Brand new but black print faded and unclear

SOURCE: Epson 78900, black smudges on right end of each line printed ...

There is some '' absorbing pad'' at some strategic places in your printer, when you print too much after a while those pad, and head cleaning pad gets dirty and trouble start. Its a bit of a job, removing all the clip to open the cabinet, also dont place those pad in the water they grew like tampax. Replace it with dry sponge... Does it make sense to you?

SOURCE: I have a new Epson Workforce 30. It suddenly

Did you use Epson Genuine Cartridges?
ALL…. Epson & Brother Requires Genuine Cartridges. !!!!!!!!
That sounds like your problem.

In Purchasing Epson's CX 5400, CX4600, & CX7400 and more, I found out that Epson does not like Generic Printer Cartridges. I also Purchased a Brother MFC-240C All-In-One InkJet Printer. That also does not like Generic Print Cartridges. Color that should be Yellow, will turn out Green, Blue Brown, etc.

These printers have a CHIP that will detect if it is Generic or Genuine. When they see it’s Generic Cartridges, it will print lines thru the words, stripes across the picture and also do a mix match with the colors. It also will not let you print anything, if only one of the cartridges is empty.

I wanted to print only Black, and would not let me, because I did not have any ink in one of my cyan cartridges. Go figure.

That's what these Companies do., so they can keep selling the ink cartridges. Some Printers, are able to use Generic, and some are refillable. Some you can refill them up yourself and I heard, quite MESSY.

So I learned, thru trial and error, that you must use the ORIGINAL Genuine Cartridges for these PRINTERS. Some people say some models work fine compatible, but not mine.......

I had to replace the printer, but Epson, Lexmark & Brothers are always on sale. My Brother & Epson cost me $50.00 with Rebate. .

IF YOU ARE USING GENERIC CARTRIDGES, MAYBE IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU DISABLE THE INK MONITOR.

This is the only advice I can give you.

The next step would be to disassemble the Epson, and clean the Pads/Heads. Click on link below.:
http://www.hm2k.com/posts/parts-inside-your-printer-are-at-the-end-of-their-service-life

I located a page on http://www.fixyourownprinter.com forum, which had plenty of details about similar issues.

If you find this helpful, pls rate me.

Thanks and Good Luck :0)

SOURCE: My Epson workforce 310 printer

check your printer head maybe their are stock old ink on it..better to bring it on a shop for safe.

SOURCE: My Epson Workforce 435 stays in recovery mode after unsuccessfully attempting to update printer software online. How do I reset it?

i got the same problem ..... so if u press the arrow key up,down,left,right this let add a new message FILS IS NOT FOUND