Print Head Clogs What to do!

Print Head Clogs What to do!
Oh no! My printer has a clog.
Burt I print on it religiously....when I remember!
Well, we are all guilty of this including me but not often!
The longest I will go is one week and that occurs maybe once a year.
I have over 20 printers and seem to be able to keep them unclogged regardless of Brand, Model or whether I use OEM inks and carts or refillables with good third party inks.
So here is a bit of a discussion on this fun subject.
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[@carolinemynott]

So, it’s February 2024 and I have just taken my Epson WF 7610 out of storage where it’s been sitting unused for THREE YEARS. Amazingly it still printed (poorly) with black ink, but the CMY had all dried up. I changed the cartridges and it would print NOTHING but black. I tried everything I could find to remedy the situation and nothing worked. Until I found your video today. Amazing, just amazing, that Windex can save my printer. After only about an hour of soaking the heads with Windex we are back in business. Thanks again!

[@UandMeGod]

***** IT WORKS!!!!!!!! Jose gave us all the tools of knowledge on how a printer's inkjet works and what the common issues are and how to fix it yourself when possible! And I appreciate you teaching us! My 10yr old son and I were able to use the Windex method and within 30min or so we had it back to printing like brand new again!!! Woo-hoooooo!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Jose!!! Ok I fully realize this video is at least 4yrs old but still VERY relevant to what I am dealing with right now. I am just now going through the first least invasive step of wetting the paper towel with windex and letting it sit. Crossing my fingers this works! I am SO bummed that my black ink has virtually stopped working, pretty much a light grey at this point. It is a new printer I bought a few months ago too! I was using daily until this pandemic struck our planet and I all but stopped using my printer for a whole week and now it's apparently clogged! So irritating, but I am grateful for your video and hopefully I will be back in business soon!! Hope you are doing well and anyone reading this during this pandemic is healthy and safe. *** I will report back how this works so that other's know who are dealing with a similar issue as me.

[@cheo1949]

Good luck! And please so share your results.

[@griffintower8127]

Wow, amazing help! I had not used my Epson C88 for a least 1 year and it was completely clogged on all the color channels. When I ran a nozzle check sheet it was completely blank. I then patiently used Jose's procedure with the Windex paper towel strips (about 7 times) until hardly no ink was showing up on the strips. When I first started the black ink was prevalent and then as I progressed splotches of cyan, magenta, and yellow started to show up on the strips, so I knew the nozzles were starting to unclog. I periodically ran some nozzle checks and noticed the colors were gradually starting to show up on the paper. I then ran a few clean head cycles and "bam" everything was hitting on all the color channels. I printed some color articles and I'm amazed how this printer came back to life like a new inkjet printer. Thanks again for your help!

[@nigelatkinson2939]

This channel has rescued my P800. It took four days to recover from months of zero use, including total blockage on four of 8 channels.I have used a whole bottle of window cleaner, lots of paper towel and lots of ink BUT I now have a perfect nozzle check pattern and have successfully made a print. I will now start watching the videos on how to improve my printing!

[@cheo1949]

Awesome.

[@Richard-mo5pt]

I want to tell you that this is one of the best instructional videos I’ve seen. Clear, concise and well presented and explained. Thanks.

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Richard I've gotten great reviews and I've gotten rotten reviews on this video I'm glad you appreciated it. Everything I do is detailed and concise and probably information overload but I prefer to do that to prevent you the viewer from having any questions after watching a video. I've been accused of being too long-winded and not getting to the point. But I do think short attention span syndrome is running rampant this day and age.

[@alyssaavila519]

I have to agree! I was able to follow without actually seeing him do this on a printer😍

[@cebundy]

I am an abuser of printers. 🙁 I have an Epson WF-645 that goes many months at a time without use. I have several set of cartridges that are many years old. They are kind of working. But I seem to have to do head cleanings and nozzle checks every time I use them. Would they be too old? The yellow isn’t putting out anything at all. I will take your advice and print something every few days, once I get the heads working again. Thanks so much for the video!

[@mgchardcore]

Thank you very much, I was able to get very good results. I will clean once more soon and print once a week at least, this video is so underrated and you have probably saved people throughout the world thousands of dollars or more.

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Sir. Please spread the word!

