Epson Warns that Power Cleaning is bad for your printer! Learn how I unclog ink, the safe way!

[@ianghea2192]

I just wanted to express my gratitude to you for this video. The blue and red ink on my printer were not printing at all and I've spent a week trying to figure out how to fix it. On the Epson website I read their warning against Power Cleaning so I tried just about every other piece of advice I could find (except for pulling the machine apart and injecting some type of solution directly into the print nozzles), with no results. Reluctantly, I was about to go ahead with a Power Clean when I happened to stumble onto your video. It's taken me 2 days and many many sheets of paper, but my printer is now back to normal. I cannot express how grateful I am for your advice.

[@LisannePinero]

I am sincerely grateful that I clicked on your video seconds before I was about to do a Power Clean procedure as advised in another video. Thank you so much for your clear, straightforward explanations and instructions. After 20 purge prints throughs and 3 power cleans, it worked! Grateful also to the comments for encouraging me to continue this procedure after many print attempts! Phew! Bacon saved!

[@KauaiSis]

So I tried printing my yellow rectangle about 20 times and gave up because there was zero trace of yellow (ink is 2/3 full). Left the printer for about 2 hours. Came back and tried again. OMG, what a shock... the yellow is back! Moral of the story...leave the printer for a while and come back. THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!

[@junkyardprints9713]

That’s how it is for every color except yellow for me

[@KatieDarden]

good to know! Thanks

[@yahinas]

I wish that worked for me. After power cleaning only blue prints.

[@robmiller5175]

I know you say in your video that the Epson ET-2720 can be cleaned out but cannot be replaced...HOWEVER, My ET-2720 tank filled up and I was getting the end of service life error on the printer. I was able to order a new tank with media already installed on Ebay for about $10. Once it arrived, I simply took out the old tank and inserted a new one, downloaded a VERY simple to use, free program from wic.support, paid another $10 for a reset code, and voila! Ink pad warning gone and new tank installed...all for about $20 bucks. I am truly thankful for your video here explaining how to create a purge page to help prevent this. My ink counter said I had only done 7 power flushes over the past 2 years and my tank was full! This will (hopefully) keep me from having to do this again in the future!

[@amykanai851]

Thank you QuickSPI! And thank you to all those who posted comments here. The comments were great to read while I was running the purge file prints and head cleanings. I tried 9 copies of the file at a time and an occasional cleaning. Many iterations (like 50 prints). Nothing and I was starting to feel it was hopeless. But I kept reading posts while I ran the prints and cleanings. Then just like magic, after I'd done two cleanings and a nozzle test page, I ran two prints and CYAN appeared! Yes, do not give up. After a few repeats of cleanings and prints of the purge file, I had all three colors printing fully again. Wonderful. Best of luck to all newcomers.

[@mrthompson4196]

yes! I just went through this process this weekend and also appreciate not only QuickSPI, but all of the comments, yours specifically @amykanai851 I would've given up if you had not specifically stated how many times you went through it before you saw results. I kept trying and was so thrilled to see those little blue lines show up on the nozzle test page. During the process, I did lose magenta briefly, which was definitely discouraging. Another cleaning & purge file fixed that though, so before long I was up and running with all colors printing with no streaks. Thank you

[@yahinas]

I need to hear this, cause I just power cleaned and now no colors except blue are working.

[@JsR-7and9]

Wanted to add a point that if your Word (or other program) don't allow you to enter the hex code, the RGB values for the colours are... Blue - 0,255,255 (00ffff) Yellow - 255,255,0 (ffff00) Magenta - 255,0,255 (ff00ff) Black - 0,0,0 (000000)

[@GLee-oz1vj]

Thank you, that was a great help!

[@bjfessant752]

Thanks John, mine wouldn't let enter the hex codes either. Huge help!

[@osmanali7865]

Thanks you very much 👍

[@bozrahct]

Thank you

[@susanfevella5072]

You saved me, thank you!

[@imsody]

I have the ET-2760 and was about to give up and do the power cleaning because none of my colors worked. After trying to printing 30+ of the purge pages and still getting all white, I started reading the comments and tried alternating the purge page and then head cleaning and that did it for me! I still had to repeat the process a couple times but I'm sure it used less of ink than it would have if I did a power cleaning and it didn't fill up my maintenance pad. Thumbs up!

[@evajoleen5379]

I don't have Microsoft word, so I used Google Docs to create my purge file of Magenta, just an fyi for anyone in the same boat. After many failed times, it finally worked after following a few tips including: 1.) Alternate between printing the purge file and the print head cleaning and 2.) Open the cap to the problem color. Also, my purge files didn't print out completely white. All my sheets came out slightly yellow. At first I thought I was using the wrong color code, but in the end it all worked out. So don't worry if the same happens to you, and keep trying!

