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Epson CX5400 - ran out of cyan ink, now can't print at all.
I ran out of the cyan ink in my Epson CX5400 printer, but I still have
plenty of black ink. I set the printer preferences to Black Ink only so I can print in black and white. Yet, the printer still shows this error (red light is blinking on the printer's top panel and the error is displaying on the LCD screen). I just can't get past this error and cannot print at all. Does anyone know how to get around that error and print? It's very frustrating. Thanks in advance! |
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Epson CX5400 - ran out of cyan ink, now can't print at all.
I don't know if there is a way. What you're seeing is the printer's normal
response to running out of ink. If there is a solution to your problem, it involves configuring the printer for black only, somehow. |
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Epson CX5400 - ran out of cyan ink, now can't print at all.
mc wrote: I don't know if there is a way. What you're seeing is the printer's normal response to running out of ink. If there is a solution to your problem, it involves configuring the printer for black only, somehow. Hi... The only way that I've ever discovered is to use third party software like ssc to "lie" to the printer; tell it that the cyan is full. Take care. Ken |
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Epson CX5400 - ran out of cyan ink, now can't print at all.
"Ken Weitzel" wrote in message news:JQZxf.108197$tl.82899@pd7tw3no... mc wrote: I don't know if there is a way. What you're seeing is the printer's normal response to running out of ink. If there is a solution to your problem, it involves configuring the printer for black only, somehow. Hi... The only way that I've ever discovered is to use third party software like ssc to "lie" to the printer; tell it that the cyan is full. Take care. Ken This is one of the REALLY annoying foibles of Epson printers - my RX425 does the same thing. It's like when one of the heads clogs ( frequent occurence ) and you have to waste about a gallon of ALL of the inks, just to get the one that has clogged up, open again. The only way to get it printing again, when one runs out, is to replace that one. I've put SSC on my machine, but it does not have a setting specifically for my model, so whilst it provides some useful ' generic ' Epson features, like fancy ink monitoring graphics, I can't get its more useful little features to work. It's a good program though, if it covers your model, and like Ken says, it does have the facility to make a cartridge ' lie ' about how much ink is in it. Download it and give it a try - it's free and it's not going to do any harm. Arfa |
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