Epson Stylus Color II blurry printing

[youngtechnician]

Hi guys. I didn´t find a printers section on the forum so i hope someone could help me out here. See, i have this old stylus color II printer. It printed well since it was here about 8 years (man this thing is older, i guess 1995 but still rocks)...a few months ago i printed 2 book with it (thats its normal task, to print some books i often like) but i used refilled generic cartridges from a loooooong time ago since this cartridges are not manufactured any longer. So, it started printing blury at the end...and i kept that way. I've cleaned the head about 30 times and still prints missaligned dots and i cant get it to print clear as it was doing 200 pages before. I dont thing head is dead, i know its clogged but i cant manage to get it clean again. Any suggestions?

thanks in advance.

 

[Nodsu]

Try the print head realignment procedure?

 

[youngtechnician]

Hi Nodsu,

since this printer is running under xp it is using the driver xp carries por this printer..so it doesnt have a special maintenance section on the preferences options. Many of the other printers i have here do have that maintenance option since they carry their own driver and those are more recent printers. Do you know if there's a maintenance utility out there that could help me out to align this printer ?

thanks a lot.

 

[SNGX1275]

I don't know if anyone makes them for that printer, but some cleaning cartridges like this but for your printer model might be worth giving a shot.

Also there is some info on this page that may or may not be beneficial.

 

[Nodsu]

Download the latest driver package for your printer from Epson. Even if the drivers don't install, there may be a separte utility. Or, if all else fails, get a 1995 computer with a 1995 OS and calibrate your printer there.

 

[youngtechnician]

Hi guys........i finally got the old DOS mode calibrating software...i calibrated it as long as i can understand what was this thing printing...it didnt get better calibrating it...actually, it printed every calibration page worse and worse...i guess this thing is officially dead...wont get better with 30 o 40 head cleanings or calibrating sequences....i guess its time for it to rest.