[@mbrad85]

Hey there, what do you mean open the cap to the problem color? I have an Epson EcoTank if that helps.

[@2vanezzitacraftystyle]

Am thinking is where the refills go?!?!?

[@chinonhl333]

This comment is worth a thousand dollars…!!! Thanks to the video and this experience it helped me out!! Gotta be patient though ❤❤❤

[@melecialassaint]

Omg. It worked. Took about 100 sheets of paper but it worked. I was about to give up until I saw this post about the yellow. Thank you! I just have to get rid of the lines now🤦🏾‍♀️

[@jodellgabriel3573]

This video has been invaluable!!! THANK YOU. My Epson ET-2750 is 7 years old. About 3 years ago, the nozzle clogged for the first time. Thanks to this video I have never power cleaned. Today, I thought the nozzles we just done for. I've gotten 2x as many years from my Epson from any other printer I've owned so felt okay with buying a new one. BUT after half a dozen head cleanings and purgings....it works like new.

[@supernaut181]

This was unfortunately the second video I watched on the subject, after I had already started a power cleaning cycle. I will definitely try this technique first in the future. I rarely "like" videos, but this is well presented, informative, and quite helpful. I hope my "like" helps other Epson users see it sooner. Thank you.

[@QuickSPI]

Hello Jack! Thank you so much for the compliments. All the best!

[@earlpainter2143]

Same here, the guy acted like a power cleaning was just the next step after a nozzle check or head cleaning.

[@DarkerSavant]

I just did the same thing helping my wife. I started the power clean then I was like what does it mean maintenance tank? Look it up and find this video while it's cleaning in the background... Dang, it. Lesson learned. At least this was only the first time.

[@juanmedina6282]

Same here. I will follow these instructions.

[@jaybelt4018]

Same here.....I have now created a five-sheet powerpoint with each color for purging. I will do this in the future. My problem is that I rarely print and that is the worse thing for this ET-2760 printer. Maybe one option is to print a picture at least once a week.

[@LilyBecca]

I've been so lucky because I have had my printer for about 3 years. I have gone months without printing and never had a problem. Until now. I had Christmas gifts I needed to make, and first, the cyan and then the yellow stopped printing. I spent 2 days printing purge files and cleaning the print heads. I let it sit for over 12 hours and saw zero improvement when printing 5 more purge files. I finally did the power cleaning because I was out of time. It worked, and the tumbler I was making turned out amazing! From now on, I will print at least once a week. I have the ET-15000 and I can't afford to buy a new one.

[@tomwilson3627]

THANK YOU!! I was just about to do a power clean because my cyan was not printing at all. Then I stumbled upon your video and boy, am I glad I did! I created a cyan only document and printed it several times, did several nozzle cleanings and now it prints perfectly. One more time, THANK YOU!

[@rwoodward3929]

Thank you for the instructions and to all those whose comments were very encouraging to persevere. Epson ET-2760, cyan dried up during Christmas break. Two rounds of purge page 10 times plus head cleaner in maintenance setting and now it's back to normal! I no longer have to go over my printing with a blue colored pencil like I've done for the past 3 months!

[@MrMehdidou98]

I can never thank you enough!!! I was just about to do the power cleaning when i saw this video on my recommendation so i said let me watch it before doing the power cleaning...and now after like 20 purge sheets and a few head cleaning i finally got my cyan and yellow colors back so THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH 🙏❤️ Epson should include a feature that let us print purge papers depending on what color is missing so that we don't have to waste ink on the power clean thing.

[@QuickSPI]

Fantastic!

[@stephanielysinger1120]

OMG it works!! THANK YOU!!! I had to print about 20 + pages of one color and FINALLY I have my color back! YOU ARE AMAZING

[@QuickSPI]

Hi Stephanie! That's great to hear! All the best!

[@consumerwarrior]

Fantastic video, saved my bacon! All 4 of my colors were clogged. After creating 4 purge files, I ran each one various times from 2 for black up to 20 for cyan, and ran multiple nozzle checks. Finally, everything is as it should be. I've been continually leaving my ET-2850 on and printing infrequently leading to clogs. I'll be turning it off when not using from here on in. Thanks so much!

