The problem of Epson printer skipping lines or missing lines is reported often by the users. Such a problem can occur when the nozzles of your device have become clogged. There can be other factors too that can result in your Epson printer to skip or miss lines while printing. If you would like to know in detail about the causes of this issue, then we will suggest you to go through this informative reading. After elaborating on the causes, you can browse through the fixes for getting rid of the problem. Soon, the device will begin to print clear and correct pages.
From understanding the causes of the Epson printer printing issues like missing or skipping lines to understanding its causes, the following have been covered in this blog:
Epson printer can skip or miss lines at the time of printing due to the reasons mentioned as follows:
We believe that the 4 reasons mentioned above will help you in preventing the same problem from occurring again on your device.
Epson printer problems like skipping lines or missing lines are not unusual to witness. Based on the reasons due to which they can occur, we have mentioned 4 fixes in the following parts of the blog. As per these fixes, you will be required to implement the Clean Print Cartridges Utility, clean your device’s contacts, set aside the black printer cartridge for 2 hours, and replace the cartridge in case it is problematic.
The Clean Print Cartridges Utility has been used by several users who were often seeing the problem of Epson printer printing with lines missing. As they implemented the utility, the problem did not seem to return. For implementing it, you can ensure that your printing device and system are connected. Then you can move to the Start Menu to enter the Control Panel. Here, you can visit the section of Printer and Faxes. Via the option of Preferences, you can continue with the remaining procedure.
In case the printed test page is showing any missing or skipping lines even now, do check that all the steps listed above were performed in the same manner as displayed above.
Important: There can also be times wherein your Epson printer may print completely blank pages. To settle such a problem, you can consider going through our fixes for Epson printer printing blank pages.
In the second measure for troubleshooting an Epson printer that is skipping lines while printing, cleaning the device’s contacts will be suggested. To clean them, you will have to access them first. You can open the door of the ink cartridge and ensure that the carriage is not producing any sound. Then you can power off the device and remove the cartridge. You can locate the contacts and gently clean them. The cleaning process has been elaborated in the directions presented as follows.
Please Note: Printing a test page will be necessary to ensure that no missing or skipping lines are being observed now. In case you notice the same problem even now, you can move to the fix mentioned in the upcoming section. It should help you in dealing with an Epson printer skipping lines when printing.
While gathering the best fixes for removing the issue of Epson printer missing lines when printing, we chanced upon the fix stated in this section. As per this measure, you can remove the black cartridge for at least two hours. Initially, you can take out the black print cartridge of your device. Then you can close your device. Make sure that you keep the cartridge on a clean sheet without damaging the nozzles. Now, you can leave the cartridge on that sheet.
Let us now go through the complete steps of this fix by reading the directions mentioned as follows.
Important: Certain users of Epson printers have reported that instead of missing or skipping lines in the print, their devices were not printing black color or lines in other colors as well. In case you too are seeing such an issue, we’ll recommend you to read our fixes for Epson printer not printing.
There is a possibility that the problem of the Epson printer skipping lines or missing lines may be appearing due to issues with the cartridge. Your device’s cartridge may have become damaged or it may be appearing to be problematic due to several reasons. As a result of the same, your device may not be printing properly. Thus, missing or skipping lines may be seen.
When you are sure that this is the reason why you are facing the printing issues with your Epson printer, replacing the cartridge with a new one will be the apt thing to do. Ensure that the new cartridge is original. After you have correctly installed it into your printer, printing a test page will be suggested to make sure that no printing errors are being faced now.
The fixes mentioned here will be suitable for dealing with the problem on the following models of the Epson XP Printer:
| Epson XP 410 Printer | Epson XP 420 Printer | Epson XP 440 Printer | Epson XP 430 Printer |
These can be used for repairing the issue of missing or skipping lines on the Epson printer models given as follows:
| Epson WF 2540 Printer | Epson WF 2630 Printer | Epson Artisan 1430 Inkjet Printer | Epson ET 2650 Printer |
Epson printers are used by many for both personal and official tasks. In case the printer stops printing properly and starts to miss or skip lines, you may not be able to accomplish certain tasks. To make sure that your Epson printer keeps printing as usual, we supplied you with 4 fixes. After implementing them, you won’t be seeing the issue of Epson printer printing with lines missing or skipping any longer. We hope that your printing tasks will have been resumed by now.
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Just tried the 2 hour wait suggestion. Ridiculously (?) it worked a treat. Thank you.
Your post is very helpful and information is reliable. I am satisfied with your post. Thank you so much.
Thanks for posting such an informative reading. I was not sure of the cause. But your fixes worked well for me.
we have epson t20111 model reciept printere,but its printing bfine but unfortunatly barcode part is missing.
Anybody who has kids must be aware of the last-minute requirements of print outs. Two days back my little one asked me to take out a print for his class presentation at 11 pm. It was not troubling as I have a printer at my place until my Epson printer skipping lines issue bothered me. As I told you it was late at night hence I could get it fixed next morning only. But then my son started sobbing about the presentation and I ended up looking for the solution online itself. I read a lot of articles but the steps mentioned were quite complicated to me as I am not a tech-savvy. The very first solution asked to Run the clean print cartridges utility and I was impressed with the result. After that, I printed the required pages for my kid and became the supermom in his eyes.
