Citizen Printer

Black streaks on my inkjet CD-Rs?

I have an Epson R340 and I use it to print on inkjet CDs all the time. Most of the time it's awesome, but every couple dozen discs it'll drop a load of dark ink across the CD and ruin it. It's a black streak usually, going perpendicular to the printer head motion. It'll often leave a blob of ink on the edge of the CD too, which I have to wipe off with a tissue. I thought maybe the heads were dirty, but the next CD after a bad one is always just fine. I use Epson ink, and changing the cartridge seems to have no effect. It's not a huge deal, but it does waste a few CDs per project. Suggestions?

Public Comments

1. look for spilt ink in the carrier. Ther is a pad/s that soak up ink, if they get drenched this will happen I have a 300 and ink get on the rollers