Restarting duty cycle of my Epson Stylus Color 580

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Try new ink cartridges. The old ones are likely used up (or at least the
Epson thinks so) after it periodically cleans itself while left on.

Don


"Raymond Owen" <raymwo@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
news:4081d754_1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> Could anyone tell me how to restart my Epson Stylus Color 580.
>
> It has been little used for the few years I have had it, but appears to
have
> been told to cease operating after the hours it has been switched on.
>
> I have removed the driver from my computer, reinstalled the driver, tried
> different cables (its own cable is fine anyway, as I use this cable for my
> new Canon i560).
>
> The computer is fine, USB ports all work (port swapping doesn't make any
> difference in this case). The problem is definately with the printer
>
> The driver is the latest I can find from Epson (I know they are not good
> with current drivers, as they probably take for granted you will buy a new
> Epson printer after a year or two.)
>
>