How to Fix a Clog on an Epson EcoTank Printer

[@AngieHolden]

Get the printer purge files here: angie-holden.ck.page/f527823097

[@mssharp14]

Hello Angie I purchase the purge file but I can't find what you were referring to can you help me please

[@sherriehunt7710]

What if you haven't used your printer in months and it has run out of ink and it won't refill

[@sandraoleary1129]

3:54pm

[@sandraoleary1129]

It wasn’t in my email 😢

[@missguerrero143]

I have been following your content for some time now. So when I came across this video when searching for help with having a clog, I instantly dived in! I might need to do a deep clean, so my question is, do I need to have extra ink on hand to refill? Most of my colors are about 75% full except my black this is around 50%.

[@LillianClark-v3x]

you are amazing. I am a retired teacher and I've yet to see someone be so thorough with their instructions. Thank you..

[@AngieHolden]

Wow, thank you!

[@mikdonaw1982]

Thank you so much!!! you were more informational than three other videos I’ve watched. You explain all the steps very well!!! Why and how come. Thank you again!! 👍🏼

[@seymailayda]

Wow..... Got it in 2021 about 6 months later it stopped printing because I did not use it as much. Called Epson, they said they can't help unless I have the receipt, which husband had lost. Years later here we are, February 2024 and got the printer to work again. Absolutely amazing and unbelievable, thank you for all your efforts!

[@AngieHolden]

WOW!

[@Ruth--Butler]

Wow. there's hope

[@JD-72191]

Did you end up having to do the power clean?

[@debbier1234]

I have searched and searched for ways to fix my cyan. Nothing worked. However, I came across your video, and it worked! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@JD-72191]

I have a problem with my cyan too. I have been very good at printing at least once a week but suddenly after adding some ink into my tanks the cyan stopped working. It seems that often times people have problems with cyan. Not sure if it’s just a coincidence. Can I ask what finally helped your printer unclog? Did you end up having to do the power clean? I am on day 3 of doing head cleanings and multiple purge printings and nothing seems to be working but also afraid of doing to power clean. Any advice from your experience? How long did it take for your printer?

[@m.tehanikama4771]

I thought my printer was done after several nozzle cleanings which made it worse. But, I followed the instructions for the power cleaning and it worked! Thank you!!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@toridelgado2925]

I think I've had a clog for 6 months! Could never fix it until this video. Thank you!!! Just followed your steps and 1 day later, perfect printing!

[@AngieHolden]

Great to hear!

[@mksktube]

Actually it worked. As you said, I ran the power cleaning, actually waited not 12 but 20 hours, made the nozzle check and it printed perfectly. Before watching your video I was trying whole day head cleaning (like other people advised) and it barely printed anything. I was ready to buy the cleaning solution and wash the heads. But ow don't need it. Thank you for doing it.

[@alfredholden7236]

These printers are terrific in their own way but sure demand a lot of care and feeding. Nicely done, Angie, my clogs are gone and I'm back in business.

[@jammingontheone1666]

Clogs occur in Eco Tank printers even if not converted for sublimation, for the same infrequent use reasons. I found your video several months ago, ran through the procedures, and cleared the clogs. Started having the same issues again - due to infrequent use. I was able to re-find your video, and was saved again by your purge files. Thank you for producing this video and files!

[@sonyadrummond1380]

Thank you SO much for this video! I thought my Epson was doomed. All the colors printed perfectly except black. It printed a blank page. I printed about 12 black only purge file pages and still had zero ink on the page. I decided I had to move on and do a print head cleaning. Voila!! It worked! Printed the purge file again and everything looks beautiful. My printed design file has all the colors now. You are a life-saver!!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@ljprocopio6018]

I bought one of these beauties 9 months ago and it finally clogged. Your videos have been a tremendous help and brought it all back to life Thank you so much keep up the great work...

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@yeevisuals5924]

Excellent video showing what’s normal and what to try when it’s not. After ~18 months with no issues the print quality abruptly went weak on the yellow and blue ink. I’m pretty sure my problem was a result of not printing that much (very little actually). I ran the “ink purge” print and that resolved the print quality. I’m sure the good thing to do is to run the printer and move the ink monthly. Glitches happen with all equipment and it’s when there’s a NO REMEDY that I become dissatisfied. This video runs the gamut of what to do. This is an EXCELLENT VIDEO! I had HP printers before this and don’t regret the switch to the Epson ET.

