I have an Epson 7600 that I just purchased on EBay. I tested it when I picked it up and it worked fine. When I try to print from home I get a "Command Error" and all the ink lights flash red.

The Epson works fairly well with XP. It is to be connected to
a parallel port, usually LPT1
using an IEEE certified parallel printer cable. The computer BIOS
setting is best set for standard parallel port, SPP, bi-directional port
or similar. If possible, do not set it to ECP or EPP or ECP & EPP.

The only native driver for the printer is on the Windows CP CD. Install
using the Add Printer wizard.

The Epson LQ-860 drivers, and a few others, can be used. Using these
drivers, you will discover that the printer actually has some resident
fonts (in printer ROM) that are not accessible from the Stylus
driver. However, with this driver, graphics printing quality is
compromised.

Windows 9x drivers _cannot be used_.

Let us know.

Tom
MSMVP
Windows Shell/User

"the_best_of_fools" <[email protected]> wrote in
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:I have an Epson stylus color 600 I can't get to work with Windows XP.
This
: printer worked fine with my old Mac.
:
: I've tried everything I could and nothing is working. The printer is
: connected to
: the computer via parallel LPT1 port. I've installed the WindowsXP
resident
: drivers
: for this printer model (the Epson drivers are too old and not
verified). The
: computer doesn't detect the new hardware with Plug and Play when
turned ON
: (don't know why) so I had to manually Add Hardware (Printer Port) with
the
: Hardware Wizard. I'm not sure how to recognize if the LPT1 port is
active or
: not and set up properly in the BIOS? I read something about having to
set the
: parallel port to ESP or ECP depending on the printer's requirement
(which I
: don't know) in the BIOS?
:
: Everytime I send a test page or print from a command prompt or WordPad
: nothing happens for 1-2 minutes and then I get a "Printer Out of
Paper"
: message in the pop-up. Of course, the printer has enough paper (and I
can
: print a sefl-test page from the printer). I also tried with another
parallel
: cable and it still doesn't work. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling
the
: printer's driver many time and it's still not printing.

epson 7600 black ink failure

Hello. With Epson 7600, "bubbles mean troubles". If you have done the power cleaning

try cleaning your print heads

This indicates that the Pump motor operation count has reached its limit. The remedy is to Perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / CLEANER]

Service required mean waste ink counter overflow. You need to reset it. SSC Service utility don't work with this type. The resetter is not for free, it's commercial. Only some distributor have it.

Select the proper page size in the page setup dialogue box and again in the various print dialogue box sub menus. Also make sure your printer is selected and you are using the correct drivers.

If all of these things are in place you should get a long list of paper types in the pull down menu when you attempt to print.

To really clean the epson 7600, alternately print a nozzle check and then run a cleaning. Do this 8 times in a row. If that does not fix the problem, it could be that you need to replace the cleaning assembly. You could also try just cleaning off the wiper blade in the cleaning assembly. You need to remove the left side cover to get at the wiper.
Here is a link for the service manual SP76-9600_service manual.pdf I'm only including this for the instructions on removing the side panel, and for recognition of the wiper blade.
You can do your own cleaning assembly replacement if you have any sort of experience in that sort of thing, But if you don't, I would recommend leaving that to a tech. (But it is pricey.)

You need to be able to clear the counters in the printer that tell the printer to stop working.
In order to do that you must

1. Turn printer off
2. you must hold down the "Paper Source, Paper Feed, Select Feed, Cut/Eject" buttons all at the sime time while you turn the printer back on.
3. From there navigate through the menues to clear the counter that pertains to you or all.
(Error 00000101 is pertains to the print head motor)

Word of warning -
Those counters can be a pain as they cause the printer to stop working however you do need to get your printer serviced by a tech as soon as you can because the error is a warning, reset the counters lets you finsih a job, but if it goes unserviced too long it will actually break down all togther.

So even after you rest the counters you absolutly must get your printer serviced soon.

All I can do to help is to send you HERE to pick out a Mac driver.

Hope that helped...

Geno