Hello all,
I have an Epson 2200 and it has been freaking out lately. It will start spewing ink everywhere. I've heard that this can be caused by dust and other dirt on or near the printing head. How can I clean the head of gunk other than running the software head cleaner. The heads are not clogged, anything but, ink is flowing freely.
Basically what happens is things are printing fine, then the printer will start making more noise than usual, like the printer head is hitting the parking side harded. It will start to whine and I'll get all sorts of weird color streaks and solid blocks of color and ink everywhere. I'll clean, print an image and again halfway through, the process repeats itself.
I'm printing from OS X/Pohotoshop CS2 and FireWire but I've had this trouble printing to the USB from Windows as well.
Also the sponges and landing pad (or whatever it's called) are saturated with ink as so much ink spills when the printer freaks out. Can these be removed and cleaned and if so, how?
I have contacted Epson and they said the issue was "Hardware Error", big help that. Their suggestion was to take it to a repair center which will most likely charge more than the printer is worth.
Thanks!