Your Epson L3110 printer results are streaky? How to solve it follow the steps in this article.
Causes of Epson L3110 Striped Print Results
To note, the striped print results on the Epson L3110 printer are caused by a problem with the printer head component which causes the ink outlet to be disturbed so that the document is not printed perfectly.
The problems that often occur in the printer head components include:
- Dirty or clogged caused by deposits of residual ink covering the nozzle.
- Damaged so that it can no longer be used.
Print results that are broken, striped, or blurred are mostly influenced by the print head component, although sometimes it also occurs due to the ink hose entering the wind.
To find out the condition of the print head, you can do a nozzle check.
How to Solve Epson L3110 Striped Print Results
To overcome the striped print results on the Epson L3110 printer can be done by running the Head Cleaning command.
Head cleaning aims to clean the printhead components from all dirt or residual ink that sticks so that the ink outlet can be smooth again.
The Head Cleaning command itself can be done manually using the buttons on the printer (without a pc/laptop) or can also be done with the help of the Windows system (using a pc/laptop).
Well, here is describe both ways ...
1. Overcoming Epson L3110 Striped Print Results Manually
This method is quite simple because only by using the button on the Epson L3110 printer, we can already do the head cleaning process to overcome the streaky print results.
Here are the steps:
- Connect the L3110 printer with a PC/laptop, switch on the printer by pressing the power button.
- Then, press and hold the ink button (triangle circle), followed by pressing the power button once, while still pressing the ink button.
- Wait for 5 seconds and release the ink button.
- The printer will print the nozzle check results to see the condition of the Printer Head (make sure the printer has been filled with paper beforehand).
- Then, press and hold the ink button again until the power button light blinks or until the printer sounds, then release it.
- The printer will run the Head Cleaning process, wait for it to finish.
- Try the printer to see the print results
- If the Epson L3110 printer results are still striped, repeat the steps above until the perfect print result is obtained.
Done.
Note: if the printer does not react when performing the steps above, then there may be an error in the process of pressing the button.
2. Overcoming Epson L3110 Striped Print Results with Windows Help
In addition to the manual method above, we can also do the head cleaning process automatically with the help of the Windows system.
Incidentally, in this tutorial, we will use Windows 10, here are the steps:
- Open the Control Panel menu in Windows 10, to speed things up just type in the Search field.
- In the Control Panel window, click the Hardware and Sound menu.
- Then, click the Devices and Printers option to see the Epson L3110 printer icon.
- Hover the mouse cursor over the Epson L3110 printer icon, then right-click and select Printing Preferences.
- In the Epson L3110 Series Printing Preferences window, click the Maintenance tab and select Head Cleaning.
- Click Start to begin the cleaning process.
- Wait for the process to finish.
- When finished, click the Print Nozzle Check Pattern option, then click Print.
- Make sure the printer is loaded with paper to see the printout of the cleaning results.
- Click Finish to end the cleaning process.
- Epson L3110 printer is ready to use again.
Conclusion
So, the striped prints on the Epson L3110 printer are caused by a problem with the Printer Head component (dirty, clogged, damaged) and to solve it can be done with the Head Cleaning process or replacing the Print Head component.