[@wendyoneill948]

Best printer I’ve ever had, money saved on buying ink every time I turned around with various other brands is worth a lot, but to get good quality printing is a delight. I picked one up for my mother and told her to “print color and do it often!” She did not, she couldn’t believe the ink would really last and last, and now it’s clogged from non use. Thanks for the power cleaning directions and the purge files, which I didn’t even know was a thing. 🙂

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@Nexus-6]

I just wanted to say thanks for this video. I've got an ET-2750, and my colour printing pretty much quit. Tried the cleaning and printer purge, but neither worked. I then did the deep cleaning, and, let the printer sit for 24 hours. Tried a test page, and it's working great again. Thanks Angie! 🙏

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@manubharamdunnie9081]

11 months later I watch this! Absolutely helpful. Thank you so much. My Epson sublimation printer not printing cyan and yellow. Did the usual but will now try the purge files, etc. Thanks again. Really helpful.

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@reginewelch8052]

GOD BLESS YOU!!! As usual, I waited until the last minute to do a project for a friend. My Cyan would not print. I DID NOT have 12 nor 24 hours - -- - - after several nozzle checks I found YOU! I printed a couple of purge sheets, then 2 or 3 nozzle checks and 2 print head cleans in between. After 5 minutes I had a FULL page of Cyan!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I would have given up if not for this video and you encouraging us to go ahead and print several nozzle checks, several print head cleans (but print in between 3 of them!) AND print all the dang purge sheets you need! It will work!! Thank you! P.S. I imagine it was a clog as I print infrequently on my printer (it is normal ink, not subl.), my house is also incredibly humid. I had a trifecta of "don'ts".

[@AngieHolden]

YAY! So glad!

[@BikerChick000]

Wow! Thank you for this step by step tutorial! I went over a year without printing on my sublimation printer and of course, it was severely clogged. I watched your video, did everything you suggested (a few times lol) and she is printing beautifully again! Thank you, Angie! -Kristy

[@AngieHolden]

Wonderful!

[@uniquecreations1679]

O my goodness! I have been struggling with this same printer since January!! It was working for our Christmas projects, then we didn't use it for a month, and when I went back to using it the Cyan color was not printing, nor was Magenta after running the Printer Purge. I did have to do a Power Clean, but it fixed my printer!! Thank you, thank you, Angie!! You are absolutely my GOTO for all of my crafting with vinyl, sublimation, etc.!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad I could help!

[@denamarshall-howell4006]

Awesome and very timely! Last time I had a bad clog I had to do the Power Clean and buy a kit to clean all the heads. I try to keep up with the printing but several weeks had gone by and i had a clog. Found this video and followed it, waited the 24 hours and my printer is churning again! Love all your videos as they are always detailed and very clear.

[@dragansimeunovic4176]

Thank you very much Angie, two days ago my Epson printer stopped printing colors, except black, I followed your instructions and finally after power cleaning today the printer works as if it was just bought !!! that stress two days ago is immeasurable, thank you very,very much for this excellent video !!!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@hrg4763]

Huge Thank YOU! We don't do a lot of printing and when we do it's usually black ink. The blue was coming out ok but no magenta or yellow. I knew I could find an answer on KZbin and your video popped up. I had been putting off figuring this out, but you were making it so easy to walk through the steps with you. I downloaded you purge page....literally genius!!! I ran 2 more cleanings and a little color started coming out. Before I finished for the day, I decided to print the purge all color page....ALL THE COLORS PRINTED! It was magical. I was going to let the printer sit overnight....now I can continue my work tomorrow morning with all colors working. Angie, you are a life saver...great teacher as well.

[@ilovejeffrey829]

You saved my life!!!!!Thank you for a complete walkthrough. I would of never thought to do a purge page, after a head cleaning etc. etc. I also would have not let it sit for 24 hours. My black was clogged from letting it sit to long. Thanks for taking one for the team by letting your printer get clogged also. Your the BEST!

[@av12160]

OMG !!! THANKYOU ANGIE, my printer was clog and i followed exactly what you did, and it took 3 head cleanings and BOOM, it worked. no longer clog, thank you for your videos, love them.

[@AngieHolden]

Awesome!!!

[@lorrainedergez7474]

Thank you Angie! Wow my printer wasn’t printing at all and I was so worried it was garbage. Now 3 days later I think I finally have it fixed. Couldn’t have done it without your video.

[@d1gardner]

I bought the printer in Dec 2021. Because it's installed on our 2nd floor that we barely air condition, summer temps get to about 84 degrees. We are low volume users, especially colors, so I have a monthly reminder go off to print something with all of the colors. Black ink never clogged, but all of the colors just clogged.....thank you for a great video..I had to do the power cleaning.....works fine! now I suppose I need to print more frequently, especially during summer months!