[@rayannew.613]

is your ET-2850 any better? I'm so stressed with this printer

[@brandystewart2521]

I have to say that your video is the best so far. I was unable to use my printer for a year due to taking care of my nanny until she passed away in Oct of this year. I cleaned my heads with cleaner. It wasn’t my printer heads. It is clogged up somewhere else. I will try your technique and I hope and pray it works. Best demonstration and explanation of everything you did during your video. I will let you know if it works. Fingers crossed.

[@RLVM111]

Thank you! I'm a detailed learner and always need to know WHY something is being done, or why it's not working, not that it's "just not working." I LOVE your teaching style.

[@M.L.Ornellas]

This worked for me!! It's genius, thank you @QuickSPI and I am shocked that @Epson doesn't have this information on their manuals in the troubleshooting area?! Like many of you, I also was mere clicks away from power cleaning after being led astray from another video. Don't do it!! I made my purge sheet in a Google doc and used the table feature to make the shapes. Tip, when you fill in table with the hex colors, don't use a border color. That way it prints the paper blank until it's working and you can reuse the blank paper later. I also alternated with nozzle cleanings and printing purge sheets (10-20 at a time), and issue cleared up within 40 minutes. All three of my colors weren't printing so I made a rectangle for each color on each page.

[@bernardmiranda4051]

If that is bad why epson put that options, instead they must teach, educate the users on other ways to resolve the problem. Thanks for sharing this video 👍

[@Baadj5]

GLAD I SAW THIS BEFORE DOING ANY CLEANING OR FLUSHING!!!- printed shapes of each color and black had lines - printed several pages of it - then did the simple clean nozzle function and it now works perfectly - no flushing no wet towels on printer head - no disconnecting ink lines - woo hooo

[@QuickSPI]

Great to hear!

[@Marina-bd6th]

How do you do a simple nozzle vleqn

[@tonyabailey1028]

@QuickSPI I know this is an older video but I just found it I have printed about 60 blue purge pages and it's still just doing lines is there anything else?

[@tlplath3477]

I am doing a happy dance! Haven't had color working for ages. All but the black color showed in my nozzle check. I created the word document suggested and kept running the color test with intervals of head cleaning. First pink appeared then disappeared. Kept doing it then suddenly yellow and cyan appeared. Ran just magenta test printing a couple of pages, then did a head cleaning and I now have all three. I am thrilled i happened upon your video (after praying 🙂). Thank you SO much!

[@yowsum]

It worked!!!! Took me 2 days, 3 different nozzle cleanings and 70-80 times running the purge file through, but it finally worked! Printer prints like new now! Thank you!

[@XCLUSIVE__OFFICIAL]

What were the 3 nosel steps u did can u help me out please

[@Strelnieks.A]

I purged 50 pages of cyan and no result, then I run one time nozzle head clean and all went back to normal. What is interesting that when I got problems with cyan, the problem occurred olny on simple plane paper pages, printing photos was still perfect. Think the reason is that in photos ink consumption is much higher. Thanks for video, was good explanation and understanding about printers life cycle.

[@XCLUSIVE__OFFICIAL]

What did u do to resolve the issue for it don’t happen wen u do plane paper ?

[@goldberie1]

Thank you for clearing this up. I'm going to create a purge file right now. Hoping it solves my problem. Update-This worked great. I had to print a lot of black pages but that’s a lot cheaper than a new printer. I did top up my ink tanks afterwards. Back in business.

[@Ring0fSaturn]

Just out of curiosity, did you possibly mean "blank" pages?

[@eggmanjr]

@@Ring0fSaturn No they mean black pages, probably made a big square like shown in video and printed till it worked

[@richardgreene4725]

Guess they were intended to be, and set up as Black Pages, but if no ink was flowing they would most probably be Blank Pages Initially.@@Ring0fSaturn

[@rivahcat8247]

Thank you for this video!! I got my ET-2800 printer last April and last night suddenly had no magenta. After creating a purge file and alternating printing it with head cleaning, everything is back to normal. So glad I saw this before jumping into the power cleaning!

[@forkintrail]

Thanks for this video, helped a lot in fixing my moms ET-2760. I did have to preform a single power cleaning after many cyan purge sheet attempts. I avoided filling the purge tank by carefully fitting (shoving) a perfectly sized container under the nozzle in its place. A bit more than 40 ML of mostly black ink was used in the process.

[@d.l.harrington4080]

The problem with using your tank is the printer does not care. It keeps track on how much it thinks you sent to the tank then shuts down. You have to reset the internal counter.

[@thundermouth]

Many, many thanks! I downloaded your purge file and followed your video's instructions. It took 10 tries but it worked without having me do a Power Cleaning. You saved me a great deal of stress over whether I would have to buy a new printer or not. Again many, many thanks!

