i have'nt used my epson cx3800 printer for more than 5 years, except using just the scanner on top of it, but i never had problems with it in the past.
i have windows xp sp3
i finally got all the new ink cartridges so it would be able to print, 2 of them i got were cheaper priced re-manufactured (non-epson) cartridges, but supposed to work fine with it.
i set all the settings and put plain white paper in it, and tried printing something from corel draw, and it did'nt do anything?, then i tried printing from notepad and it started to do something and a piece of paper was fed into it and it sounded like it was printing, but when it came out the other side, it was just a blank piece of paper ?,
and again when i tried to print, it had a dialog box that said "the printer is not ready to print !", "check all connections" ? not sure what that means ?
i recently downloaded the most updated driver and utilities combo package for it, also i made sure the connections were on tight, but at first when trying to print, i did have the usb plugged into a usb splitter extension cord hub, instead of directly into the usb slot on the computer, but later i changed and put the usb into the computer, but still did'nt work or print ?
on device manager the cx3800 is there, but is called "imaging device"?, and you click the properties and then it says epson cx3800 and has driver and stuff,
should i just try uninstalling and reinstalling driver ? or try different usb cord like if i used the usb cord from my canon digital camera ? which is the same plug type ?
what else can i check or try to fix so it is able to work and print again ???
any help would be appreciated, thanks
i have windows xp sp3
i finally got all the new ink cartridges so it would be able to print, 2 of them i got were cheaper priced re-manufactured (non-epson) cartridges, but supposed to work fine with it.
i set all the settings and put plain white paper in it, and tried printing something from corel draw, and it did'nt do anything?, then i tried printing from notepad and it started to do something and a piece of paper was fed into it and it sounded like it was printing, but when it came out the other side, it was just a blank piece of paper ?,
and again when i tried to print, it had a dialog box that said "the printer is not ready to print !", "check all connections" ? not sure what that means ?
i recently downloaded the most updated driver and utilities combo package for it, also i made sure the connections were on tight, but at first when trying to print, i did have the usb plugged into a usb splitter extension cord hub, instead of directly into the usb slot on the computer, but later i changed and put the usb into the computer, but still did'nt work or print ?
on device manager the cx3800 is there, but is called "imaging device"?, and you click the properties and then it says epson cx3800 and has driver and stuff,
should i just try uninstalling and reinstalling driver ? or try different usb cord like if i used the usb cord from my canon digital camera ? which is the same plug type ?
what else can i check or try to fix so it is able to work and print again ???
any help would be appreciated, thanks