My r290 add red color to my photos - Epson Stylus R290 InkJet Printer

*** I'll be more than happy to help you on that. you might be talking about R280, because theres no R290 for epson. there is a great possibility thatsome of the nozzles of your printer are clogged by dried inks, thats why when it prints, the inks are not equally distributed or is not balanced.to check that, print a nozzle check, and if you see gaps or breaks, between the lines, do head cleaning. this is how you can do it, its very easy for you. Using the Buttons on the Printer 1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, that the CD/DVD tray is not inserted in the printer, and the red ink light is not on. (If the red ink light is on, you need to replace a cartridge.) 2. Turn the printer off and make sure the front tray is in the paper (lower) position. 3. Make sure letter-size plain paper is loaded in the printer. my r290 add red color to my photos - maint.5.1.10.jpgdown the paper button, then press the power button. Hold down both buttons untmy r290 add red color to my photos - maint.5.1.13.jpg"/uploads/images/maint.5.1.12.jpg" alt="maint.5.1my r290 add red color to my photos - maint.5.1.14.jpgh_mi" /> power light begins to flash, then release the 5. When the nmy r290 add red color to my photos - maint.5.1.16.jpgck starts to print release the paper button. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines. 6. If there are no gaps or lines, the print head does not need to be cleaned.do the Head Cleaning to clean the nozzles. Using the Buttons on the Printer 1. Make sure the printer is my r290 add red color to my photos - maint.5.1.25.jpgt printing, and the red ink light is off. (If the red ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge.) 2. Hold down the ink button on the printer for approximately 3 semy r290 add red color to my photos - maint.5.1.27.jpghe printer runs a head cleaning cycle and the green power light flashes. Cleaning takes several seconds. Caution:
Never turn off the printer while head cleaning is in progress. You may damage it.

Do not insert the CD/DVD tray until cleaning has finished. 3. When the green power light stops flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the printer, then print a nozzle check to determine whether you need to clean the print head again. Print Head Nozzles If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three times, turn the printer off and wait overnight. This allows any dried ink to soften. Then, try cleaning the print head again.