[@bennybodash855]

Thank you for donating your time to people so they can learn. It's very generous of you. God Bless!

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Benny, I appreciate that!

[@AlexanderSogliero]

@@cheo1949 Thank you sir, you've helped me as well. Happy holidays to you and yours.

[@lucianacolon590]

Thank you for the advice! I left a paper towel strip, dampened with windex, under my ink cartridges over night. I did a Nozzle check and then printed afterwards and it worked! I haven't used my printer in probably 2 years... so I will definitely listen to your advice on using my printer much more!

[@catheray8741]

I tried this method for my Epson 645 and it made it print again. I so appreciated the passive method as I was worried about attempting the more invasive syringe method. I also appreciated your honest comment about it being my own fault :-). I'll remember to use it more regularly in the future. Thanks Jose!

[@cheo1949]

Glad you got it working again. Remember to print more often and it will never happen again.

[@BucoBucolini]

Your tips helped me, thank you. I just wanted to add that for moderate blockage, what just worked for me is instead of doing the whole syringe procedure, I removed the ink cartridges and cleaned them from the top with Windex on cotton swabs. It was quick and the Epson is back to perfect prints.

[@KevinJohnson-uc3ms]

This fixed it! My Black ink on my Epson XP-620 hasn't printed correctly for a long time and I just thought I had bought bad ink. After watching this video, I spent 10 minutes running my print heads over Windex soaked paper towels and it worked! It printed beautifully on the first attempt after the treatment. Gracias Jose!

[@cheo1949]

Glad to hear it.

[@LAP73000]

Thank you so much. I struggled to get any colors to print, I cleaned the heads, I primed, I printed hundreds of papers and still nothing worked. Finally I stumbled on this 5 yr old video and my printer Epson 2720 now prints perfectly.

[@davidruzzo5806]

Very informative, thank you. However, I have one suggestion...please show us what to do as you explain the steps. Some of us, like myself, have never done this type of printer cleaning. I, like most people are, am a graphic learner, I need to see exactly what to do. Explaining is great, but we really need to see also...

[@cheo1949]

I have a playlist that covers that though it is for a small R340 all applies to larger printers. " How to Revive a Printer " And I also do a full demo on the R2000 and the PR3800 Quick search through any of my over 60 subject related playlist will lead to anything you want to learn. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYO9hmSVjalqrqc kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXLRYXakq7aAppo

[@Moov3619]

My Epson Stylus Photo R220 printer did not come back to life from anything I have done to unclog the print heads. Still the same pattern with nozzle checks no matter what method I used to unclog the nozzles. I'm convinced now my printer has probably reached it's end of life after 17 years. No doubt your how to videos have restored many printers for their owners. Thanks for sharing your expertise and experience.

[@BettyMcAllister1]

Thanks, Joe. I always learn something new from you. Many thanks! Betty

[@cheo1949]

Thank you Betty. Glad it helped.

[@kennethearlwebb]

Thank you for the videos you produce on printing and printer care. I have come back repeatedly to your channel when I have questions about my Canon MX882. I have learned to refill my carts, how to care for it and developed the confidence to print and play without worry of it costing a lot. Today I finally cleaned the print head because of a clog that would not go away. Now clog free and getting ready to print a portfolio for a job interview! Thank you again for the passion, knowledge and work that you put into sharing the information for us DIY home printer people.

[@cheo1949]

Thanks you!

[@rpbvid]

You always so helpful, Jose... Thumbs Up 2 You!

[@cheo1949]

Thanks.

[@RangeRoverUpgrades]

This works so brilliantly, you are a superstar. Thanks to your video, I now understand why my printer stopped working properly (I don't use it enough). The ink had dried rock hard on the black nozzle. Cleaned it using the paper towel and window cleaner as per your instructions - it now works superbly - can't thank you enough. Top man, you've saved me a fortune and given me the best feeling in the world - repairing something that you thought was broken and bin ready and getting it back to like new. Top marks

[@cheo1949]

Great story and I am very happy to have been of help!

[@charliewu7074]

4 years later this paper towel method helped me bring life back to my 4-year-old printer... excellent tip!!

