Epson Stylus Photo 1400 Troubleshooting

This problem might be the left edge guide is adjusted wrong. Slide the left edge guide against the left edge of the paper, but not too tightly. For photo printing, make sure the printable side of the paper is faced up. The printable side is usually whiter and brighter.

It may be dirty printer heads. The printer has a self cleaning mechanism, and the problem should go away after cleaning. Make sure the printer is turned on, not printing, and has sufficient ink (red ink light is off). Hold down the ink button for about 3 seconds to initiate cleaning. It should take about 2 minutes.

Faded print or missing colors may indicates low level of toner in the cartridge. Replacing the cartridges will fix this issue. Please see the guide for replacing an ink cartridge.

To have consistently good print quality, the printer needs to be cleaned occasionally. Light cleaning for dust and ink spills can fix the issue. See this guide on how to clean the printer.

Make sure drivers are up to date and check external connections. Try printing from another program. See the software section to update drivers.

Large ink smudges, missing colors, mixed colors or distortion even after cleaning may indicate a damaged or overly dirty print head. Follow this guide to take out the printhead.

Paper is stuck in the printer, and it is unable to come out. Taking the paper out will resolve this issue. Please refer to the guide for paper jam.

Paper EJ Frame Assy might be damaged, causing the paper ejection function to fail. Check for damage and replace the Paper EJ Frame Assy by following the guide to replace Paper EJ Frame Assy.

If printing on paper, it is out of paper. Reload paper and press paper button to resume printing.

If printing on CD/DVD, the CD/DVD tray not inserted. Insert CD/DVD tray then press paper button.

If printing on paper, there is a paper jam. Press paper button to eject paper. If it doesnt work, follow the guide for paper jam to fix it.

If printing on CD/DVD, the tray has not ejected. Pull out the tray and press the paper button.

An ink cartridge is almost depleted. Check which cartridge needs replacing.

An ink cartridge is depleted. Check follow the ink cartridge guide to replace it.

To download the latest driver and software, visit the Epson Stylus Photo 1400 page.

The printer software is capable of checking ink levels for each cartridge, initiating self cleaning (same as holding ink button on printer), and aligning print nozzles. The software is usually located at the printer section of your computer's control panel. Make sure the latest software is downloaded from the site: Epson Stylus Photo 1400 page.