Originally Posted by
Deliberate1
Friends, I am reaching out for help to return my beloved Epson 7800 to the land of the functioning. It has served me well for nearly 20 years, with no mechanical or software glitches of any kind. As a hobbyist, I print sporadically, and can go a great deal of time between jobs.
I fired up the printer a couple days ago after a very long hiatus. It came as no surprise when the nozzle check demonstrated clogs. So I ran a couple cleaning cycles, which were partially effective. I ran the nozzle checks from both the PS printer driver, which gives you that one line of boxes with lines, and from the printer panel, which is a much more involved test. When I could not get a clean test, I did a manual nozzle cleaning which did seem to take care of all but one or two gaps.
So, here is the issue. Once the printer completes a full nozzle test sequence, I try to then print an image through PS. But instead of printing the image, the printer initiates, on its own, another nozzle check and clean - the extensive check through the printer. This has happened multiple times. Whenever the nozzle check completes, I try to print an image. But when I do, the printer returns to the nozzle check/clean. On only one of seven or eight attempts to print, did the printer actually respond to that command, and print the image. And then returned to its obsessive behavior. I unplugged the printer, restarted the computer with the hopes that would break the cycle, but to no avail. Needless to say, I have been burning up the media, with little to show for it, but a bunch of test sheets in pretty colors, and a bucket of frustration.
Thanks for reading and any help. I went to YT to see if there were any tutorials that might help. The only one that brought me any kind of solace was a guy who solved his chronic, and expensive, Epson 9000 series issues - with a ball peen hammer. I am not there yet. But it might be my next purchase.
David
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