[@wood-side-story]

It worked very well on my Epson L6190 with colors clogged for several months (so been using for printing black only). Had to repeat the process 20 times or so, but well worth the time and effort as Epson Service Center is far from home. Thanks a million for making this tutorial, by far the best I have found on this topic 🤩🤗

[@rdl8443]

love this wisdom you should be a character in some movie :)

[@cheo1949]

Oh my! Thanks.

[@andy8218]

Thanks for the wealth of information. You’ve provided a much less costly method of cleaning print heads. The procedure you talked about is simple and easy with little or no additional items to buy. Yes - the video is a little long but the information I’ve listened to that you gave is valuable. Lesson learned here is to print more often and don’t leave the inkjet printers sit for long periods of time. Thanks a million!

[@cheo1949]

Long but hopefully detailed. Short but missing details would have not been so good. Glad it helped.

[@john9349]

What a great video. I was just about to throw out my printer. After following your instructions my printer was as good as new. I never realised you need to use your printer regularly. I now print a test page regularly. Thank you so much.

[@BarbieB73]

This video was such a big help. I bought a late model open box Epson from a computer store that had obviously been used because the ink cartridges were already in it and there was paper in it. I didn't think about clogged print heads from sitting, which based on the dustiness had been awhile. I was able to get the magenta, cyan, and yellow to work but nothing at all would come out of the black. Didn't even take a whole day for the black to start discharging onto the paper towel. And bonus the magenta, cyan, and yellow have really discharged onto the paper towel as well. Videos like this is what makes KZbin so great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was so upset and frustrated because this printer has been nothing but a hassle to get set up properly and I thought I had wasted my time and money for nothing.

[@89Johneboy]

Sir, thank you so much for making this video! Its absolutely gold to hear a someone with so much knowledge on a subject describe the ins and outs of it. You can tell you know what you are talking about and thats what i love so much about my elders

[@victordmitriyev3486]

Pleasure to listen to a true expert! Thank you kindly for such great help Jose!

[@cheo1949]

Thank you.

[@dfb8854]

Jose, thought you could use a good laugh today, anyway my husband and I went out to Target today and bought $40.00 ink cartridge and then proceeded to put into our Epson XP 434 after having been in storage for 2years, needless to say it did not work 🤣 We sure wish we would have watched your videos first!!! Love how you explain everything And also how gentle you are in scolding us, Thank you I have now learned to use and print Our new printer a lot more often at least every 60 hours!!!!

[@K69-y7b]

Hey bro, thank you for your informative instructions and tips. You have saved me buying another printer. I followed your instructions and after much patience & cleaning the print head in printer and running cleaning and deep cleaning cycles the print head has unblocked itself. Thank you. God bless you.🙏

[@nigelfirth5601]

Just tried this on my HP Photosmart 5520 and it worked a treat. Here in the UK we don't have Windex, so I used "Mr Muscle window & glass cleaner instead. Thank you so much for the tip.

[@mainsfortes5778]

I was about to buy a new printer then I watched your video and followed the instructions. I'm glad I did . You just saved me a lot of money. Thanks !

[@71carlothunderbay]

Jose you are THE MAN! I was ready to smash my R1900 to smitherings! I flushed the heads, multiple cleanings etc etc. and nothing worked. The windex on the cloth under the head and letting it sit WORKED!!!! Thanks so much!

[@cheo1949]

Success is a wonderful thing!

[@RonLego]

Jose, Thank you so much for this video and others you have made. I watched several videos over and over. I used your advice to try to restart an Epson R3000 that had not been used since we moved three years ago. I just kept at it with the paper towel process and printing full test pages and nozzle checks, then letting the printer sit over night. It took over a week and a couple ink cartridge changes but my R3000 is back running beautifully. I installed Inkjet Plumber so I'm hoping I can minimize trouble going forward. Your videos gave me the confidence to spend the time on this old 3000. Very glad I did. Gracias!!!

[@cheo1949]

Love a success story! Awesome!

[@michaeloliver3227]

Thank you! The windex and paper towel technique worked really well. Our printer didn't print the Cyan color at all, so I figured it must be clogged. All other videos online were asking for a full disassembly of my printer or buying some solution to inject. Yours was an easy process with supplies I had laying around my house. I appreciate the guidance. Printer is working like new.

[@israelafolabi7360]

Please what is the supplies that you use around you

[@ОльгаСандер-б3и]

Genius ✨it helped me from first layer, in 5 min, my blue color came back. Thank you!!!

