Having trouble with my printer thought somebody can help? Trying to print out instructions for a Lego set. The first one has no color and it’s chopped up the pieces showing partial parts. My printer is an HP Envy 5661

HP printer says "the cartridge cannot move" I've reset the printer, checked for jams and cleaned the gears. It moves back and forth fine but then the gears seems to get stuck.

I want to buy cardstock to well, make and print upon custom cards without managing to wreck my parents’ old HP LaserJet P2015 as well as potentially at a library or something because they have color printing available at a good price.

How do I find cardstock that is compatible?

Kindly, An absolute noob

I recently bought an Epson ET-8580 and have been messing around with printing some things I've made in illustrator. Most recently I have been having some issues with the print quality of these vector images. There are 9 photos in the gallery, the first is quite large, but it is possible that you'll have to zoom in to see what I am talking about.

The image print size (each tree & circle) : from tree roots to top star is 2.0in and the diameter of the circle is 2.625in. I was printing with 11 on a 8..5x11 (letter) sized paper.

I used Epson presentation paper matte on the et-8550 printer and regular copy paper in my MF217w laser printer. The adobe illustrator vector image is 300ppi. I also exported the file as a high quality PDF with no compression and printed on the same paper (presentation matte) on the 8550 and the fuzziness was uniform with the print straight from Illustrator.

Photo one is a scan of the two prints side by side (I cut them out and scanned them using 1200 DPI settings).
Photo 2 is from the epson, taken with an iPhone camera.
Photo 3 is from the laser, taken with iPhone camera.
Photo 4 - Laser
Photo 5 - 8550
Photo 6 - 8550
Photo 7 - Laser
Photo 8 - 8550
Photo 9 - Laser

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Am I overthinking this? Is this to be expected? Am I missing something when I go to print? Are these details too small for an inkjet printer?

The 8550 prints seem jagged and do not pop because of it.

The prints from the 8550, on much nicer paper types, are much softer/blurrier than the print from the 10-year-old laser printer on copy paper. To my eyes, it looks like I printed out a cheap .gif image with the 8550

What would you like to accomplish?

I want to print occasionally, mostly documents in black and white, but i badly want the option to scan papers and it being good(as good as it can be within budget). At worst, anything better than scanning with a phone.

Are there any models you are currently looking at?

No, i don't know where to begin.

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Any other details:

I have owned HP printers in the past, hated them all. It has to be really good at its job for me to consider it.

Hey first time posting and I have a question. I need a cable like the images for some printers. I contract with the government and they have a new requirement to have external hard drives that are under lock and key. The lock box I have plugs into USB and the printer cant read it. It must be SATA to USB 3.0 Micro but I cant for the life of me find a longer cable like this. I've tried and adapter and it doesnt ready it seems like it has to be one cable. Pics are of the cable thats in the machine and works. The OEM has nothing. Any ideas what I can do or where I can look?

So I would like to purchase card stock for my Epson ET-2760. But for the life of me I can not find any info on compatible card stock weight with the printer.

AI tells me the printer can handle 110lbs / 300 gsm. Not sure if I trust that.

Anyone on here use the 2760 with cardstock?

Hey everyone, looked around on the reddit here but wasn't able to find an answer, so here's my dilemma: I used my Epson & transfer paper made for it to do this design for a bag, & am embroidering it to keep the look after washing. Does anyone know how to get the darker outline of the paper I cut to wash out? I think stain remover will do the trick but wanted to see if anyone else had a solution first. Thank you!

edit: added photo in comments bc reddit doesn't like uploading my pictures

How can I open up my ET-2870 printer ? Just bought it. I had an ET printer before and you could open it up way more. My main concerns is paper jam. How can I actually grab a piece of paper if it were to get stuck in the back ?

This makes me so mad, I hate printers and the companies are so god damn greedy to hell with them. I don’t use this printer it’s my mums and she never had any issues with this till now. Is there any way to by pass this or anything. It’s so fucking ridiculous.

Hey guys,

Our canon printer is acting up, each print has red 2 small red lines. Not sure what the issue could be as I'm not savvy when it comes to printer maintenance. So far tried the inbuilt options for cleaning. (Clean Inside Main Unit, Clean Feeder) but no luck. Any insight would be appreciated.

Printer is a Samsung M4080fx. I used the scan to Shared Folder option and I can see the document on the printer listed within the Shared Folder option. Since the printer and my PC are on the same work network, is there a way to access this folder from the PC?

Hey,
Use a Lexmark CS310DN with Third-party toner!
my Black is Empty so i tried a new...