[@steve-fy4pk]

PERSISTENCE, Finally got it working. My 2803 wouldn't print yellow, can't tell you how many times (and days I worked on it) I tried a full color purge page, clean heads, open cover on color, let it set for a few days, tried again and again, then I read someone posted after trying to print a one color purge page, go back to printing a full multi color purge page, and finally my yellow worked, but then my cyan didn't work, cleaned heads again. reprinted a full multi color page ( cyan had horizontal lines in it this time) and another head clean, then another full cyan page. It worked. thank you thank you to all who helped me.

[@jennimae81]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I had a jam on my magenta port and couldn't figure out what to do. I did click on the power cleaning button and a warning came up. So, I figured there's got to be help on KZbin. You are a genius! Thank you for your help and for being so very clear in your instructions. Thank you for your help!

[@caperfever]

This video was SO helpful and informative! I actually found pre-made purge pages online and used them to unclog the magenta and yellow inks. It really works but be patient with it! It took many printings and several cleanings to get there. The purge printings were just blank pages over and over. Not even a hint of ink. Purge printed several pages, then ran clean heads, repeated many times. Suddenly they printed full pages of color! Problem solved! So keep at it! Also the information about the tank on the 2720 and how that works is very useful! Thank you, thank you for this great video!

[@caperfever]

@@Casa_Di_Rubi 40 at least! I now print a full color purge page every week just to prevent the heads from clogging again.

[@swaters3462]

What was your source for the premade purge pages? I’m having no luck.

[@caperfever]

@@swaters3462 Just do a Google search for "purge pages epson printer" and look under images. A whole bunch of options should pop up. Good luck!

[@cata5125]

I was sceptic but It worked. I never comment but you deserve so much praise!! Cheers!

[@Miwu]

For me problems started after not using the printer for..a few weeks. I printed a picture which came out pinkish all over, cyan was not coming out at all. Then I ran a printer head clean and.. all colors except black disappeared! After that I tried so many cleanings (my printer model can't do power cleaning though) and test printings until suddenly cyan started working. But no other colors would come out no matter what I did. Searched for solutions on youtube until I hit your video, which I thought seemed most promising. The idea of using a purge file with the missing colors sounded sensible and so I continued doing print head cleanings and purge prints. Nothing changed on day 1, but on day two after about half an hour of trying, magenta came back!! So now I've got black, cyan and magenta :'D Will try for yellow tomorrow! Thank you!

[@steveburton6020]

This worked! Magenta only was clogged. All other colors were OK. Well presented. Very clear instructions. Thanks!

[@loram.9070]

I have read these instructions many times and have put off doing the power clean. I have cleaned nozzles numerous times, turning off copier overnight, repeating. I was able to get one or two normal prints and then it went back to the evenly spaced lines. I am hoping this does the trick. It makes perfect sense. Thank you for your video and explanation!

[@progressivehouseclusive3835]

Another tip is while you do the purge for the troubled color, open the ink tank of that specific color, this will let the ink flow/recharged without any added pressure/vacuum. once the missing color is fixed, go ahead close the ink tank of that color back.

[@PCFChurchMpls]

THIS worked. Not fully yet, I'm still copying away. But I started with absolutely no black ink coming out, to an outline of the rectangle when I opened the black ink tank. It won't print the inside of the rectangle, only the outline of it and it won't print words. So this is just weird. Every other color prints fine.

[@progressivehouseclusive3835]

Print a whole copy of black with about 5 or more copies.

[@xkitox]

Can you give me more detail about what this means/how to do this?

[@amyferguson9215]

I tried this! All of mine are not working so I opened them all. Pink worked so I closed it and did the others and nothing. So I tried one at a time starting with black and it isnt working with the\other colors): Any other tips?

[@mansourramzey7711]

This way is way more easier than those computer complications. I don't understand what she was doing.

[@massimobasaglia5511]

I really thank for this video, which explains things very well, and I didn't know how useful can be a purge file. I would only add that from my experience the head cleaning can play a key role. What needs to be underlined is that, if purge file only isn't enough, it worths to try a combination of the print head cleaning and the purge file before you go the power cleaning route. But many times, and I mean MANY. I have a 2750, the cyan was completely locked. I built a purge file with just on big cyan square, tried to print it I would say more than 50 times and I only got the page completely white like new. I started to do some print head cleaning operations, then tried again the big cyan, still white... then again head cleaning, once, twice, print, cleaning, print... I was nearly giving up when the situation changed from a white page to full cyan square!! Need to hang that on the wall, my wife will never understand...