[@imjazzwandering]

It actually worked! I was worried bec I really need to print my kids activities for home school and then I saw 1 video saying Im gonna flush it with a syringe using a solution that I have to buy and that means im gonna wait for weeks to be shipped to me. I was like oh c'mon this cant be then i tried reading on the comments and someone puts your link. It was a relief that the materials is just something we have at home so I tried. I only did 1 process and voila! I am able to print! You are amazing! Thank you so much!

[@cheo1949]

Awesome!

[@JelArts]

Thanks for the video! Does the paper towel have to make physical contact with the print head or does it just hover above? Thank you.

[@cheo1949]

It contacts the underside of the printhead. Be carefull. Only do this irregular cleaning cycles don't clear out a clog.

[@artrabiauavservices4533]

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[@mostaphabidani5101]

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[@dianestigen1675]

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[@phlidd]

You look like Pablo Picasso. Thank you sir, very useful and informative video, saved me a lot of money on a new printer. You are the Jedi master of printer head cleaning. 👍

[@kevinmak2564]

The black ink nozzle of my Epson XP-330 was clogged. I followed your instructions and it is now working fine. Thank you Jose.

[@cheo1949]

Good to hear.

[@mintip1957]

Thanks Jose for the excellent instructions. Quickly- an unusual problem here. Had a thunderstorm a couple of nights ago, printer switched back on OK but printed random pattern, stripes and blocks all over the pages... Didn't respond to changing the PC settings, wifi, etc.., pc settings all OK.... Eventually, cleaning print heads & changing ink cartridges (desperation) accidentally jammed the ink cradle out of line - the printer restarted and after a lot of clunking and clancking settled back down.... Prints fine again.... so if you have a problem like that, after unplugging - try carefully !!!! moving the printer ink cradle by hand sideways a little, say 2 - 3 inches, plug it back in again . Cheers all.

[@mr.thrasher4029]

One of the most incredible videos I have ever seen! Chock full of vital information. Truly inspirational; I look forward to seeing Jose on TED talks. Except the title is wrong. It should be "How to identify a clogged head."

[@cocobrowncreations3508]

THANK YOU!!! I find your videos to be sooooo helpful and informative. Thank you for taking the time. I hadn't used my sublimation WorkForce 7720 in almost 2 months and it wouldn't print colors. After cleaning with hot water, windex solution, it worked right away.

[@ohaya6582]

Hi Jose - just did another windex cleaning then head cleaning and printed CMYK page. Now: - C is a "little better" (a few more lines filled in) - Y is way better - almost solid - M is better (more lines filled in) - B is better (more lines filled in than M, but not quite solid) I am going to put another towel with Windex and leave it overnight (if I have enough patience).... Jim

[@adolfoarrieta5178]

Thanks for sharing all your knoledge to us who still insist in clogging our print heads because of lack of using.

[@cheo1949]

It's one of those evil secrets they will not admit to. You need to use a printer practically daily. But no one does that. Including me. So I end up wasting ink I could have used for making prints.

[@dhanrajpondicherry8836]

Worked well on a HP OfficeJet printer. Just soaked the printer head in Windex for a bit in a shallow soap dish. Let it dry overnight, and its printing after some reboots for head alignment. Ty Jose!

[@labsnabys]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm in the middle of the Windex/paper towel cycle with my Epson WF-3640 right now -- cross your fingers that it works. I have learned my lesson. If this works, I'll be printing at least twice a week to keep things unclogged going forward.

[@cheo1949]

The nozzles on a printhead are microscopic. Imagine what happens with any liquid that dries inside a little tiny hole that might be micrometers in diameter. They clog.

[@andy8218]

Once again you've provided great information on cleaning the print heads. I appreciate all the detail on "how to" and "why".... You make it easy to do, however I'm going to print more often and avoid the problems of the printer sitting there for weeks without printing.

[@cheo1949]

Printing is what keeps a printer printing.

[@Xeo989]

5 Years agooo !! what a nice coincidence Saludos Sr Jose ! thanks for all the info you share whit us

[@MrTimmmers]

I use a shorter strip of paper, tape it down so it can't curl or move then wet it, and if your printer has a spigot the cartridge plugs onto, you can plug a plastic pipe onto that and flush it with a syringe.