[@AngieHolden]

Try this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2TRgId3mJWCr5o

[@joyweber4659]

Thank you so much for the purge files. I'd done the nozzle check as well as the head cleaning several times. Printed quite a few cyan purge sheets which came out yellow at first, but eventually they came out blue! You were a life saver today!

[@AngieHolden]

YAY!

[@agroasesor1]

A BIG *H E L L O* from COLOMBIA. I had the clog issue with the 3 colors. I followed the printing nozzle steps, no the Purge File. After 24 hours, continued your steps and...... IT WORKS PROPERLY !!!! I need to perform a general maintenance on this printer. GRACIAS MIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Yay!

[@travonacraven7020]

This was awesome. I got my printer about a year ago and used it once. I'm so glad I found your video because nothing was coming out. My date and time even had to be reset. Now, I also have to redo my paper settings. I was prepared to take it back too. Office Depot was gonna be upset with me. 🤭

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@janaschellauf9205]

I stumbled upon your video by accident. My Epson printer hadn’t been used in a few months when I had last tried to get it to print correctly. I followed along with your video as a last resort before buying a new printer. After two days, I finally got it to work correctly. I printed your purge Page. The first day the cyan colour didn’t print, but after cleaning the printer head several times and waiting overnight and into the next day… it printed correctly!!! Thank you so much!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@janaschellauf9205]

I can’t believe that it works now. It’s not printer for over a year! Those purge pages are great. I really like that printer, but was ready to buy a color laser printer for home use. So I’m very happy I found your video. Have a great day. 👍🏻

[@hunterk9wholesale739]

Best video on KZbin, took me 3 print head cleanings and my yellow finally worked...THANK YOU!

[@AngieHolden]

YAY!

[@merseamama]

OMGoodness!!! It was a three hour ordeal for me. So much crying and pleading and begging my printer to work. I'm so glad I found this video!!! I avoided a power clean- I wasn't really sure what that does but it sounded good to me- so glad I didn't do it. My yellow was clogged. After 11 cycles of printing purge files, nozzle checks, and head cleaning, refilling the ink tanks, I finally got it! A full purge file printed!! It was glorious! I have never been so excited about the color yellow!! THANK YOU, Angie!! This was a lifesaver!!

[@AngieHolden]

YAY! Happy to help!

[@mizz_jenks]

I had to stop by and drop a comment. I never comment on youtube vidoes but wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your help. My sublimation printer been sitting for over a year and I was on the verge of throwing it out. Stumbled across your video and it's working like it did when I first bought it. I was able to sublimate several mugs with my new mug press I received for Christmas. Thank you again for sharing this gem!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Wow, thank you!

[@alyciaportugaise701]

These comments are almost as helpful as the video! My printer has been sitting since Christmas 2023 and I was feeling hopeless that this video would even help. I'm doing purge sheets right now but nothing is coming out at all. I'm hoping after more work and wait ill get the same result you did!

[@gottagonoot]

@@alyciaportugaise701 doing the exact thing here! 3 out of the 4 colors are clogged with cyan being the only working color. I haven't printed anything since the beginning of the year and she aaaannngry. Currently working on purging the black, I'm hoping for the best 😅just started my 3rd try to get SOMETHING out of the nozzle.

[@InspiredCreationsVivi]

I converted the 8550 to sublimation and had this problem over and over. I let it sit for literally a week and this morning I had success. Thank you so much. I feeling a little discouraged. I can not afford the F570 and needed this to work. I also watched your banding video and made the changes suggested by you. Thankfully all is great. my prints are beautiful and sublimating great. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. BLESSINGS

[@AngieHolden]

Glad I could help!

[@Mizowi75]

Thank you so much for this video! I, too, have had a clog with my Epson and now print 2 rainbow flowers at least once a week to help ensure print quality. I’m going to use your files now also. AND, I’m saving your video for reference!!

[@AngieHolden]

Wonderful!

[@joanreilly]

THIS WORKS! After I did the second print head cleaning on day two, the nozzle check looked perfect, so I didn't have to do the power clean! I'm so happy. I'll follow your advice to use the printer at least once a week going forward, to help prevent clogs, because I've definitely been guilty of not using it often enough in the past. I also hadn't considered the impact of the environmental conditions. I now have my studio temperature and humidity carefully controlled, and cover the printer to keep out drafts. Thank you sooo much!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@hanasurdo8390]

I wish I had seen your video months ago. It was far more helpful than the “techy” videos I watched in the past. Thanks and keep up the great tutorials!❤

[@jasond.dudleysr.9586]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Angie. This printer was a Father's day gift from my wonderful daughter two years ago. As you know I didn't use the printer too often and it stopped printing. I tried the print head cleaning several times with no results. I was going to purchase a new printer but was feeling bad that I had destroyed my Father's Day gift. I thought that I would look on KZbin to see if there might be a fix and found your video. I downloaded your files and watched your video and decided to follow your directions to the Power Head Cleaning. Your directions were clear and easy. I waited the 24 hours like you said and printed your printer purge file and WALLA 😂🤣 I have my printer back😂. I will print something out at least once a week like you said. I told my daughter and she was so glad that the printer is working again for me. Your video was so very helpful. Thank you again.