Thank you. This 73 year old tech illiterate fixed her Epson 640 with the skipping lines problem. Not sure which of your suggestions worked. I tried them all. All good now.
Kithe, Linda, Where is the "ink port" on the printer, and on the cartridge? It may seem intuitive, but I don't want to screw up the printer.
Epson WF-3620 is leaving blank areas on the page when printing a Word document.
Prints from a spreadsheet perfect. Prints of grey pictures from Power point - not bad.
Prints from pdf of a Word document have the same problem as word.
Any thoughts?
Hi. I tried nozzle check/clean, print head alignment and the water trick. No idea which one of those made it work, but all good now. Thank you!
I have poor quality copying with yellow or white stripes through the pictures and white stripes of words missing when printing landscape. looks terrible
Very frustrating to have a perfect nozzle check printout and then have blank lines on a simple black and white document. I tried hot hater and got missing lines in nozzle check, so back to clean nozzles again, which brought it back, but in real printing still missing lines several places a page, a few inches apart. Bad flex cable? Bad print driver? The defects seem to stay on the same place on the page, which makes one wonder if the cart is OK and something else is preventing the ink flow in the driver.
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MR DAVID G PICKETT
If after the nozzle check printer are not printing then you may need to repeat the head cleaning and check again. You should repeat this process 3,4 times, If this error still persist that means some of the ink cartridge may be old or damage so you may need to replaced. To replace an ink cartridge before it is empty.
If this issue still persist then you should talk to technical support.
thank you, it solved my problem ^_^
Thank you! The water trick worked. My stylus 420 was skipping printing about every inch or so and after cleaning the nozzle and heads, still wasnt working. Was about to buy a new printer.
Well I’m trying the water trick, I’ll see what happens
My printer was skipping lines, hot water in the nozzle did the trick?
The printer was printing faint text and it was not set to draft print but normal print so I did a printhead cleaning. After the printhead cleaning my epson printer is now missing lines when printing. What else shall i do?
Nothing has help me fix my epson printer skipping lines. It still has the same problem.
Excellent!! I used to have the epson printer skipping lines almost every time i had to take a print out. The print head cleaning helps but the skipping lines comes back after few pages printing. Manually cleaning the ink cartridge resolved the problem. thanks
My epson printer was working perfectly fine yesterday and today morning when i powered it on, the prints were skipping lines. I have done all the test but it is still giving me the same
Thank you my epson printer skipping lines problem is now gone. The printer utility tool did it.
I have tried all the steps, the print quality is much better however the printer printing lines is still visible on some pages
If i print a few documents there is no problem with my epson printer but when i print in bulk, the printer start skipping lines. It skip lines after the 10th or the 11th page. What am i supposed to do?
My epson printer starts printing after running the Clean the Printer Cartridges and continuous print pages with no errors or lines missing. The problem with this epson printer is that if i want to take another print after few hours(5 to 6 hours later) or the next day this epson wf 2760 printer begins to print with lines missing again……. I have to clean the print head which cost me a lot of my time and the printer ink. What could be done to fix this?
Tried all the steps mentioned above as well as dipping some few drops of hot water in the ink port but my epson printer still skipping lines. I don’t use my printer too often. Got it as a gift and it has been lying in the corner of the room for quite some time. The ink cartridge is full and last time i used it was more than 3 months ago. So one thing i want to ask , is it that my epson printer skipping lines because the ink cartridge is clogged with dust and dried ink? and if so what would be the best solution to stop this? Because replacing the ink cartridge will not help as i will not be using it again for a long time and the same problem of skipping lines will come back. Wasting all my efforts and my money.
I thought my epson printer skipping lines was due to the ink cartridge gone faulty and was about to purchase a new cartridge but cleaning up the printer ink cartridge with hot water suggested by Kithe did the job. Thanks for the additional steps
I did not get it fixed . my epson printer is still printing with lines missing. This epson printer is just 3 months old and its giving me too much problem
Finally an article that makes sense on how to troubleshoot for epson printer printing with lines missing. Very easy to understand for a novice like me and got it right on the second step. Thanks a lot.
I have read many online help article that suggested resetting the printer, cleaning the printhead using the utility tools, removed and put it back but my epson printer just keeps printing with lines missing. The second step, cleaning the contacts did the trick but before replacing the cartridge in the printer i dribble a few (just four to five) drops of hot water into the ink port in the printer and two- three drops into the ink port on the cartridge. It worked fine after that
Putting a couple of drops of warm water in the the ink port fix the white lines. Thanks Kithe
I have the same problem. It is as though a RAM memory block in the printer is completely defect.
not sure how the memory is configured, but I miss something like 5 memory block lines per page or more.
That is HORIZONTAL full block lines, not single printerhead lines.