[@bwnco]

well it took 3 days of this but I finally got it to work doing this... Thank you!

[@pfolse70119]

Jose, thank you so much. I do use my Epson at least twice a week. I do use 3rd party ink but no probs for 4 years until day before yesterday. I found your video and cleaned it all day , 8 times today. It works great! I needed it because I am taking an online course with document back up. Replacing it during the quarantine would be difficult as i am 74 with preexisting conditions and I don't drive. Ordering online would nt have gotten me a printer fast enough to keep up with my course. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Pam

[@cheo1949]

Glad you got it sorted out.

[@peanutbutterisfu]

It sucks trying to have a printer at home most people just don’t need to use it very much and let’s get real the last thing on anyone’s mind is “oh I better use my printer 2 times a week”. Really better off not having a printer that uses ink at home. One of the printers I have at my business uses this black toner that has that black powder so whatever that stuff is would be best at home because it won’t clog up.

[@eliduran4182]

Thanks so much 🤗 I was thinking to buy a new printer and found this video... Nothing to lose I did what you said, I just left it for a few hours & it did the job!! It's printing again perfectly! Thanks again 😁

[@cheo1949]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that!

[@jody1622]

Jose - I used the Windex method twice - no results. Then I did a deep clean. Eureka!!! It worked. I was so sad because it is pigment printer and the problem was my own fault. Got a new computer and just didn't print for several weeks. Won't do that again. THANK YOU!

[@cheo1949]

Awesome!!! Print Print and then PRINT!!! Inkjet printers are touchy animals!!!

[@mikegregory7844]

I did exactly as described here and it worked perfectly. I can’t thank you enough!!!!

[@oldmancrypto52]

I performed the prodedure on my Epson XP-241 that Mr. Rodrigues presented and problem solved! Thank you very much!!!

[@steengeertsen8342]

I used the Windex method as demonstrated by Jose. It worked! Thanks Jose :-)

[@stevenolsen6360]

thank you- without a syringe and tubes, what you did- is exactly what I thought of, see you do it- i rushed and got the gloves on, and now waiting new results- esp the blessing of what to do next week etc, freedom, happy, thank you from Australia

[@cheo1949]

Excellent!

[@Beanjamin1000]

WF-3620 This worked FANTASTIC for me. Thank you! From no cyan printing to near perfect.

[@cheo1949]

Great to hear!

[@c.l.mcintosh624]

Thank you very much Jose this ammonia trick works very well

[@cheo1949]

Great to hear!

[@michaelboonphotography3014]

This worked great on my Canon Pixma Pro 9000. Thanks so much.

[@DennisKenneybees]

Best video on printer cleaning. Thanks so much.

[@zebraloc1]

Thank you, Jose. I am up and printing because I followed your easy to follow instructions. At first, I thought taking the print head out to clean it was a good idea, but a great amount of force was required and i didn't want to ruin the printer. Using your method saved me time and money, Many Thanks again, Jose!

[@cheo1949]

Glad it helped.

[@virusescu]

Me: prints my last page on an Epson BX305 ... 4 years pass Jose posts this video: You better print at least twice a week. ... another 4 years pass Me: Hey youtube how do I unclog printer head after 8 years of storage? :)) Found this gem :D. I'm still trying the steps though. Fingers crossed.

[@rayallen8134]

Thank you so much, Jose. Your Windex paper towel pad cleaned the nozzles on my Epson XP 700. I am very grateful for your help.

[@cheo1949]

Thanks but it's Not MY METHOD brother. It's been around for a long time. I just pass on the info. I just happens to work.

[@jonisoma5726]

....nice portraiture. ....loved the vivid yellow...dynamic.

[@kenvynurquhart6483]

Thanks Jose, Epson P600 now printing perfectly.

[@cheo1949]

Awesome!

[@stellamcdonald4706]

Very good information and explanations, thank you!

[@genew8270]

Cant find any videos on park pad replacement

[@cheo1949]

That"'s because you are not supposed to change them yourself.

[@IanBoyterJazzsax]

Jose ... Thanks very much for this video! Your system works! Have a nice day!

[@cheo1949]

Glad it helped. These techniques have been developed over the years by all of us not just me.