[@AngieHolden]

So glad it helped!!

[@court_simas]

Time is valuable. And after about halfway through this, I would have just bought a new one. It's frustrating that we even have to do this.

[@AngieHolden]

Some people would rather go the budget route and do this. There are other more expensive sublimation printers where this is not needed.

[@kimlaughlin]

Thank you!!! It worked! I can print once again!!! Your directions were clear and to the point. I love that you showed that it didn't work the first time for you and what you did to finally get it working. You also demonstrated the need for patience in the process. Thank you!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@StayDriven4Him]

this worked! I must've printed close to 200 pages, but the color came back. I think putting in the specific color is a great idea. I kept recycling used sheets instead of wasting tons of blank paper - no that this things working again, I'll have to remember not to let it sit idle for long periods

[@AngieHolden]

Yay!

[@VibrantVibes23]

i followed your steps, waited 12 hours and now my printer is working just fine. thank you sooooo much! your instructions were easy to follow and straight to the point

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@chloemartinez6996]

finally somebody with the same issue with the epson printer

[@soma7040]

Thank you so much! Epson ET-4750, went through your recommendations - nozzle check print, print head cleaning, multiple purge file prints, then back to nozzle check print. Cyan and magenta were back in the game first (after about 3 cycles), yellow took the longest but after about 4-5 rounds of above mentioned cycle all colors are back in play. Also did each alignment test and realignment. yellow still has some lines on the purge print but ill let it sit till tomorrow and do another head cleaning and I'm sure will be all good! For now its a night and day difference and the other colors are 100% fixed - thank you for this!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@tammynickel4597]

This was perfect and I want to thank you so much for this video. I have not used my printer that I put Sublimation ink in for about 2 years and thought I would have to through it out and buy all new...but this worked wonders. All ink colors were clogged and now they are working beautiful and I can use it again. I truly appreciate this more than you know!!! :)

[@AngieHolden]

You are so welcome!

[@leslief.7681]

Thanks so much, this tutorial saved me $167 in repair bills. I followed your awesome step by step instructions and was printing again in no time with all that money saved! As always your video not only helped me and saved me money, I learned a new skill! I am forever grateful for you sharing your knowledge on all things crafty and technical!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@LesliFindlay]

Thanks Angie! I had spent about three hours troubleshooting the problems with my printing (including lots of Google research) before I found your video. You explained everything so clearly and my problem is fixed! At first, I thought it was an issue with Microsoft - printing mainly pink from Word. I did a bunch of things in settings etc with no improvement. Then I tested it from Publisher - same problem and again no changes in settings etc made any difference. I tested PDF - same problem. Then a Google doc - same problem. Then I went through the maintenance on my printer. The way the nozzle check outcome displayed on my printer, I didn't pick up that my nozzle check was incorrect. Next, I uninstalled everything to do with my printer Epson ET-3700 and re-installed the driver. No improvement. After all of this, I found a video warning against power cleaning which was focused on purge printing only. Then your video came up. I had tried printing several purge files (Cyan and yellow being the problems) with no improvement. Your video helped me to realise that there are several other steps so I did a print head clean and at last, there was some colour showing up in the cyan and yellow when I did the nozzle check. Repeating the print head clean and printing one single purge file has fixed the problem. Thank you again.

[@AngieHolden]

Yay! Happy to help!

[@kaywade2818]

Wow. I have not been able to use my color EPSON 4800 for about 6 months because it was clogged. I have pulled up so many videos online and they were no help or way too long or full of sales pitches. But Angie, your video was simple and explained so well. My colors came back after 4 nozzle checks. The printer is a only a year old and I am so glad I watched your video. I just saved the cost of taking it to someone to fix. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Kay

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@adubs4510]

This was a super helpful video. I had a clog at the same time you were making this video! It is very frustrating, especially when you want to make something and your printer is acting up! Thankfully, I followed your recommendations and it finally worked after doing the Power Cleaning. I just set a reminder on my phone to do a couple of prints every Friday, if I haven't been printing! (I am worried because I will be gone for three weeks soon! I will cross my fingers and print right before I leave and as soon as I return!) Thanks for the great video. Clear and concise!

