How to Manually Clean an Epson Workforce Printhead 633, 545, 635, 645 Printer with 126 and 127 Ink

In this video I show how to clean a printhead in Epson Workforce 500 and 600 series printers. This printer uses Epson 126 and 127 Ink.
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[@ekimviewmaster5010]

I MUST tell you...THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!! I performed what you did in this video, and rehabilitated my old 545, and it prints again!!!!! Took a while to get nozzles to dry out, from the tube injection, but I let it dry for a couple days, and did a couple panel nozzle cleanings and checks, and now she is back up and running. Thanks again. THIS WORKED PEOPLE!!! THIS IS GOOD COMMUNITY CONTENT!!

[@303electronics]

That's great! Thank you very much for sharing. I'm glad you got the printer to work again. Have a great day!

[@silalesofmar]

Hi, how long time did it take to get nozzles to dry out?

[@ekimviewmaster5010]

@@silalesofmar after I did this, I let them dry for a day or so, had to sop up the ink ridden pad, that sits underneath the nozzles when they are in park as well, and it worked good after that, and I just printed up a bunch of Halloween party invites this past weekend. Hope this helps.

[@silalesofmar]

@@ekimviewmaster5010 Thanks, I'll do that and see how it turns out. Comentarios

[@onenesswithlife]

Thank you very much! My printer was super-clogged, I couldn't figure it out at all, until I got your help. Many thanks! Great video!😀

[@303electronics]

Glad it helped! Thank you for the feedback.

[@helicopterjohns]

I like a smart guy that has a good solution. I have an Epson ET2750 printer that has had clogged nozzles for several years and only printed in black. I stopped by my local Walmart and the lady in the pharmacy gave me a small syringe for this project. I had some fuel line laying around that I use to repair gas powered weed eaters. My system was slightly more complicated than yours. It had main tanks for each color and then 4 tubes than went to smaller color tanks that fed the print nozzles. I removed the color feed hose from each of the individual smaller color tanks and rinsed and cleaned them as you described. I reattached all of the hoses and reinstalled the small tanks directly above the print nozzles. I had to run the nozzle cleaning operation about 6 or so times to get the print test page to print properly due to completely emptying the smaller color tanks . Tried it on a color photo that I was trying to print and found out one amazing thing. YOU ARE THE MAN!!! Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and providing a GREAT SOLUTION for a common problem.

[@303electronics]

Your feedback and kindness is greatly appreciated! Makes me very happy to point someone in the right direction. Thanks! Have a great day!

[@victork3397]

Your comment made me remember that I had some spare fuel lines also from a weed eater repair. Worked perfectly.

[@rfrancies2613]

Great video helped me bring back my WF-845 from the grave!! I used the syringe to blow air through the print head after each fluid injection, I let the fluid sit for 2 mins each cleaning then used air to remove the left over fluid. Then use only the color you cleaned to print something until the print head is fully primed.

[@nunyabizness1004]

thank you! i did not have tubing but i found an old syringe from my dog's prior medication that just so happened to fit over the nozzle. i also somehow had no windex, but i did have 99% isopropyl alcohol. May not be great long term for the printer? but it got the job done for tonight when i needed it the most! before i found the syringe, i got the other colors working with just dripping tiny amounts onto the nozzle and using the moistened paper towel underneath. black was just not budging, but the syringe got it done! it did not want to move, but i drew back on the syringe which sucked a lot of ink out, and that got it going.

[@josephthomas3978]

Thank you! Your information was perfect! Everything went exactly like you described! Thank you! You saved me a lot of frustration, time and no doubt money.

[@victork3397]

Thank you. Real solutions that work. Appreciate the time you took to share this info. I’m mechanically inclined, but I don’t know it all!

[@Babsbakes]

Straight to the point! I appreciate that…. Thank you for this video. Very helpful.

[@303electronics]

Thank you so much for your feedback! Have a great weekend!

[@gordonquickstad]

Very kind of you to do this instruction video. Thanks

[@303electronics]

Thank you very much for your support! Have a great day!

[@vns666]

Whats is the video that teaches how to make the solution?