[@Visorna1]

You are soo good Jose - Thank you so much for helping everyone of us out. / all the best from Stockholm Sweden

[@cheo1949]

Thank you very much!

[@georgeshepherd6431]

My brother MFC J485 DW prints photos beautifully but it won't print text consistently. This started yesterday (my router/modem died at the same time). The print is very light and faded, or some lines are darker and blurry and some are much lighter. I bought a new black ink cartridge and that didn't correct anything. I do not want to start screwing around with the nozzles and print heads, etc. I'm glad I watched this, because it let me know that my printer is not broken but rather the black ink nozzle is probably clogged. But I am not inclined to take anything apart. I am not knowledgeable enough about all this to go down that road. I did not realize that printheads get clogged. So I am sitting here with a printer I cannot use. And now that I am working at home due to COVID-19, I need to print several things. So I am in a real pickle here. But at least you saved me from wasting money on a new printer that will probably eventually develop the same issue.

[@cheo1949]

Sorry but I do not use nor own any brother printers. Is there a text only setting in the driver?

[@OpenFilmmaker]

Great advice! Instead of printing every 60 hours, I might just consider throwing it into the trash, lol. Canon Pixma Pro 9500 Mark II. Nozzle streaks on CMY and they didn't go away even after cleaning the print head. Guess I'll give it another shot before I go 'office space' on it. Thanks for the insightful video.

[@philindeblanc]

Piezo flush I think is distilled water with alcohol and amonia. I think it is made of 10 parts water to 3 parts alcohol and 1.5 part amonia. This was one of the more awesome truth videos on printheads...Its one reason I like HP as you can remove and replace print heads in pairs. Odd thing is, I think I am experiencing one of the things you mention....I had let that machine sit, and now even with new head the nozzles are clogged, so likely some air OR maybe the line got a bit dried out? I hope not...But will be trying a couple of these methods before I get the funnel for ink and syringe out!!

[@cheo1949]

Thanks!

[@JF-fn2jq]

Thank you for making this video José!!

[@cheo1949]

My pleasure!

[@Jana-x1n5h]

Thank you for the wonderful information.

[@malcolmhigdon4245]

Thank you for your help. We appreciate you.

[@zeroumashi2947]

BCH technologies sells this stuff called Wetter Solution. It claims to prevent clogging if used before leaving the printer alone for any long duration.

[@MamoonBakeer]

Thanks. I had an amazing Brother MFC-J220 working without a single clog for about 7 years using CISS cheap bulk ink bottles (4x100ml for $15). I didn't need to worry about the printer being idle for weeks or months, it just kept doing self-cleaning by itself. I noticed it many times being in the room that it suddenly starts making noise for several minutes without printing anything. It doesn't have a small chip onto the ink cartridges so it accepts any ink. Sadly, it got fried by a continuous electric jolt (410v instead of 230v) and died. Few months ago I bought a Canon Maxify MB-2140 which causing me lots of pain as it keeps clogging the head using the same ink bottles used in last Brother printer. I removed the entire head and cleaned it and now it has clogged again. It seems that Brother print heads are less sensitive than Canon's. Also this Canon does not do self-cleaning cycles at all unlike Brother. My next printer will be Brother.

[@cheo1949]

No. Brother ink is apparently incompatible with Canon printhead

[@MamoonBakeer]

@@cheo1949 Thanks for the reply. Would you please (1) give me a link to an online store that sells a reasonably priced quality ink for my Canon and (2) although the genuine ink is pigment based (PGI-1400), what would you recommend for it: Dye or Pigment? because what I know is that Dye is universal meaning you can use Dye on Dye & Pigment based printers and not vice versa. And (3) what is the shelf life for inks. Thank you.

[@phillipyounkins7432]

Thanks dude. You made the best video I've seen so far good job old timer. I have not tried it yet, but you make the most since of all others I've seen. Thank you.

[@cheo1949]

Now that I am officially an Old Timer I guess that's a good thing. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@OWK000]

I use those cheap cosmetic sponges from The Dollar Tree. They are so cool. You need to flush off windex with dionized or distilled water once it works.

[@newts-gaming695]

Excellent advice and detailed explanations, thanks so much!

[@sandwich3044]

Thanks this really helped me tonight!!