[@Jane-to5fh]

I literally was already planning to order a new printer. I love this printer so much. But smth was wrong and it wasn't printing the top of the page. Your video stopped me from a new purchase. It fixed it. Thank you so much!

[@AngieHolden]

Awesome!

[@Jasonboyee]

This actually worked with my Epson ET-2850 Ecotank. Thanks!

[@hmj.seward2015]

Thank you, Angie! Using this video I was able to unclog my regular Epson printer after a head cleaning, plenty of nozzle checks and 1 full purge page per color. My converted Epson sublimation printer took longer and I had to do the power cleaning as well to get that one working again. But, after 24 hours wait it is now up and running again. You are awesome, as always.😁

[@AngieHolden]

Awesome!

[@dawndavis7955]

This is super helpful. I bought this printer brand new 3 weeks ago. It's not printed yellow from out of the box. I've tried everything. I am returning it to the store. A printer that costs $400 should never be this difficult. It's just not worth the effort to me. I want a printer that prints when it's full of ink and you click the print button.

[@AngieHolden]

It could be air in the lines and unfortunately that happens with these EcoTank printers.

[@manzmanuel5637]

​@@AngieHolden Hi, mine is brand new (EPSON L3250) just got it yesterday and it won't even print the nozzle check its just blank. The ink in the tank doesn't seem to go to the tubes and the damper. I tried head cleaning, power cleaning but the ink just stays in the tank. Is this considered clogged?

[@marcinlipski5975]

Epsons are worst printers i ever dealt with

[@QAsession]

Aint nobody got time for that. Printers are such a scam.

[@theresawimsatt2423]

Did u charge the ink or whatever?

[@mmamegafan]

Thanks so much! I was about to give up but I found your video and after a bunch of head cleanings and purge pages my printer has been restored. The advice to print weekly is a great takeaway from this helpful video.

[@AngieHolden]

Glad I could help!

[@melsmedia]

Angie! As always, thank you for running your experiments to teach and help us. You are truly appreciated 😊

[@AngieHolden]

Thanks for watching!

[@chevellebeasley1366]

Angie you saved my life. I was having problems getting the red and blue to print and I followed your steps (not power clean) and it worked. I had a clog issue. Thanks so much.

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@sage7x7]

This is VERY helpful. Thank you for being real about the possibility of failure to clear the clog and what to do next!

[@dianahegseth6279]

THANK YOU it took me 6 hours to get my printer to unclog - it would never have happened without you. THANK YOU AGAIN

[@AngieHolden]

Thanks!

[@elizabethsuit2118]

Thank you so much for this! I am still in my waiting my first 24 hours phase but I'm so glad to have the printer purge files and to have you walk through this step by step so that I can run the Power Clean if I end up needing to.

[@AngieHolden]

You got this!

[@FOCCASRescue]

Thank you so much! I ran into a problem printing, and tried to use information from the Epson website, but could not find anything that worked, thinking I needed to fill the ink tank, since black ink was not working. Following the steps in your video worked perfectly and got me back on track!

[@AngieHolden]

YAY!

[@susanolmo4516]

Awesome video! Thank you so much for the time you take out to teach us different crafting subjects!!

[@AngieHolden]

Any time!

[@lsintv8342]

Thank you soooo much!!! I've been banging my head for hours trying to figure this out. I print almost everyday if not every other day and it STILL clogged. On the flip side it's been printing perfectly for 10 months.

[@AngieHolden]

Yep that happens!

[@kraftymissjanet]

this video was so helpful ! thank you so much ! im so happy i came across it ! you explained everything so well ❤ you literally saved me from throwing my printer out the window lol but my fault because i let it sit for way to long ! thanks again !

[@AngieHolden]

I'm so glad!

[@sharondewaard8929]

Thanks so much for this video. I was ready to scrap my printer and buy a new one. It was barely printing any colour and I had already run nozzle checks and head cleans. Followed your instructions and now it's printing just fine.

[@AngieHolden]

Glad I could help!

[@michirutenoh2006]

Thank you so much for making this video and in such detail! The purge files are so helpful! I was getting so frustrated with the missing segments in my black in and this fixed it right up! I really appreciate the help! ❤

[@AngieHolden]

Awesome!

[@morespinach9832]

By purge printing, or clean?

[@loriueda6173]

Thank you Angie!! I followed all your instructions and was able to unclogged all of the nozzles. You saved me from having to buy a new printer!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@cranbers]

Epson was brilliant in this. Don't use your eco tank printer very often? Prepare to use all the ink either by printing or by cleaning..

