Learned Something New About Old Printer

This might be old news to some but today I learned something new about my old Epson 1400. I resurrected the 1400 after a period of dormancy and set it up on a Windows 10 machine. Got good nozzle checks and thought everything was good to go.

The printer would start printing normally and then at the 3/4 mark it would stop and spit out the paper. These were letter sized sheets. Smaller prints caused no problems, so I figured it was a spooling problem.

I tried to search the forum for answers with no luck so I used the built-in Windows troubleshooter to see if I could get a clue. Sure enough, It told me that since the printer is older hardware and I had it connected to USB 3, it might not be able to handle the faster data of USB 3. It suggested I connect it to a USB 2 port.

That solved the problem. Windows might be smarter than I thought .;-)

LarryM. said:

LarryM. wrote: That solved the problem. Windows might be smarter than I thought .;-)

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There you go! Strange things can happen but glad your 1400 is now working fine. Mine still is, after many years use and I have (decided to get one before get dropped by Epson) a 1500W which is virtually the same but with WiFi.

Just gone along the same path 1400 giving some problems ( blurring of some parts of text followed by both red light flashing together. Got the 1500 w last week great update )

1400 has been great on a continuous ink system

I intend to use refillables while the 1500w is on warranty

Best wishes

Peter

Peter M J said:

Peter M J wrote: I intend to use refillables while the 1500w is on warranty

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Hi Peter. You may find this of use as covers refillables and other help for the 1400/1500 models - there is also a link to another article in my Signature

http://photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS/epson1400to1500-refillables.htm

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LINK: For B+W with Epson 1400 (and other 6-ink models) using black ink only PLUS other useful tips including update covering nozzle clearing:
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS/epson1400-B&W.htm
Cleaning DSLR Sensors, including Kodak DSLR Factory Cleaning method:
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS/KodakDCS-sensorcleaning.htm (Includes links to "bassotto's" images)
Solving back/front focus problems on Sigma and most other DSLRs
http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS/backfocus.htm
PDF format list of lenses you can print or download - covers Italian Flag YES/NO for DCS 14n but applies to others. http://www.photosnowdonia.co.uk/ZPS/ItiFlagLensList.pdf

LarryM. said:

I tried to search the forum for answers with no luck so I used the built-in Windows troubleshooter to see if I could get a clue. Sure enough, It told me that since the printer is older hardware and I had it connected to USB 3, it might not be able to handle the faster data of USB 3. It suggested I connect it to a USB 2 port.

That solved the problem. Windows might be smarter than I thought .;-)

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Or stupider.

It's great that you arrived at a solution but it's crazy that the problem ever existed. Full backward compatibility with USB 2 is an essential part of the USB 3 spec. So either the PC manufacturer messed up big time, or Microsoft did. I'd bet that this is a bug in the motherboard's BIOS, and hopefully an update to the latest version would fix it.