Does anyone know of a virus that would make your printer stop printing in color? Mine just stopped, yet is it has plenty. I've run virus checks etc. Any suggestions???? Thanks.
"we could find a speck of dust and scribble down our life story..." ~The Refreshments
I find it highly unlikely that a virus or spyware may have caused this. Unlike when a virus attacks IE for instance, printers are many with different software.
Check the cartridge for possible damage and run a test print.
Check all your printer settings and restore your default settings.
I don't think there is any virus that do that, check your ink cartridges & calibration!
Your cartrige head could be damaged or plugged like others have mentioned or your printer just went on the fritz.
Just a stupid question, I hate to ask this but its a big mistake to over look the simple possibilities. Did you check the settings to make sure it set to color
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I did check and recheck the settings and run a test page (came out black and white) and re-downloaded the drivers even....a friend's recently did the same thing (also an Epson) which was making me wonder if it could be a virus we somehow shared. Maybe Epson is just known for this??
"we could find a speck of dust and scribble down our life story..." ~The Refreshments
Are you sure the settings are set to print colour?
What exactly are you trying to print?
Have you tried printing a different project via different software?
Are you sure it's not a / an empty / faulty / damaged cartridge in anyway? Have a good look.
Maybe the colour has dryed over on the cartridge and is preventing future printing.
Tell us your printer model, il see if I can find any evidence of this happening to your model of printer.
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It could be your print head, whats the model of your printer.Originally Posted by paradoxgrl
could be that new virus... epson bin ladin. or saddam hp even the kwait leader lexmark. lol
or just pull the color cartige(s) out and shake them it could be the ink is still
"Hands down your pants"
I love this new-fangled mentality where if anything at all does something unexpected, it's a virus.
The essay i just typed only got a d, do ya think it could be due to a virus????.
ah, this explains bad hair days... :)
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It's not a refilled cartridge is it?
yeah, you can only refill so often. plus if you haven't printed in a while, all you get is black and white (or maybe blue).
we're here for a good time, not a long time- so have a good time, the sun can't shine every day.....
IMHO...Refills are a good way to wreck your printer.
McAfee mentions a virus:
Spawns Print Jobs on Network Printers There have been reports from the field that after execution of the virus it sends print jobs to all network printers. Avert has been able to reproduce this in their labs and the worm attempts to print its file contents to network printers.
I believe symantec mentions something about the W32.Bugbear virus affecting printers in some way. I don't believe it was disabling colors though.
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