[@JessicaChandra-pq6sf]

Angie wow, I'm having the worst time with my printer, wasn't printing enough, otherwise the prints were gorgeous. Following your instructions and they're starting to come out better. Waiting on the 24 hour period to run it a few more times. Thank you for posting this! You are so clear!!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@JohnDrach]

Printers log, it's been 27 days of cleaning the printer. Things are getting desperate. The printer refuses to print Yellow and Cyan. I fear we'll never fix the printer. I'm tempted to launch into an angry rage and break the printer.

[@christyhuffman3949]

Did you get it figured out? I'm in the same boat. So many head cleans and power cleans and still no yellow or cyan...

[@kaykitchen9540]

My problem is black

[@JohnDrach]

@@christyhuffman3949 I followed these directions and it seemed to work for me

[@512undertaker]

My problem is all four and I've cleaned it but it seems like it's not getting the ink from the tanks

[@kimberlymayes7283]

My brother has all 4 clogged. Took it apart cleaned everything and it still doesn’t work. And now my print head went on mine

[@KristinaRice-f5v]

I’ve been struggling to fix my printer for the last 3 months, and this was by far the best video I’ve seen. By chance my printer was alright from a full nozzle clean I did about 4 days ago when I did a test print just now, but the advice on this video was more comprehensive than other videos, and gave me hope that if I continued doing what I’d been doing it should eventually work. Thank you!

[@512bb]

9 years on my Cannon without any failures, 7 weeks with this horrible ET, to save money on ink??? my time & peace of mind is far too valuable to put up with the non stop headaches of such poor engineering, worst printer I've ever used. And it will receive the official AR send off it so richly deserves. I appreciate your time & willingness to help but it's just not worth it to me.

[@bbaaspencer1]

Me too! One day it’s blue not working, one day yellow stops working. Print head constantly!

[@flymehome]

What exactly printer do you have?

[@512bb]

It was the ET 2720, no issues with features other than the ridiculous 1" screen but just a poorly engineered design & unreliable.@@flymehome

[@KatAdair]

I’ve only had Canon printers, but got sick and tired of the wasteful cartridges and hassles. I will never buy a Canon again! I’m happy with this one so far, but I have a clogged nozzle.

[@TinaMooretrees]

What about printer thermal link free it okay for writer and pictures is black and white okay 👌 get it

[@CandaceHenderson-u4y]

THANK YOU so much for this video! I followed all of your instructions and after a few rounds of cleaning nozzle, then check, wait 24 hours, and repeated process. It worked! And I didn't have to do the power clean. Now I can print my own business cards for my new hat business. :-) Thank you again!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@motleymoo-ot8yu]

I just print 1 sheet per day whether I have a job or not. That minimizes the chances of a print head clog for me

[@shaunebartoo]

Do use have to use sublimation paper everyday or do you use copy paper?

[@JD-72191]

@@shaunebartoojust use regular paper if you’re not going to use it for a project

[@justforfun-fi6ub]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I tried a bunch of things and was so close to doing a power clean and your calm instructions helped me be patient and keep trying and IT WORKED!!! I can't believe it!! I was at the end of my rope!! Thank you so much!!

[@AngieHolden]

YAY!

[@chero_kee]

Angie I finally have success after following this video. My ET 15000 went down and I had not used the 2720 and it had a bad clog no other video helped. THANK YOU SO MUCH!❤❤❤

[@AngieHolden]

Great to hear!

[@kishascape]

Thank you budget Amy Schumer

[@booklassygarrahan3929]

She does look like Amy Schumer, but even cuter

[@brendabencomo5419]

This fixed my issue! I had tried the head cleaning so many times without luck. I did all your steps once and waited 24 hrs. to check the Nozzle again and it worked! I was already thinking of buying another printer but hadn't had this one too long I just don't use it too often and that was for sure what clogged mine. I appreciate your help and detail on how to do it, that definitely made it way easier!

[@AngieHolden]

Great to hear!

[@luv2craftcards]

Your video saved me. I printed the blue color like 40 times and it stared to work. I'm so happy I got the printer to work again. Thanks so much

[@AngieHolden]

Great to hear!

[@AM-zp2vv]

My printer started printing great, then greenish, then mostly orange, and then yellow now barely any color! Black/white still prints perfectly! This is the first video that I have watched thats easy to follow! Thank you 😊!

[@AngieHolden]

Hope it helps!

