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Andrew McCrea
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Hello

This printer is an Epson Stylus Colour 760, and here's the problems I've been having with it:
1. The ink cartridges were out, so we replaced them. We use the non name brands, never had a problem.
2. It won't print anything. Multiple head cleanings, etc. Not one drop of ink on any sheet.

Any idea what cold be holding me back from enjoying my paper archieves?

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Darryl Spicer
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Did you remember to remove the plastic protective strip from the cartrage printer heads?

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Mike Blakesley
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Is it plugged in?

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Richard Greco
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Have you tried violence. Violence can work for mostly anything. [thumbsup]

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Peter Kerchinsky
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I had one of these turkeys given to me. We found the head cleaning "felt pad" to the right of the carriage had peeled off and obviously did not clean the head. We tried everything to get it back on with no luck so I threw it out the window. I bought an HP and have been a happy camper ever since.
Epsons suck!

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Andrew McCrea
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Darryl: Yes
Mike: Yes
Richard: ?

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Floyd Justin Newton
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Good going, guy. I have an HP-630c. Works like a charm!

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Ken Layton
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I have an old (by today's standards) HP Deskjet 882c. It's still happily printing page-after-page without a problem.

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Rick Raskin
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Epsons tend to clog the heads after several runs of ink. Epson will claim its because you used after market cartridges, but a friend who runs a printer business says that's BS. Buy an HP. The head is part of the cartridge.

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Christian Volpi
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PC load letter. What the fuck does that mean?

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Joshua Waaland
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Do like the guys on Office Space did. Take it out to a field and get gangsta on it.

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Mike Blakesley
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Andrew - maybe the ink carts you're using were old and are clogged. I had that happen once with ink that was on the shelf too long. Try new carts as a last (expensive) resort.

quote: Ken Layton
I have an old (by today's standards) HP Deskjet 882c. It's still happily printing page-after-page without a problem.
Ken, maybe if you unplug it you can get it to stop. [Big Grin]

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Mike Pennell
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Andrew, I have the epson stylus c40ux and it did the same. Apparently there is a smart chip on the cartridge, you need to change the ink when the computer reminder tells you to, I had to use the printer over and over until the screen came up again that reminded me to change then put in the new one again and it worked. Hope this is helpful [beer]

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James Falloon
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Try the epson service utility - http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml - scroll down to the bottom of the page to download.

Lets you mess with the ink level counters etc in the printer. Almost a must if you are unfortunate enough to own one of those POS printers.

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Andrew McCrea
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Thanks for all the replies... I've been fooling around with it, but then when I was at Wal-Mart yesterday, I returned the no name cartridge, and for about $10.00 more, got a decent LexMark printer that included ink and photopaper, but no USB cable. Still, this one works pretty well.

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