Thin pink lines on my prints from Epson Stylus Photo 830 Printer?

Answer 1

The heads need a serious cleaning.

"Some suggestions for unclogging your Epson printer"
http://www.inkjetart.com/tips/cleaning.html

"After trying cleaning cycles, you can try my trick of carefully dripping only 5 or so drops of Windex (from a new bottle) on the cleaning pads. Just drop about 5 to 6 drops of Windex [A better solution is a mix of distilled water, household non-sudsy ammonia, and cheap vodka. An ounce or so of the vodka and ammonia to a liter of water (It doesn't seem too critical)] on the pads (unscrew the sprayer and drip the windex out of the feed-tube) and then make sure you turn off the printer this forces the pads up to the print heads and the Windex will do it's thing very quickly! About 1 hour works most of the time - overnight on the clogs from hell."

"Try the Windex trick..."
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=57209

"1. Open up the printer cover.

2. Get the print head into the center: you can do that by starting the cycle to change the ink cartridge.

3. Now, turn the printer off (with the catridges unseated in the centre) from the mains (to prevent the printer from automatically returning the heads before power-down).

4. Look to the area where the printer head usually sits when it is not printing (it's on the right hand side on my 890). There should be a pad/sponge there.

5. Using a dropper, transfer 6-7 drops of Windex cleaning solution (those blue ammonia liquid that they use for cleaning windows) onto the pad/sponge. Try not to touch the sponge (according to some websites, this sponge is spring mounted and touching it may damage the springs). Try not to overspill the Windex solution as well.

6. Turn the printer on again so that the print heads are reseated onto the pad/sponge.

7. Now turn off the printer the usual way (the printer will reseat the print head properly before power down).

8. Leave the print head to take up the Windex for 1-2 hrs.

9. Do the usually print cleaning cycles/nozzle check.

10. Your printhead should be unclogged by now.

For the really stubborn clogs, you might want to leave the print head overnight for soaking in Windex."

Answer 2

You're on the right track in that maintenance; make sure you've selected the right paper type. The lines are often caused by the printer trying to print on plain paper when you've put in much thicker photo paper. The printer adjusts how much ink it puts out based on paper type, and also adjusts what you might call a 'focus' based on the paper thickness. So make sure you've chosen a paper type as close as possible to what you're using. Hope it helps.

Answer 3

go to start menu, click on printers, when your printer comes up, click on properties, you should get a part there that allows you to print a test page, if not, there will be one that troubleshoots, go there and follow intructions, it is likely you will need to re-align your printer, don't panic, its not that difficult.

Answer 4

Your print cartridges are running out. You'll need to buy refills or brand new cartridges.

Answer 5

low on ink or print head alignment

Answer 6

sounds like your magenta cartrige is shoot off extra ink.. try using the cleaning module under your printer system dialog box.

Answer 7

Black Ink low? try changing the cartriges and do a cleaning!

Answer 8

you need to realign your print heads, its a simple step under properties. if that dosnt work, then you need new ink

Answer 9

have you tried cleaning the heads, otherwise check your print settings and paper that caught me out once

Answer 10

Put it through a cleaning cycle!