[@captainemeritus5927]

Any chance of getting the cleaning solution formula? Got the windex, not sure of the rest. Great vid. Looked at 3, best yet, ready to start as I figure out the solution. Thanks.

[@n.desman7601]

He said its just windex & warm water.

[@jensimler8864]

Hope 303 gives the ingredients to the cleaning solution.

[@kdr-ql7pz]

I was in the same situation with my wf 645, except I moved the print head while plugged in. I forgot that golden rule. I took everything apart and cleaned it, but when i turn the printer on it just gives me a "printer error " message and will not move unless it's manually. Any suggestions? Yes, i was careful in removing and inserting the ribbon cables. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

[@CurvedSlightly]

"OK Guys, we'll call them, Cyan, Magenta... errr... I dunno, yellow? and errr errr... Black? OK, beer o'clock!"

[@clintonbaker947]

HaHaHa like others said below I had one colour not working now after performing the clean on all colours the other three aren't working either. I have exactly the same machine as in the video a Workforce 633. It appears some machines have trouble priming the PRINT HEAD after cleaning. To reprime you have to do a HEAD CLEAN follow the screen prompts on your machine, Menu, Set Up, Maintenance, Head Cleaning. After this do the Nozzle Check to see if you have missing lines in the picture printed. Do this process no more than 3 times - if it doesn’t work leave it a day and try again. Priming the PRINT HEAD uses a lot of ink. With my printer it took two days before it worked - I think it’s a combination of letting the head dry out after cleaning and letting any air bubbles come out. Maybe don’t tip cartridges upside down after removing when you flush the head - put them the right way up in a disposable container the valve in the cartridge should stop ink coming out. Good Luck

[@kaelclemmerson9646]

This worked really well. Thank you!

[@juntjoonunya9216]

This usually works and has already for CM&Y but not K. I've run a couple ounces at least of isopropyl alcohol through to some paper towel underneath and it's still not printing but showing full ink on a new cartridge. Sounds like the printhead dead no?

[@miguelcorderos]

Thanks!

[@303electronics]

You're welcome! Have a great weekend!

[@peterh1984]

Thank you very much. Very good info!

[@janosordog5257]

Thank you so much!!!

[@303electronics]

You're welcome! Have a great day!

[@Antonio_jazz]

Hi. Do you have any video with this type of cleaning for Epson XP-215 or similar? A cordial greeting.

[@tmbaochau]

I did exactly what you said in the video . I have been waiting for 2 days and tried to print. It doesn’t work. My printer prints blank page only. It still printed in black before cleaning. Could you please tell me how to fix it?

[@tmbaochau]

All ink cartridges are new. I was trying to clean the color printheads because it can’t print in colors . Now it prints blank pages. I can’t use it to print in black like it used to be. Please help!!!!

[@jon4175]

I’m having the same problem lol, did you manage to fix it?

[@techdad6135]

Hello! I did this and now when I print, no ink comes out. I tried blowing air through the lines but still not getting anything. Also tired the printers built-in head cleaning but still no ink coming out on paper. Any ideas how I can get this working again? Oh, I also tried telling the printer I was changing cartridges and taking all the cartridges out and putting them back in.

[@303electronics]

Do you know if your cartridges have plenty ink in them?

[@techdad6135]

Scratch this post. I did the head cleaning and nozzle check a few times, eventually started seeing ink again. Did it several times more and now I'm back to printing! Guessing air was in the line or something? Thanks for the pro-tip on manually cleaning these printers. Worked on my workforce 630.

[@303electronics]

@@techdad6135 Great! Thanks for the update! I'm glad it is all good now. Have a great day!

[@daveg7314]

I have a epson 545 have cleaned head but no ink comes out ever. yes I do have all colors

[@dorothythompson1401]

what is the next step to get it to print. I don't even have black?

[@303electronics]

I can only think that the ink cartridges have dried up. Do you have at least one new ink cartridge to see if anything changes after replacement? I apologize for delayed response.

[@carolynm799]

I had the same problem but kept performing a nozzle check and head cleaning until the ink started to flow again. It’s now working beautifully and this video saved my printer from ending up in the landfill. Thank you so much!!!