Question
How to Fix Problem Regarding Color of Epson L380 Printer?
Hey guys, just bought an Epson L380 which is an inktank printer. So I was doing some initial print tests and I am using 70gsm plain papers (copier papers). The color prints are pretty washed out. I am a bit of a noob here but is this normal? For example the Red isnt like vibrant red, its looks closer to very dull I would say. Is something wrong with the printer or am I using the wrong paper?
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5 years ago
Answer - 1
Fixing Color Problem of Epson L380 Printer :
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- Run the head cleaning utility to clear any clogged ink nozzles
- Run the print head alignment utility
- Check the ink out light, if the light is flashing, replace the ink cartridge.
- Make sure that you are using the right printer driver for your printer.
- Make sure that the printer is on a flat stable surface.
Cleaning the Print Head Using the Product Buttons-
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- Use the printer button you can clean the printer head.
- Make sure your printer is on and no printer light are indicating errors.
- Load a few sheet of plain paper in the printer.
- To start cleaning hold down the stop button for 3 seconds to start the cleaning cycle.
- You can check the power light flashing in the cleaning cycle.
- When cleaning is done power light stay on
- To check the print head is clean run a nozzle.
Note-
- First check ink level if ink level is low lower line on the ink tank then you can not clean the print head.
- do not turn off your printer during a cleaning cycle.
Cleaning the Print Head on Windows Using a Computer Utility-
- Make sure no printer light are indicating errors.
- Load a few sheet of plain paper in the printer.
- Open a windows desktop and right click on printer icon for your printer in the right side of the windows taskbar,
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- Click on Head cleaning.
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- Click Start to begin the cleaning cycle.
- The power light is flashing in the cleaning process and stay on when clean is done
- When the power light stop flashing , you can check to see nozzles are clean, click Print Nozzle Check Pattern and click Print.
- Check the printed pattern to see if there are gaps in the line
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- If there is no gap click on Finish
- If there is a gaps then click clean to clean the print head again.
Cleaning the Print Head on MacOS Using a Computer Utility-
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- Click on apple menu.
- Click on System preferences
- Select Printers & Scanners.
- Select your printer
- Click on Options & Supplies.
- Click on Utility
- Click Open printer Utility
- Select Head cleaning.
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