or your print driver.

You could also try downloading and installing a new version of the driver.

But try a bunch of different stuff before you even try to fix ... all the little experiments will logically point to where the problem is, then you at least know where you have to fix something.

First thing I'd do is hook my friends computer (or another in the house) and attempt to print the same document that's NOT printing from your desktop.

25 posted on 05/09/2020 6:41:55 AM PDT by tinyowl
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It’s an “Oh am I suppose to print” printer


28 posted on 05/09/2020 6:47:27 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Yes, I see the problem, you are using Windows.

Unfortunate. You will be an unpaid tech person for as long as you continue to accept that prison sentence.

There are substitutes, once you flee the MSFT plantation.

Get a Wuflu vaccine before you leave.


29 posted on 05/09/2020 6:47:35 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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Sometimes my chicken cackles but hasn’t laid an egg. It happens.


30 posted on 05/09/2020 6:50:00 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Solution?


31 posted on 05/09/2020 6:56:52 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (BOYCOTT CHINA! - spread the word .... (China is the Sick Man of Asia with a very small penis))
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My dot-matrix printer works fine.


35 posted on 05/09/2020 7:21:13 AM PDT by moovova
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Can you get a “preview” of your print job before actually printing? Do the 50 pages show up as part of the print job?


38 posted on 05/09/2020 7:23:33 AM PDT by moovova
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