[@vt8268]

I feel exactly the same about my yellow square… I think it needs to be framed 🥲

[@d.l.harrington4080]

To add to this posting. Once you have the printer printing all, then run the full color purge once a week to keep the nozzles open. If you print like my and print a lot in black and white, the colors will soon dry up.

[@S4PPIN]

Yes. Unfortunately I saw this video after I performed a power cleaning n now my machine says ink pad is almost to capacity. I really do appreciate this video, very informative. And I finally got my Epson back so Thank u for your help!

[@bananaari7177]

Thank you so much! I just refilled the yellow ink on Epson l382 and wondered why non came out then tried multiple nozzle head cleaning only to encounter "waste ink pad reached the end of it's service" which was a whole other story of me trying to fix it lol With that lesson, I printed 60 pages waited around a week before trying again and it finally printed yellow!

[@NailsbyAmbie]

To keep ink from drying up try to print a few pages once a week with all colors. Works great .

[@hitmanhartman]

Since my 2720 is old I went ahead and power cleaned, however before I did that I updated my printer. After both of those my printer is back to working. At first it wouldn't print hardly at all, then after a few nozzle checks and head cleans it would print in black but refused to print in any color at all. I assumed it was clogged because my ink is full. Now it's working again, the purge file came out great as well.

[@Purpose4615]

Happy Wednesday! I created a purge file and OMG my printer is working properly now! I thought all was lost. BACK IN BUSINESS NOW! Thank you for sharing your tips 🥰

[@aupony]

Oh gosh! Your video JUST popped up on my main KZbin page. Three days ago I had three clogged nozzles and ran the power cleaning. Not once but several times. I sure wish I had seen your video then. Thanks for the heads up on this issue. I have both a 2760 and 3760 and was unaware of what I was doing to my printer.

[@CRISHTANG]

Thanks for the purge file suggestion. I did everything I could to avoid power cleaning but a single nozzle was printing black instead of magenta and only a combination of a power cleaning followed by a magenta-only purge page did the trick. I have a maintenance tank chip resetter and several used maintenance boxes (which the material can be replaced with tightly wadded toilet paper or similar) so my lifespan should be fine. However I don't think I would have been able to get past this without your purge page idea so this video has been the most helpful of all I've seen. Many thanks!

[@QuickSPI]

That's so nice to hear. I'm so glad it helped you. All the best CHRISHTANG!

[@florazalubski3784]

@@QuickSPI How do I get a purge file????

[@4sp3nF41r7]

How do you do the maintenance chip resetter?

[@xoannaxo9]

Thank you for this video!! I had to print about 50 times and do head cleanings a few times as well but it eventually printed the solid squares with no power cleaning needed :)

[@patdonohue8340]

had faded printing on Epson ET-4750 on Black and the 3 colors. Did multiple "Print Head Cleaning" (Maintenance Mode) and 1 Power Cleaning and still got faded printouts. Created a Purge File per this videos instructions. 1st time got a very faded printout. 2nd time, almost a perfect printout. Been printing OK so far. Thank You very much.

[@QuickSPI]

That's great to hear Paul!

[@agoldenrose]

Oh my goodness, I was about to send my Epson back and came across this video and it worked. I had to do the yellow 2x and the magenta just once, did a realignment of the heads and it worked! Thank you much for sharing this info!

[@QuickSPI]

My pleasure! So glad it helped.

[@ginaH142]

Worked brilliantly for me when my yellow stopped printing, a year on I'm so glad I found this video again so I can get my magenta printing again!

[@XCLUSIVE__OFFICIAL]

What did u do for ur yellow to unclog can u please help me out

[@ginaH142]

@@XCLUSIVE__OFFICIAL I just done what she said in the video, made a page in word of the yellow hex code and printed about 100 pages until yellow started to come through. Unfortunately I have printed about 1000 pages of magenta and it is still printing NOTHING 🤯 think I’m going to need a new printer

[@davekirk9241]

I have an Epson 3760 and clearly I don't use it enough as I'm still at about 80+% of the original ink fill. However, when I went to use it the other day NO color ink came out. Minor traces were visible on the test sheet, but even that went away on the 2nd attempt. I think this video was extremely well done, and I created the appropriate 3 color purge file, but have now printed it 30+ times - nothing but white. :-(

[@eawaters741]

I'm having the same issue. Were you ever able to find a fix for it?