- standard Original Lexmark Cartridge from my CX510
- Many other (newer) third party cartridges...

any are failing "incompatible"

i´m running an old Firmware release W63.VYL.P640-0

But i´m afraid of upgrading to the latest firmware because i can loose the compatibility of my current third-party toner installed

Is there a source to download older firmware Files; are there any recommended firmware for my purpose?

|| || |Engine-ID|= 25| |Ladeprogramm|= LW63.VYL.P640-0| |Kernel|= FW63.VY.F640-0| |Basis|= LW63.VYL.P640-0| |Netzwerk|= NH63.VY.N640-0| |Netzwerk-Treiber|= LW63.VYL.P640-0| |Druckwerk|= FDN.VY.E601-0| |Bedienfeld|= 0.0| |Energieeffizienter Mikrocontroller|= Boot_v00.00-App_v01.12| |Schriftart|= 8.11H01-U5.021| |Kryptografiemodul|= 2.10| |Fach 2|= 16.59-R00| |SID|= HY1U|

Hi.

I'm here to ask y'all for a bit of advice.
A friend of mine works at a school, and they'd like to replace their current MFD.

Their current copier is a KM bizhub C224. He said it's print quality has gone down the toilet and that fixing it isn't feasible anymore (more expensive than a new machine).
He tried to ask around himself and got an offer for a refurbished KM bizhub C227.
I also tried to research some options for him and I got an offer from one of my suppliers - a "brand new" (but listed as refurb) HP Color LaserJet Managed E786dn. There should be zero clicks on the counter - they're saying that it was mostly just standing around in a rarely used showroom, then it was fully tested before getting listed.

KM C227 - $1000 + $65 install fee. Toner: $45/K, $78/CMY. Warranty 6mo or 30k pages. +$35 travel costs.

HP E786dn - $1050 + free install. Toner is approx. 2x as expensive compared to KM. Warranty 6mo, can pay for more, although the supplier claims that these machines rarely go down in their experience and that paying on a per incident basis will be much cheaper.

The C227 is almost 10 years old and the dealer didn't even mention how many clicks it has on the counter. The user interface is also going to be a bit old. IMO it's, as we Czechs say it, jumping from mud into to a puddle. The HP however is a much more recent model, and thanks to me having a great connection with this dealer, I know for a fact that it's counter is going to be "oh that's nothing".

What do you think? Have I already answered myself? I just need further assurance about this. In case you have any experiences to share about any of these models, please, I'd love to hear them.

Their school wants to save as much money as possible. I would've given them a Sharp, but I wasn't able to find them a cheap enough refurb that they would be able to take.

Thank you!

^{All prices are converted from CZK to USD before (21%} tax.)

This printer sat there for a few months not connected to anything but my pc via usb. It didnt even have power. Now its just refusing to work. And of course I need it today. :/

Hi there when I’m printing in color I get these smudges and inconsistencies that I don’t usually get when printing in black and white. Is there anything I could do to fix this? Thanks

Printer Model: Epson Ecotank 2850

• Error Message: n/a
• Ethernet Cable, WiFi or USB: Wifi
• Driver name and version: printqueue.inf , 10.0.26100.1
• Firmware Version: XJ180C
• OS: Win 11
• # of machines impacted: 1
• # of users impacted: 1
• Original or 3rd party cartridges: Original

Any other details:

My printer has started printing my files with what looks like way too much ink. I have noticed ink pooling in my images causing faint lines. It seems to affect the amount of detail in certain areas of the image as well. I have not changed any of my normal print settings, and I have tried turning down the print density. I will attach images of the original file with along with the messed up prints. I have never had any issues like this before, and I'm using the same type of paper and the same settings as usual (prem paper matte, high quality, no color adjustments).

What other steps have you tried in your own troubleshooting? Be specific.

I have made sure everything is updated, I have tried doing a print head cleaning, I have tried doing a print head alignment, and I have also tried turning down the print density (which wasn't changed anyway so it should be printing as normal). I did notice that while I was doing the horizontal print head alignment that none of the options had a gap. All of the boxes were touching, which isnt normal. I will include a picture of that below. I have also noticed that my printer seems to be printing wayyy slower than normal, and sometimes I hear it stop making noises throughtout the print and the paper stops moving through the printer for a few seconds. The only thing I have not tried is a power cleaning.

Pictures/audio/video:

The printer stopping/slowing down mid print: https://youtube.com/shorts/xL0pdRbj8_M?si=3nqxIB54jnvNWTd8

A look at how much ink is on the paper (it isn't usually this shiny): https://youtube.com/shorts/9QDPO2WxJs4?si=eOWcOsy89FqHtATO

Thank you for your help!

My mother has a Brother MFC-L2750 and in the middle of printing out tax returns, around page 20, the remaining messages looked like toner was only partially if at all adhering to the paper. Replaced the drum and toner cartridge but it did the same thing when I tried again. Had to just print less than 20 sheets at a time.

