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Faint prints from my Epson 2000P
My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because it
was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are only about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's likely a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro. When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18 months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and warns me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light. Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart |
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"Stuart" wrote in message nk.net... My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because it was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are only about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's likely a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro. When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18 months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and warns me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light. Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart You need not be afraid to install over the warning from Microsoft. All that means is that Epson didn't jump through the set of annoying hoops Microsoft expected them to for "certification" or whatever they call it. Some software installation instructions actually TELL you to ignore this, while others don't. It IS possible that it won't work correctly, but the worst that can happen is that you would just uninstall it if it is problematic. |
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"Stuart" wrote in message nk.net... My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because it was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are only about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's likely a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro. When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18 months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and warns me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light. Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart You need not be afraid to install over the warning from Microsoft. All that means is that Epson didn't jump through the set of annoying hoops Microsoft expected them to for "certification" or whatever they call it. Some software installation instructions actually TELL you to ignore this, while others don't. It IS possible that it won't work correctly, but the worst that can happen is that you would just uninstall it if it is problematic. |
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"Stuart" wrote in message
nk.net... My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because it was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are only about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's likely a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro. When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18 months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and warns me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light. Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart Make certain that your printer is not set to "Economy", this is an ink saving setting that will result in light prints. Film, Ahhhh! me |
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