[@KauaiSis]

Same for me. I printed color photos successfully in early July. No issues even though I rarely print color, just black. It's now Nov.6 and the yellow does not print, despite being 2/3 full. Printed the yellow page maybe 20 times. At first there were light black lines with a yellow tinge...then later nothing at all. I guess I'll keep trying. So frustrating.

[@KauaiSis]

WELL...I had given up after those 20 times, left the printer alone for about 2 hours. Came back, typed that reply above, then decided to try again. Lo and behold... the yellow is printing!!!!!

[@davekirk9241]

In the end I decided to keep on running the "Print Head Clean" off the maintenance page - over and over again, and suddenly ink started to appear a little bit at a time. Once I saw ink, it only took about 3-4 more cycles and I was fully functional again. In other words, I never did run the "Power Cleaning".

[@davekirk9241]

@@eawaters741 Sorry for the delay... see my update from today.

[@ian22222]

I'll have to keep this purge file trick in mind for the future. Unfortunately I could have used this video about a year and a half ago. Our Epson printer hadn't been used in over a year and just stayed in sleep mode, so the ink really dried out. Tried a bunch of nozzle cleanings, but finally resorted to power cleaning...twice. It cleared the problem but now I'm worried about the maintenance tank reaching capacity soon. Thankfully it's an ET-3760, so it can be replaced. Thanks for the very educational video!

[@QuickSPI]

Hi Ian, I'm glad you liked the video. Hope you have good luck from now on!

[@clickitylynn1]

Thanks sooooo…much for this video. I thought my printers were junk. I am pleased to say both my 2720 (for sub)and 2760 (for everyday printing) are now working. 😊😊😊 I did have to end up doing a power clean on the 2760. I waited till the next morning and still had to perform 3 additional head cleanings. It is now PERFECT… thanks for also including the purge pdf.

[@haseenmultimedia3103]

Thank you. I use this method before I knew the test sheet was called purge file. My epson 1500 actually performs a head clean automatcally after a while so there is no escaping the wasted ink.

[@fahkabir]

You are a life saver!!! I had to clean and run the purge file a few times but it worked!!! Thank you a lot!!!

[@QuickSPI]

Glad I could help!

[@fahkabir]

@@QuickSPI 🤗😊

[@idabaguskinastryan771]

Found this video to be really clever in saving ink when fixing clogged ink! I wished power cleaning allows the user to choose specific ink colors to "clean" that are experiencing the clog after examining the nozzle check rather than "cleaning" all ink colors right away where some colors may be just fine. It could easily be smarter. For the time being, I will be using your steps if I enconter another issue untill that feature has been realized. Thank you for presenting this great alternative method!

[@jamesowen2437]

I had a 2760 with all colors not printing. I first tried the print head cleaning using the product control panel but no colors printed. I tried the purge file about 10 times with no color printing. I returned to trying the print head cleaning repeating 5 times. On the 5th try, a little black was printed using the nozzle check. I tried another print head cleaning 5 times and the print was then perfect. Lesson: repeat the print head cleaning many times, be patient!

[@TaT-ux9ft]

This video really helped me. Magenta had stopped printing entirely after only a few months. I did 6-7 cycles of 1x head cleaning and 5x attempts to print a magenta only purge file and miraculously began to see magenta ink coming through (although patchy). Unbelievably, once the magenta was 'working' again, yellow and cyan completely stopped, almost as if deliberately programmed to fail. I repeated a few more cycles of head cleaning/purge file printing before eventually all four colours work working properly. Many thanks @QuickSPI for such a helpful video! No power clean required :)

[@VMXGroove]

Thank you for posting this video. I constantly struggle with my Epson ET-3760. Because I don't print often, I always seen to have one or two colors clog. This really helps and saves me from wasting ink and installing maintenance boxes. You helped me understand how to properly deal with this problem.

[@bluubird7077]

Thanks for your video and 🤬 to Epson. I've had their ET-4750 printer for 3 years and they want me to buy a new one because they won't let me replace ink pad myself... We thought they solved the problem of buying ink, only to find out that they still bait and switch on a simple replacement vs. buying a new printer. They've lost my business.

[@marycarlson1069]

I wish this video came out a week ago. My magenta quit working in mid print. Cleaned heads twice it didn't fix it so I panicked and did a power clean. Now I know what to do. Thanks so much.

[@QuickSPI]

I'm glad you found it helpful.

[@karessthomas1578]

I did same thing on my 2720 then found this video,😓

[@julest5767]

THANK YOU!!! I used a pre-made purge file and ran it many times then suddenly....magic!

