jagged lines on print head test epson r230

[GRANT WALKER]

hi, I have an Epson r230, when I do a nozzle check print the cyan pattern
has no missing segments but the lines are up and down, not in smooth steps
or parallel lines like a wire fence.
I have done many head cleans but the uneven cyan lines still appear.

tia,
Grant

 

[Jan Alter]

hi, I have an Epson r230, when I do a nozzle check print the cyan pattern
has no missing segments but the lines are up and down, not in smooth steps
or parallel lines like a wire fence.
I have done many head cleans but the uneven cyan lines still appear.

tia,
Grant

]
Have you done a head alignment with the software?
You should be able to find the 'head alignment tool' under 'the 'print
utility' tab.

If that doesn't work it sounds like you may have a head delamination
problem, which from what I've been told means the need of a head replacement
and not worth the money to fix unless you happen to have a load of
replacement cartridges on hand that you don't want to waste, or you love
your printer beyond reason.

Good luck,

 

[Joel]

hi, I have an Epson r230, when I do a nozzle check print the cyan pattern
has no missing segments but the lines are up and down, not in smooth steps
or parallel lines like a wire fence.
I have done many head cleans but the uneven cyan lines still appear.

tia,
Grant

Well, you should have printed something on paper instead of wasting ink
tring to force the print test to print a solid straight line which it won't.

As my own experience from many printers (and probably from 3 different
manufactures), they don't print straight line but similar the sample below

http://inkdaddy.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/rx595-nozzle-check-epson.jpg
http://files.support.epson.com/images/webadvice/wa00006/nozcheck.gif
http://www.internet-ink.co.uk/media/images/category/good-test-print_merged.gif
http://onxy.2y.net/bad_epson_3000_nozzle_check_pattern.jpg

Click the link below for different pattern

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2375

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Hi Grant,

The problem you are experiencing with your Epson r230 printer is very
common and correctable. The cause is what I refer to as "deflected
nozzles". Basically, what happens is the nozzle opening gets partially
clogged, and depending upon what area of the nozzle is clogged
determines which direction the ink goes. It is very much like when you
take a garden hose with water flowing and place your thumb over one part
of it, diverting the water path on an angle.

The fix is both cheap and relatively easy, especially with the inks used
in the r230, which are dye colorant without any waterproof resins.

I have a manual which explains the full procedure and how to use common
household cleaning agents to clean the underside of the head, which
usually resolves this. You can also soak the underside of the head in
the cleaning station with the cleaning solution formula discussed in the
manual, which is even easier and often enough to resolve the issue.
Occasionally, you may need to make up cleaning cartridges
and run the fluid through the head, but that is only if the other two
solutions do not work. None of these procedures require you to
dismantle the printer or heads, so please do not do that, nor use any
pressure with fluids or air to the heads as this can lead to head
delamination which Jan mentioned, and that is a permanent damage.

For the full manual and all the suggestions in detail, please just email
me and mention the printer model and the problem again (I answer quite a
few requests a day, and that will remind me).

There is no charge for this service, and I have nothing to sell or spam
you with. If you have any doubt, Google my name and you'll see these
manual have been request thousands of time a year.

So, to get to me directly, just email me at:

e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org

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(dot) - .

Arthur Entlich


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[Arthur Entlich]

Joel, what Grant is referring to is not the typically stepwise pattern
that Epson and other inkjet heads show with a good nozzle pattern, but
instead a pattern where the nozzle test segments go up and down rather
than on a stepwise incline. This occurs when the nozzles are partially
clogged, diverting the ink spray up or down from the location they
should print at. Usually, when this occurs continually cleaning cycles
or printing will not resolve it without other intervention to clean the
underside of the head of thickened and dried ink deposits which
accumulate over time.

This same problem leads to horizontal banding of the print as some lines
are misplaced too high or low and the print head moves left to right.

Art



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