hpr3 wrote:
Tried to test various print scenarios. Will print test page from epson installation software. Will print a saved web archive. Will print a saved mail pic or webpage. Will not print anything from Pages. Will not print a doc from email or a simple email generated by me that says test. Strangely I picked an old email of a confirmation page from one of the airlines and it printed fine. Just weird.
Some printers have two black ink tanks - one for text printing and the other for enhancing colour prints. What you may have here is that some of the applications are printing with the black meant for colour images, while other applications are trying to use the text black and that may not be working. If your printer does have more than one blank ink, have you tried printing a nozzle test print to check that all ink tanks are working?
If all tanks are working correctly in the nozzle test print, then another possible cause can be the driver. You mention AirPrint in the opening post. Do you mean you are using Apple's AirPrint driver rather than the Epson driver? To check, open Printers & Scanners and select the Epson. The right pane will show the driver being used in the Kind section. If you are using the AirPrint driver, then try adding the printer again, but in the Use menu, change the drop menu to Select software and then browse for the Epson driver and add. Now see if this has the same issue.