[@zeroumashi2947]

For the 2720 there's 2 utilities to fix it. one is called wic reset, the other is Inkchip WIC. both will reset the waste ink counter if you have a reset key. the pads can be replaced with automotive absorbent mats or pads. Both utilities will reset the waste ink counter to 0 percent.

[@myrandarivera9684]

Hi, Have you tried using automotive absorbent pads?? My pads are full but Im impatient to order them online 🫠

[@zeroumashi2947]

@@myrandarivera9684 Yes, they work. the automotive absorbing pads have to say *universal* , if it says *oil only* it won't wick up the ink. The sheets can be cut to fit.

[@cghlnn]

But how do you get to the pads

[@zeroumashi2947]

I don't own a 2720. It should be on the bottom right side behind a panel, there's a phillips screw holding the panel in place.

[@martinotis993]

I want to thank you so much - I have been having such a problem with my printer in printing color, after watching your video it is now fixed --- THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN

[@QuickSPI]

Hi Martin! Glad I could help!

[@zonykel]

I couldn't print red properly (it substituted with yellow). I tried the maintenance mode, but I couldn't see the magenta lines. I tried the purge file method, and it kind of wanted to work, but I got just a few lines. Tried it again, and I couldn't get any magenta. So I went back to maintenance mode, and finally I could see some lines. So I went back and forth between the purge file for magenta and maintenance mode, and eventually, I was able to print red without a problem. Thanks!

[@nathanjamesbaker]

This makes a lot of sense. I was on the fence about buying an Epson EcoTank printer after hearing about the ink clogging problems, but your video convinced me I don't need to worry about that.

[@todaysor2649]

This might of been the MOST HELPFUL video I've watched in a LONG TIME....thank you sooooooo very much!!!!! I have the ET-4800 & this is the best hack everrrrr

[@agostinodibella9939]

This answers the “mystery” of where does all that expensive ink go! I will have to create 4 “purge file” pages to give this a try. My nephew has 2 Epson Eco Tank printers with clogging issues. I came upon this video after viewing others. Now I see why Epson has you use a certain button power + ? on sequence to initiate a power clean as a last resort. Thank you for the great info!

[@QuickSPI]

You're welcome!

[@victoriakelly1542]

i found your video after I did the power cleaning but I'll keep this in mind,Very detailed tutorial, thank you

[@rossishima]

Thanks for this. Have 3850 and yellow was clogged. I did several nozzle clean and it was working slowly unclogging the yellow. did not want to do the power clean. Did your purge method to speed up the process and target just the yellow. worked out great.

[@Ocean_breezes]

Why use purge files? Why not get different color sheets and run the copy function? Same thing

[@michelehall9672]

Great video. I have the Epson eco-tank 16600 and I have tried this method with my black ink that has a clog. I have run this probably 20 times and it has not made it better only worse. I contacted Epson and they told us to do a power wash and wait 12 hours. We had done this, and, it still is no better. Do you have any other suggestions? Someone suggested we get the cleaning solution and run through the lines and print head. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[@puravida5683]

My printer would not print color, all ink wells were full. I did do the power cleaning. Color printing worked again! I suspect I will have to use my printer more, than once a month. Being retired and living in Central America, I do more scanning than printing.

[@QuickSPI]

That's great!

[@LJSDJS62]

how do you create the purge file on a mac? I don't have windows

[@anthonypierre2094]

Thanks, this makes soo much more sense than it going to the waste tank. It's cost you a piece of paper

[@802OutdoorAdventures]

Best tutorial I have seen on this subject yet! Thanks for posting. I wish had found this earlier but thankfully I have power cleaned only once. I am going to try this method next time and I am sure there will be a next time.

[@lisab3396]

With 2 exceptions. 1) You don't use the printer often. 2) You have had the printer in storage a long time. In either case, the print head nozzles dry out whereas the ink crystalizes. I learnt the hard way to end up doing a power clean at least twice. She has been a good girl since.

[@geej214]

I ordered an Ink Maintenance Box (Model T04D1) from the link you provided. Thanks much! Fyi: Part T04D1 is the same as T04D100

[@andywellsinventor]

15:35 Thanks for the video. You got my printer printing, and I can now keep it printing. Many thanks for an easy way round the problem of clogging. 👍👍

[@claymcinturff6576]

Hi, thanks for the video! My yellow ink hasn't been working for a few weeks even though it's mostly full. I have printed may be 40-50 pages now, with still no trace of any color at all. Any further suggestions?

[@4sp3nF41r7]

Same here.

[@QuickSPI]

If you can't get it running with a purge file, and you tried multiple times, you may have to do the power cleaning. Make sure your ink tanks are topped off so it doesn't run dry.

