Epson XP 422 printing blanks

andygb

My Epson XP 422 is just over a year old, and it has been going cranky for a month now. It is now printing blanks, despite having nearly full cartridges in. I have tried all the maintenance routines - nozzles and heads, but nothing is working.
I have read some reviews which suggest this whole series are famous for breaking down.
Is it time to get a new printer?

Neil_Jones

Not necessarily.

Try printing in photo quality for a while on normal A4 paper, it'll take longer but as I said in the other thread, 8 times out of 10 it'll start working properly again.

andygb

Thanks Neil, I will try that.

andygb

Quick update, it still isn't printing even though I tried Neil's method, and to make it worse, it has stopped scanning from the unit, although I can go in via the PC, but then it will not print in PDF form.
I think I need a new one.

tonyh66

not printing to PDF is not a printer problem, you have a problem with the drivers.
Have you tried uninstalling the software and drivers and re-installing?
(make sure you have the latest software from Epson website before doing this)

andygb

Cheers Tony, I downloaded the latest drivers and it now seems to be working, although the layout and controls are very different to before.

letsbehonest

My Epson XP has the same printing problem after many cleans and even a manual clean still not printing, after much sodding about I gave up and bought a laser printer, so much better albeit only mono.