[@SteveCurtiss-x9p]

Angies guidance worked for me on my epson 2760. I did improvise on her colored test sheets by using the largest font in bold 'times new roman" for columns of T's to save ink. Also my black was working fine so I reserved one pair of T's to verify black was ok . I used a double column of T's for each color, Magenta, Cyan, and Yellow. On the magenta column I used black for the bottom two T's for my colored Test Print Sheets. On my 3rd nozzle test all colors were showing and the test sheets printed perfectly. This saved a lot of Ink. I only referenced black with 2 T's in the Magenta column as black wasn't a problem with this printer.

[@tonimeyers417]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You. I followed your instructions and my printer works again! I am so happy. Now I can finish my Christmas cards!

[@bnc559]

Hi Angie, my black and magneta weren't printing well and the nozzle checks confirmed it. So, I printed couple of purge sheets then to my surprise the black turned green and the magneta turned light blue and then few purges later, magenta disappeared! I read through these comments here and distilled the best solutions. I refilled the printer inks completely like someone suggested. Well, it helped me to fix the black totally. But magenta was still fully gone. More than 20 magenta purge sheets and may be more than 15 nozzle checks, yet not even a line of magenta to be seen. I was on the verge of telling myself, there is no point in rushing and i just need to give it 24 hours. All these while, I did give 30 mins to 1 hours breaks before nozzle check and purge sheets round! Well, finally on one of the last nozzle checks I got a few lines of magenta, I couldn't believe my eyes! Few more head cleans and nozzle checks later, all the colors and lines absolutely perfect. So thankful to you and everyone else who suggested what worked for them!

[@ThomasLaneDesigns]

WOW, you are Awesome and I was about to throw my Epson converted print away and buy a new one!!! I can’t thank you enough for saving my beloved printer! Million times over… Thank You so so much!! Kindly, Jenn 👏🙌⭐💯🫶

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@ThomasLaneDesigns]

@@AngieHolden Your such a doll and I can’t thank you enough… again!! 🙌🙏 I’m sending big hugs your way!!! Happy crafting 😃

[@tabgrampa]

Hi Angie, Greetings from California, Recently, I experienced my Epson 2760 not printing the magenta ink color (then the yellow also) after having this lightly used printer for just over a year. Sometimes, I would go about 2 months without printing something. After searching the internet for answers, and finding many, I settled upon your very comprehensive approach for de-clogging. Then, over a few days when I could get to it, and rewatching selected portions of your video a few times for total understanding, I apprehensively Power Cleaned my printer yesterday (still using the original ink that came with the printer), and today . . . it worked! The nozzle check and the Printer Purge File printed perfectly. Also, thanks for the important tip about needing to run this Epson EcoTank printer every week or so to help avoid future clogging. (I also called my daughter, who I had bought this same [slightly later model] printer for a few months ago, to alert her that this type of printer needed to be run periodically to help avoid clogging.) Thanks so much, Angel Angie. 👍

[@AngieHolden]

Yay! So happy it helped!

[@janettorres8738]

IF ONLY I had seen this video 2 years ago when I first had my first Sub printer... But at least this time I ran into your video and was able to salvage my printer. THANK YOU SO MUCH this tutorial, you saved me from spending an additional $200+ on an other printer!!! AGAIN, THANK YOU!

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@tobitaruiz5963]

OH MY GOODNESS! thank you so much! I was so frustrated last nite and then I remember this video this morning which I came across when I first bought my ecotank. I love your detailed and pace teaching style. This completely solved the issue that I was encountering. Thank you!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@carolyeager8299]

Thanks for the video... I was able to get my ET2850 to print again by just waiting 24 hours, then starting the process over. after using your purge file the printer is printing clearly again. Now I can get my family Christmas gifts done in plenty of time for the holiday 😊

[@AngieHolden]

Great to hear!

[@rickd24a]

Thanks for the tip, Angie! My Epson EcoTank had stopped printing magenta ink. I ran the Print Head cleaning and nothing happened the first time. But after running it multiple times more and more printed. After running it 7 times it was back to normal. We don't use our printer regularly, it's just for home use. But we'll start printing something weekly now per your advice and hopefully that will prevent future clogs.

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@bethp4667]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This required a lot of patience which is not in my wheelhouse, lol. It worked! Two days ago, the only thing that would print was black. This morning I ran a purge page and had only black and cyan. An improvement, yay. Ran through the nozzle check and head cleaning twice, ran another purge and now I have all four colors! Happy dance!!! 💃💃💃

[@AngieHolden]

WOO HOO!

[@lisamoyer9402]

Angie, I used your fix to a "T" and it worked!! It took all the way through day 4 I was just astounded. Thank you for your very thorough explanation and easy to follow instructions. I'm going to your how to schedule prints post next. A serious WHEW!

[@AngieHolden]

Wonderful!