[@claymcinturff6576]

@@QuickSPI Thanks for the response! Running the power cleaning did the trick!

[@priscilladominguez6899]

Thank you for taking the time to do this video!! Helped me greatly.

[@windmill10]

Great video. I am just starting with a new epson 1810 as sublimation printer. This info is just great. I am also looking at bypassing the box and dropping the ink into an external bottle.

[@lesburybear]

Thank you so much for the excellent guidance given in this tutorial. I was about to give up on my Epson WF-5620 multifunction cartridge printer which I've had for 7 years as I couldn't get the magenta to print other than a dirty greyish brown sort of colour, obviously contaminated by other colours. I did 6 runs using a purge file and whilst the magenta isn't perfect, its a great deal better. Maybe I'll get some more useage out of this machine.

[@barbarahofmeister1830]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!! I tried everything and nothing worked except your video....much, much appreciated!!!!!

[@QuickSPI]

Hi Barbara, I'm so glad it helped!

[@barbarahofmeister1830]

@@QuickSPI I wish I had known this for other printers that I had. We were on vacation for a month and when I got home the printer must have dried a bit. Your method saved me a lot of time and frustration and a lot of ink all over the place. I will surely tell others about your video and method. Thanks again!!!!

[@pfal88]

This was really useful - I did about 6 full black color pages before i even started to see faint black lines again, seems like my Epson 4760 is really clogged. Going to keep trying and see if this works without having to get a flush kit.

[@JustNow42]

Many ET-2750 has a software fault that prevent the operation of power cleaning ( and normal start) , I found that just tilting the printer in all directions , one after the other, up to about 60-70 degrees had an excellent cleaning effect. The printer became as good as new. Epson suggest to get the software fixed but it is too expensive my service center says.

[@daveshep]

Thanks for this. I did make the mistake of running the power clean one time on my ET-2760 last year, but I won't ever again. I was just now able to make purge files for all four colors in Apple Pages. (Took my awhile to find the correct the hex codes, but I did eventually.) I hope I haven't loaded up my maintenance tank too much. I'll use this method from now on.

[@yaboynook5865]

Sadly a purge file does not always work because the ink carts some times do not fill up with ink and if there's no ink in the carts then you can't print the purge sheet my printers have this issue all the time I either 1 have 2 manually add the ink after unclogging it with a Syringe or 2 ending up having to do a power clean if all else fails. But I have a external waste tank I made

[@modrribaz1691]

I was already printing 30 papers of ink-heavy document after a long break, so when my printer completely lost color output at the end, I went straight to power-cleaning because in my case it would be the feeding line clogged with either dry ink or air.

[@argus12312]

Thank you -- I have made a purge file and I will print it once a week. Just as a maintenance

[@JustSayN2O]

Thank you for preparing and uploading a phenomenal presentation! My Epson ET-3760 (10 months old) stopped printing cyan despite regular use. I do not use sublimation ink, just regular ink. Are the color codes any different? I plan to create a purge file and want to be sure the color codes call for single ink printing. And do you think it might be worthwhile to inject a few ml of distilled water through the cyan print head first, to clear out any possible precipitated solids? Thank you again, Q !!

[@reginelongchamp7052]

Is ‘cleaning the printhead’ the purging you are talking about?

[@gayleponting9810]

where is the maintenance box on the Epson ET 3760?

[@Katylest]

Your video should have been at the top of the search 👀

[@lua3descolar]

Thank you!!! Glad I found your video I was about to give up and do a power cleaning. That really helped :)

[@patwieferich3541]

Can I make a purge file on a Mac?

[@jenny123garcia]

I created a file really quickly with procreate on my iPad and sent to the printer directly. So far has fixed the magenta. Still working on that blue.

[@1980daze]

How long did it take you before getting it going?

[@hollyolson2356]

My Cyane the 00ffff color is BLOCKED. I have tried printing just the color block as you suggested- I've done it 10 times and nothing . Do you have suggestions for what to do when this doesn't work?

[@GresterNandes]

I've tried almost a hundred times over several days on my 2720, I've even tried warming the printer with an hair drier to see if would help liquify the ink but to no avail, I think I really have to resort to the last resort. And I think I'm justified given I have no cyan and no black. Not even being able to print in black and white is pretty terrible. Update: Turns out a couple of head cleaning fixed the problem. With a few more purge prints and is good as new!

[@billemery4788]

Thank you for making this video. Epson ET-2750 has two colors clogged, but not for long!

[@freetobememe4358]

What is the maintenance tank.