[@ronholfly]

Thanks very much for your very informative video, I sadly fall into your category of not running my printer enough, I have a Epson XP 312 it has given me years of service but not using it as much as I did I have this trouble. Wonderful tip with the window cleaning solution, I will let you know how I get on.

[@juliepasta1311]

Thank you for this video! I have an Epson XP 15000 that doesn't release ink when printing. I can get the colors to come back with this technique and doing cleaning cycles and eventually the black but then the next day it's back to not printing. I use this printer often so I don't understand why I'm getting clogs.

[@hyperionsixzeroeight5064]

It worked (Windex)!!!!! Thanks for the rescue.

[@bobhitt6986]

Thanks for your video from some years ago. I have a problem with a recently purchased Epson R280 for which your help would be greatly appreciated. I purchased a new R280 recently through an EBAY vendor. I have two other R280s that I've been using over the years; therefore, I'm familiar with nozzle checks and head cleaning. Please forgive me if the questions I'm asking have been addressed by you in this video, or one of your other videos. It's hard to search the comments for keywords/phrases. The problem I'm having with this one is printing the wrong colors. Nozzle checks show full lines but with the wrong colors in some sections. The yellow section has some black lines and light cyan lines. The black section has some black lines at the top, but light cyan toward the bottom lines. The light magenta is mostly light cyan lines. When I do a head cleaning I temporarily get more correct colors in the correct sections, but with time the sections become corrupted with the wrong color. My belief is that the print head is bad, and some internet research shows that these print heads are prone to printhead "delamination", which lets the colors mixed in the printhead. My theory is that when I do a head cleaning it pulls lots of the mixed (corrupted) colors out of the printhead, allowing for the correct colors into the printhead, and a timely nozzle check will show mostly the correct colors with no missing lines. (temporarily) I am using reusable cartridges, which I have also been successfully using for some years on two other Epson R280s. Does my theory sound reasonable? Is there something I can try to correct this? If I'm on the right track, would you happen to have a link to where I can get a printhead for a reasonable price? I talked to Epson and they considered it an equipment failure, but since I purchased through a 3rd party (EBAY), they can't provide a direct warranty.

[@davidbenyukhis5106]

Dear Jose Rodriguez. First of all, I should to say how greatly I appreciate your videos. They help to understand and to avoid mistakes, when using printing machine. Recently, as my printer gives me bad print, I used the method shown here. Having no result by another cause, I, nevertheless, must clarify: before moving the print head over soaked strip of paper towel, needed to remove cartridges from the print head or not. I moved them together and now doubt it is right. Please respond.

[@cheo1949]

Carts stay on during head soak.

[@gfriedman99]

I think many times the problem on the Epson printers when stops printing a color completely is either person forgot to remove the tape over the vent hole, the vent hole has some glue debris stuck in it, or the cartridges themselves become air bound. I have gotten cartridges going again by sticking a pin in the vent hole and also pushing the bottom valve open to let the air out.

[@cheo1949]

Absolutely

[@btjohne]

THANK YOU JOSE. My WF-7620 is back in the game! WooHoo!

[@sharaward6150]

Jose I have an Epson 7710 that I have been using for sublimation. I had no problem until it was time to refill the cartridge. Oh my, nothing but problems since. I refilled the cartridges using a syringe/needle. When reinserted the printer would not recognize the cartridges. It finally let me get past the "not genuine ink" message. I did several head cleaning & nozzle checks with terrible results. I printed a purge file still no good. I let it sit 24 + hours & tried all again. Still not good. Finally, I put the original cartridges in & printed a purge file. It printed perfectly. I took the cartridges out & put my sublimation cartridges in & it accepted them. I did multiple purge files to get rid of any regular ink. I could then begin sublimating again. THEN I ran low on ink again. So I thought I would outsmart the printer & would fill the cartridges without removing them from the printer. I filled the cartridges with a needle while they were installed (printer turned off). Well I don't know what I have done because now my magenta does not print at all. Cyan is a pale blue, black is a dark gray & yellow is a medium yellow color. I see other people sublimate with the Epson 7710 with no problems. I hope that you can give me suggestions. Thank you for all of your great videos!

[@cheo1949]

I have no clue what you might be doing wrong. I assume you arebueing refillable carts which need to be pre primed in order for ink to flow properly. Secondly sublimation printed on sublimation transfer paper will NEVER look like regular photo inks on photo paper so ALL colors will print grayish and will look much duller. Only after you heat transfer will you see the brighter colors.