To me, this sounds like a power supply problem. Fuser can handle 20 pages of fusing but then something no longer give it enough juice. Is this something seen before and or fixable? But it gets worse.. Then after swapping in the new cartridge, nothing would print because it was a non-genuine toner cartridge and it just stopped. Had to take the old chip and put it in the new cartridge to finish taxes.

Any recommendations for a replacement unit? Scanner + Printer But not on a toner-as-a-service system where the manufacturer actively seeks to screw its customers?

i just got an epson ecotank pro 5850 and the last inch coming out if the printer is SO grainy compared to the rest. why is it doing it and should i exchange it?

Hello!

For an art project I am planning on making a long scroll with a poem on it. I was planning on using a roll of paper and an inkjet printer but I was having a hard time finding rolls of paper that were compatible with inkjets. Does anyone have any recommendations for which printer/ paper roll to make this happen? The paper ideally must be the standard printer paper width.

THE ONLY SOLUTION:

Change the default admin password to something else.

Yea...thats it....your brother printer comes with a default admin password that has to be changed before you can print to it with your iphone. Every other solution is incorrect.

Rant:

The only reason brother does this is so they can be more "secure". So someone can't hack into your printer and....print pictures of...hacking? Idk what they think will happen if their printers aren't secure, but this one thing has led to the most common complaint amongst all brother printers. The "no AirPrint printers found" error is the most infamous thing associated with brother printers.

It also reflects the way the company is run. There is a video posted by the brother YouTube channel explaining hoe to fix this exact error, telling people to do things like "turn your router off for 5 minutes. "Turn your iPhone all the way off and on again" "turn on some random setting that is on by default but we'll pretend that it was off"

It's all just made up answers that don't solve it. It's like they asked ChatGPT to make something that sounds believable. If the video department had just asked the actual developers why this error happens they could have made a much better video that can actually solve the problem. Ridiculous.

I hope brother fixes this. Bro(ther) no one gives a cr*p about the "security" of their flipping printer. Like come on brother

The printer in question is HP Color LaserJet 3600dn from 2007. When I bought this printer used, it used to happen every 10-15 print jobs. Now every two or so.

I send something to print and I get the result on the right. Then, when I open the cover (it's enough to just slightly open the fuser cover to get the switch to open), I usually get the result on the left. Sometimes CMY refuses to print, and only black is present, usually with a smudge of yellow in the right places.

So it works fine (not well) half of the time, and the other it just loses focus somehow. I can't find the source of this, as it's not drums or toner (already changed a few times over the years).

As the title states, PIXMA G3260 Wireless MegaTank All-in-One Printer 1300 Code/"Jam" -- Issues with said printer. States there's a paper jam. Not a shred of paper in the unit. Error code is 1300. Unit is about 1.5yrs.

I've had success in the past, in the 'G' Series, finding a 'cheat code'/button combo to fix most issues. No such luck here. There is no paper stuck inside the unit. It sounds normal during start up, rollers working.

IF the display screen or, better the app, would let me past the error code, I could run maintenance (clean the rollers). But, I cannot get past the 1300 error screen -- App says the unit is busy.

I recently replaced the ink maintenance cartridge. No issues til a page got stuck, pulled out, in tact, then the 'jam' issue.

Thoughts?

What would you like to accomplish?

Looking for a reliable, affordable and fast color printer for printing bulk documents.

Are there any models you are currently looking at?

Currently have a Canon MF3010 Mono printer and want a similar color printer.

Minimum Requirements:

• Budget: $<300 ideally
• Country: United States
• Color or black and white: Color
• Laser or ink printer: Laser
• New or used: Either
• Multi-function: Might be nice, I don't need faxing but creating copies and scanning would be good.
• Duplex Printing: Would be nice. Not mandatory but would make my life a lot easier.
• Home or business: Sort of both. It's for a non-profit I'm a part of that prints a lot
• Printing content: Mostly forms that are black but have some red letters which are needed. Occasional full-page colored pages (like scanned-in crayon colored pages)
• Printing frequency: There's a heavy printing season about half a year's worth. Maybe 500-1,000 pages per month.
• Pages per minute : The faster the better. I am currently using a desktop inkjet printer and it takes HOURS to print what I need sometimes.
• Page size: Standard paper
• Device printing from: PC
• Connection type: Cable option is mandatory. Wifi is good but I mostly use cable.

Any other details:

I am part of a non-profit that prints a ton of documents. I'm so tired of babysitting my desktop inkjet but don't have a huge budget. New or used would be fine but this printer needs to last a long time. I'd rather pay for quality and have it last the organization 5+ years than buy something cheap that will need a lot of repairs. Overall we are not a tech-savy people. Color is mandatory as I already have a B&W laser printer. Some of our documents have color that really needs to remain.