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My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because it
was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are only
about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's likely
a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood
was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro.

When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18
months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and warns
me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson
site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light.
Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the
problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart

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"Stuart" <anonysurfer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because
it
> was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are
only
> about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's
likely
> a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood
> was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro.
>
> When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18
> months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and
warns
> me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson
> site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light.
> Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the
> problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart

You need not be afraid to install over the warning from Microsoft. All that
means is that Epson didn't jump through the set of annoying hoops Microsoft
expected them to for "certification" or whatever they call it. Some
software installation instructions actually TELL you to ignore this, while
others don't.

It IS possible that it won't work correctly, but the worst that can happen
is that you would just uninstall it if it is problematic.

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"Stuart" <anonysurfer@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:y0gxd.3273$9j5.299@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> My repair shop just replaced the printer head on my Epson 2000P (because
it
> was printing small red lines in all my prints), but now, the prints are
only
> about half as dark as the actual image. Some web sites suggest it's
likely
> a printer driver issue. Before the repair, I installed what I understood
> was a newer driver for the 2000P to use with my XP Pro.
>
> When I try to re-install the original driver that came with my printer 18
> months ago, Microsoft says it's not necessarily compatible with XP and
warns
> me not to install it. I believe the "XP compatible" driver from the Epson
> site is installed, but that's the one that may be making it print light.
> Also, I haven't installed Service Pack 2, so I don't think that's the
> problem. I'd appreciate any suggestions! Thanks, Stuart

Make certain that your printer is not set to "Economy", this is an ink
saving setting that will result in light prints.
Film, Ahhhh!
me

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There are three versions of the 2000P driver. The first which is not XP
compatible, a second which is and a third which is XP but also reduces the
metamerism effect. The Epson site says not tot use the last drvier unless you
have metamerism problems. One way to lessen metamerism is to reduce ink
output. Go to the Epson 2000P driver page and check which drvier you are
using.

KevinONeil@AOL.Com
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