Kodak ESP 5250 problems with printing

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Kodak ESP 5250 problems with printing

I have a macmini with el capitan. I hooked up my old Kodak ESP 5250 all-in-one to it and downloaded the driver/software? from the Kodak support page that looked like the right one. When I print a test page, it looks great. I've cleaned the printheads. Everything looks good, except when I actually print from word or off hte web, the colors are light and the black is so faint it's almost nonexistent. I tried some tips about going to terminal, and pasting in some stuff that I found on here, but it didn't work.

Mac mini (Late 2014)

Posted on Oct 5, 2016 4:01 PM

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brenden dv

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Oct 6, 2016 12:53 PM in response to alexanola

Hi alexanola,

I see from your post that your Kodak printer seems to print a test page without any issue, but the images are unclear when you try printing using one of your Mac apps. I'm more than happy to help you get things working normally again.

Take a look at the following instructions that I recommend for this issue:

If your Mac has some other issue with your printer or scanner

These steps might resolve printing issues that have no other clear cause.

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.

Select your printer or scanner in the list of devices, then click Delete (–) to remove it from the list.

Follow the steps in the previous section to add your printer again.

If the issue persists, Control-click anywhere in the list of devices in Printers & Scanners preferences. Then choose “Reset printing system” from the shortcut menu that appears.
Resetting the printing system causes all printers and scanners—including their queues, jobs, and custom settings—to be removed from Printers & Scanners preferences.

Follow the steps in the previous section to add your device again.

If the issue remains unresolved, take these final steps to remove any currently installed printer drivers that could be causing the issue:
Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.

Control-click anywhere in the list of devices, then choose “Reset printing system” from the shortcut menu that appears.
From the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder. Type
/Library/Printers/
and click Go.
The Printers folder opens. Choose Edit > Select All to select all items in the folder.

Choose File > New Folder with Selection to put all of the selected items into a new folder named New Folder With Items.
To save storage space, you can delete the New Folder With Items folder after completing the remaining steps.

Follow the steps in the previous sect ion once more.
If your printing issue persists, contact the printer manufacturer for support.

Resolve printer issues on your Mac - Apple Support
Cheers!

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