tayloraftermath Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 can anyone help or advise me on a fix for my epson 1400 - white ink problem please?? i fire the printer basically get all nozzles working except white, do a head clean or sometimes i reset the white carts as a new cart soo i don't waste ink. get all nozzles fine, got to print with white and its fine 1/4 of the way in, then white overlay all lines and hardy any white at all. do a nozzle check and basically hardly any white lines now, sometimes a few but not a lot. ive tried overnight flushes, push and pull on flush to losing solid clogs, everything really. printer used to work spot on, no problem until recently. is the print head done? does the pump station need replaced?? has anyone else had this problem and fixed it?? would be really greatful for any help, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 6 hours ago, tayloraftermath said: can anyone help or advise me on a fix for my epson 1400 - white ink problem please?? i fire the printer basically get all nozzles working except white, do a head clean or sometimes i reset the white carts as a new cart soo i don't waste ink. get all nozzles fine, got to print with white and its fine 1/4 of the way in, then white overlay all lines and hardy any white at all. do a nozzle check and basically hardly any white lines now, sometimes a few but not a lot. ive tried overnight flushes, push and pull on flush to losing solid clogs, everything really. printer used to work spot on, no problem until recently. is the print head done? does the pump station need replaced?? has anyone else had this problem and fixed it?? would be really greatful for any help, thanks IF your getting good white ink, then losing it while it prints, it's more than likely cartridge/ink related. heads don't just clog out of the blue for no reason, a failed head is usually a result of something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayloraftermath Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 thanks, i recently bought new carts and still the same. gonna order sum new white ink today. could the white ink be past its sell by date, only had it 6 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 47 minutes ago, tayloraftermath said: thanks, i recently bought new carts and still the same. gonna order sum new white ink today. could the white ink be past its sell by date, only had it 6 months It’s usually only good for 6 months, needs shaken daily as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayloraftermath Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 hi i replaced the old white ink with a new batch, replaced the carts too. flushed the nozzle the 2 whites even over night. just tested their after 2 head cleans, nozzles were perfect even whites. done a few test prints, everything was perfect until i printed the 4th test print. after perfect white for a little of the print it started going to white lines with gaps like before. done a nozzle check hardly any white nozzle lines. please could you help, what else could it be? thanks again david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, tayloraftermath said: hi i replaced the old white ink with a new batch, replaced the carts too. flushed the nozzle the 2 whites even over night. just tested their after 2 head cleans, nozzles were perfect even whites. done a few test prints, everything was perfect until i printed the 4th test print. after perfect white for a little of the print it started going to white lines with gaps like before. done a nozzle check hardly any white nozzle lines. please could you help, what else could it be? thanks again david I honestly can't say. I've never had this issue before, aside from a faulty ink cartridge/forgetting to remove the air vents. I have never had it happen for no reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anum11 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Ink is not compitable with your printhead possibly. Try other inks. Either This or your printhead does not fire because of electronic reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 4 hours ago, anum11 said: Ink is not compitable with your printhead possibly. Try other inks. Either This or your printhead does not fire because of electronic reasons. If it’s anything like the Epson 1430, it’s probably both. I had constant clogging/flow issues with those printers with anything other than dye ink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobus Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Did you manage to solve this? I do have an Epson 1400 with exactly the same issues. I have to do a head cleaning before printing an A4 white sheet, otherwise it won't print white as i should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anum11 Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Replace dampers, clean the ink lines. Flush the printhead. Replace catridges and use fresh inks. And shake them daily and get a few printhead cleanings daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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