[@sharaward6150]

@@cheo1949 yes sir, I know that sub ink is lighter until pressed. When I do the nozzle check....magenta is not showing at all.

[@sharaward6150]

Sorry, yes I am using refillable carts. I followed your video to prime.

[@cheo1949]

If you magenta channel is totally blank in tbe nozzle check then your magenta cart is not flowing or delivering ink as it should. But when you say the colors are duller, compared to what?

[@sharaward6150]

@@cheo1949 than what they were previously. I have been sublimating for about 2 months with this printer.

[@amitpunjani1426]

Thank you so much !! Service center people sent a code for HARD cleaning cycle to clean Y, when it didn't, they said "sorry, the printhead needs to be changed. I am glad that I was able to unclog the yellow colour in my brother DCP-T300 ink tank printer with the process you have mentioned in this video. . Now, the problems I am facing with yellow and magenta is, one day will get all the nozzles unclogged by either the amonia + paper towel process or by running cleaning cycles, then in 1 or 2 days suddenly one or both the colours will start disappearing on the prints suddenly, even after 1000-1500 prints. This happened 5-6 times. in that situation the dotted lines of respective color will come less than half or so in test print. There is paper dust in most area inside printer including below printhead, if any best way to clean, kindly let me know. I read somewhere that the inks must be consumed within 6 months of pouring in the tanks and the printer must not be unpluged and only the printer's on/off switch should be used to switch the printer ON or OFF. I am following this. It will be great help if you can tell the possible causes and solutions for the above problem. Thank you once again.

[@cheo1949]

Unfortunately I'm not familiar with these tank type printers it has to be something in the ink delivery preventing the tanks from feeding into the printhead dampers consistently something is going on and unfortunately I cannot help you with that so I really don't know how these printers work.

[@hjd832]

Jose ! I wish you were my neighbour…… ! Very interesting & detailed. I had no idea about any of this ! What is the name of the special pink fluid, to replace the cartridges with ? (I am thinking of going straight to that as I not well & cannot concentrate at the moment or stand frustration at the moment) ….. Also I presume I should discard the partial used cartridges , & replace with new ones ? Thanks ( from SW France 🖖🖖🖖

[@shannonjohnson1342]

Thank you soo much!! This helped me, took a couple of days, but I'm up and running an old Epson Workforce 1100!!!

[@cheo1949]

Glad it helped! I also have one of those.

[@Mom23kitties]

I’m a visual person so I need to see him actually do this process with print cartridges and print head! 🙁

[@cheo1949]

There are LOTS of videos on all the techniques already in YT. I don't ANY printers needing to be unplugged and I would be causing more harm than good. However please take a look at my playlist called How to Revive a Printer.

[@japerstrills2047]

Good job Jose! Nice neat explanation in a nice neat shop. Thank you.

[@cheo1949]

Thanks.

[@picklebird1261]

Thanks so much for this video. Great clear, concise explaination.

[@cheo1949]

I added another improvement. Will show it tomorrow.

[@9xauto]

I see your programs all the time. You seems to to be a top expert. Can you answer me a question I cant find answerers anywhere. I have Epson 9800. Since the time I have it I had intermittent problem with magenta. It prints 30% less magenta on every image. However, the head is clean. Nozzle check fids nothing all boxes are printed. The Magenta is genuine from Epson. I used different gammas and saturation, results are the same

[@kimberlyachey7069]

Thank you very much for your informative video. I have an Epson XP-420...I will keep my fingers crossed and hope this works

[@cheo1949]

Patience is the key here!

[@fishnlady]

Great information, I have an Epson ET-3760 and this information will be very helpful going forward. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just subscribed.

[@buddyfolk1457]

Thanks Jose for your help.You are very generous. I will try to save my Epson wp-4015. Magenta colour is dry. Will try with the 5% ammonia window cleaner (here in Spain it´s called Cristasol con amoniaco, for example).Will try for 2-3 times a day. I will tell you the results. Sorry for my bad English. Best regards from Guadalajara (Spain). John.

[@cheo1949]

Buena suerte destapando su impresora!

[@buddyfolk1457]

Gracias Jose.!