[@laniseridgeway3325]

Thank you! This works and I can't stress the importance of weekly printing purge files. Weekly printing helps catch it sooner than later if you're not using your printer frequently.

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@edsullivan1710]

Thanks for giving my printer CPR -- it survived 😇😇😇 It took patience -- clean the heads a few times and wait 24 hours, and then may have to do that again (again wait 24 hours). Prints like new -- THANKS 🥰🥰😘😘

[@AngieHolden]

Yay!

[@creatingcalmwithchristy]

So glad I found this video I seriously was ready to throw this thing out the window when my printer stopped printing images for my family Christmas ornaments. I was looking online for my next printer while listening to your video. I am up and running again! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@pdillon68]

I had the same issues, magenta, cyan are no longer working. LOl taking 24 hour break. Thank you so much for your video. I have a feeling it will be the, so I am going to skip the 24 hours, and do a power cleaning. If I have to buy another one, so be it, I will have learned my lesson. You are a great instructor. Update, it worked!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much.

[@AngieHolden]

Glad I could help!

[@maryamnader532]

Angie you are an angel, I was freaking out, but once I followed your awesome instructions I finally have my Epson ET 8550 working beautifully again 😊 Ty sooo much!! All your videos are awesome ty ty ❤

[@lauranorthway2418]

I just want to say tyvm for all the information my daughters printer was clogged and she was super worried it was junk she uses it for sublimation and i followed what you told us to do and it worked thank you very very :-)

[@am97341]

You saved my butt, my sanity, AND Christmas!!! Thank you so much for these purge sheets and the trouble shooting videos. Printer is running perfectly now! I could cry 😭😍

[@JD-72191]

Can I ask if you ended up doing the power clean? I am on day 3 of just doing head cleanings and purge printing but my cyan is still blocked. How long of trying did it take to fix your printer?

[@am97341]

@JD-72191 i ended up with a false paper jam error shortly after this. I had to take the print head completely apart and clean it by hand. It was A MESS, but with some isopropyl alcohol and a lot of q-tips and tissues, I got it clean. Worked just fine after that. I overfilled my black ink though and I think that caused a clog, so I had to do a hand full of nozzle checks, 2 print head cleanings from the machine itself, and run 2 purge sheets but it came loose eventually. I had run a power wash 2 days prior to this. It took 4 days to get it figured out, and fixed because I unplugged a data ribbon by accident. But im pretty sure I could have fixed it without doing that since that didn't end up being the issue

[@JD-72191]

I have done many many purge sheets, probably 1/2 a dozen head cleanings and nozzle checks still no change. I was really good about printing once a week and had no issues until a few days ago I refilled my tanks with more ink and right then the cyan stopped working. I would never be able to take apart the printer as I’m not that mechanically inclined. I hope doing these cycles will eventually work but this is now day 3. I’m holding off on the dreaded power clean….

[@am97341]

@JD-72191 yes that's what happened with mine! I filled one color and it refused to come out. Okay so after I filled the ink, it refused to come out at all. So I did a nozzle check, a head cleaning again, realigned the print head both vertically and horizontally, and the black finally started to work but no the best. I did another nozzle check, another head print, one more head realignment anx then it worked. There's a video I found on KZbin about how to get to the inside of the print head and clean it manually. It's super easy. I'll go check the channel name for you

[@am97341]

@JD-72191 one channel is Copy Print Scan : Epson ET 2803 Print Head Cleaning. Thats a slightly different printer but it's exactly the same setup inside Other channel is Roger's Shop : Inside an Epson 2720 Printer. Again, it's the same setup inside I found both of these extremly helpful

[@montezdeering3548]

This video really helped me😊. My nozzles was clogged and it wasn't printing on paper at all. You showed me how to power clean and now it's working fine. Thanks!

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@sandymock9823]

Thank you, thank you. I was printing a manual out in color and all of a sudden the colors changed. Yellow wasn't working. I followed your instructions and waited one day to rerun the print head clearning and voila I have YELLOW. Your videos are great. Appreciate you.

[@AngieHolden]

Glad it helped!

[@krisvoight8435]

This helped me. I ran the Print Head Cleaning and Nozzle Check 4 times and it finally cleared the issue. Each time it got slightly better until my yellow color was fully there.

[@AngieHolden]

Great to hear!

[@zahraabbas110]

Really it worked, ❤ my printer’s cyan ink got clogged and after that yellow too, but today I got a coloured print out absolutely perfect as I wanted to. But i did nozzle check and head cleaning about 12-17 times in a day, earlier I was trying to get head cleaning after days. But really I appreciated your way of helping us out🎉

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!