Why does my epson 1400 feed paper straight threw instead of printing?

First, are you on a screen that has text on it to print. say a word document? Not a web page. second, how long has the 1400 been sitting before this happened? if a long time then the ink head may be clogged. Try printing in gray scale only and then in color and see if the same thing happends. Third make sure all print tasks are cleared. normally in the bottom right hand corner you will see a printer icon. if youclick it it will tell you how many jobs are waiting. clear them all. by pausing and then canceling them. (if they are there.) if none of those exist then look for the ink pad on the inside of the printer to the right. ( you will have to see if the head is moving left and right to do this.) if the printing head is moving left and right and you dont see anything stuck like paper and such in the machine then you need to find out if the black foam on the right where the print head parks when its done and shut off is wet or not. this entails watchin the print head go to the left and then shutting down power to this printer by unpluggin it. (this is not a switch off it needs to be unplugged from the 110 outlet) then if you can feel by a Q tip if you donw want to get your hands inked and see if it comes up with colors and black. if it does not then the ink heads or ink or both are dried. then do a search here on Fixya to look for clogged ink heads