How to fix an EPSON EcoTank 2850 print quality issues or the colour is missing completely

[@bellagabriella1]

YOU ARE MY SAVIOUR!!!! I JUST SETUP MY BRAND NEW AS OF TODAY PRINTER AND THE FIRST 2 PRINTS WERE TAN AND CAME OUT GREEN! I WANTED TO SCREAM!!! THIS TOTALLY SAVED ME!!! TY!!!

[@JC4825]

Thanks for this, I did the nozzle clean a few days ago and it got worse with every try. Did the Power clean and now all is good again. Small note, on mine the Power clean used about 20% of the ink from all tanks.

[@jonwornham8674]

A huge thank you for this. My magenta hadn't been working for a while so I tried three head cleans - end result was that only the black was working 😞 Left it for six hours and did a power clean, now all colours are working perfectly!

[@67Pilgrim]

Great video and advice worked first time. Ran the deep clean and used your test print…perfect. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@JohnnyOhOh]

Cyan and Magenta had no color till I power cleaned works perfect!!!!!! Thank you -Thumbs Up

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Great to hear!

[@chuck4546]

Thank you! I did a power clean, as you stated, on my Epson ET-2850 and now it prints great. I called Epson support a week ago and they could not help me at all. I viewed your video and you had the answer for my problem. Thanks. 👍

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Glad I could help!

[@Corikay842]

Was the ink low when you did the power clean because mines is full

[@grannyreborns]

Do you have to replace the ink ?

[@Corikay842]

@@grannyreborns no and it did not matter that the ink was freshly filled right before

[@Corikay842]

@ I did not because I filled it up beforehand

[@MaryvelFriesen]

THANK YOU SO, SO, VERY MUCH!!! I was starting to loose hope! It is all good now, color is back! THANK YOU!!!!

[@mrntgtl]

Guess what? IT WORKED!!!!!! thank you so much for this informative video

[@MattRevs]

Its funny, my ET-2760 won't do a power clean from the menu (it just displays the support website link lol) I have to hold down the power and help button when booting to acess it.

[@alisameggitt3618]

Thank you! I was dreading this task, and you made it quick and easy

[@ricsabbathify]

Thanks! I was going nuts trying to figure out why my Epson wasn't printing out. So, I saw your video and I used the power wash and waited till the next day and first print came out great!

[@ricsabbathify]

Excuse me, power clean!

[@iamemazing]

The power clean worked for me- Thank you very much!

[@esrabutuner5231]

Super useful and worked perfectly! Thanks a lot!!

[@ecdesignsknittedtoys]

Thank you very much ... I've been trying to do this for 3 days now ... great video ... :)

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Glad it helped!

[@marymason533]

Thank you very much! Followed your steps and now it’s printing correctly!!

[@demonbear55]

Magenta stopped printing entirely. Fixed it with this video. Thanks!

[@lbande2462]

Thank you so much I had a paper feed and not sure what I did when I turned it off and turned it back on, but it wasn’t printing with the right colors. It seem faded. I did exactly what you said in the video and it worked super fast! Thank u thank u

[@richardraybould6928]

Helpful thanks but I can't find the link to the video referred to at 3min 20sec ?

[@callmejobson]

Great video This is what I needed!! Printer working just fine now Thank You!

[@celestegonzalez8793]

OMG... such clear instructions that even I was able to get results! Please tell me you have a published "BOOK FOR DUMMIES"!!!

[@laurelneufeld644]

Thank you, this got me going again.

[@dearrkatelyn]

Thank you! This was super helpful!

[@Difi.Nasser]

What I do if I have not the Power Cleaning choice? Epson wf2850

[@GinaSaldana-u3b]

How to darken the colors

[@mareenanthony]

Thank you! Fixed my issue❤

[@leewest9274]

Hi m8 mine was brand new out the box same modle wasn't getting any coulor at all just black and white I did a power clean and it's working now can u tell me what I'm doing wrong bro used loads of ink doing a power clean

[@janh8847]

I’ve done all of these including the power clean and the ink is still faded like it’s not releasing the ink. Absolutely frustrating and another piece of junk sucking up my money.

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

when you do a nozzle check is there a lot missing?

[@denben8530]

where do i get the purge sheet and is thai for regular printing not sublimation

[@Tracer414]

Not sure if you can help me but I thought I'd see if you can give me some suggestions after watching your video. I just purchased a new ET 3850 and completed the entire setup process. I chose the correct paper size and paper quality. I printed a basic document with a small picture header that I had on file. I am extremely disappointed in the quality of the print. The blacks are gray and the entire document is grainy. I notice the same thing when I scanned a document and even before I hit print the document looks distorted and grainy. There are no lines or separations in any of the images so I'm confident that the alignment for the heads is correct. Any suggestions before I take this thing back or I bought it.? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

[@marguerite0909]

I've done a clean print head 3 times and not gotten any colours on my nozzle check 3 times...I'm not sure if I should do a power clean as it states it can damage the machine...I have plenty of ink if I need to..could you advise me, please...I've got the Epson ET-2810 Series...many thanks😊

[@Corikay842]

That’s what I’m trying to figure out as well. I just filled mine up.

[@maryCCFarm]

I cannot get mine to get the right words from my laptop.. can someone help me please? ty

[@marziyehshodjaeihaghighi3765]

urgent Hello Can you please give me some advice? After my printer experienced an ink alarm, I purchased new ink from Epson. The problem is that the colors pink and blue don't fill in. I think there is a problem with my tank. I didn't really know what to do. I've done all the necessary troubleshooting with the printer, I mean maintenance required and... But it doesn't work. It shows that there is ink, but I know there is some ink missing in printer. It no longer prints in color. I bought this print last year in March. I would be very grateful for your help. I have translated from German to English in case it is not well written.

[@scotm3599]

Thank you so much. This worked for me.

[@juliehassen5099]

mine worked, thank you

[@Beckyscraftsandgoodies]

This worked for me thank you !

[@bellagabriella1]

Ok, so my lime green small triangle logo is coming out dark green on a vinyl sheet and paper. I did this test and the lines on the test are all completed but triangle still dark. WHat can I do?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

try dabbing the ink collector sponge, then clean the head it may have too much ink and got contaminated

[@kazlea1117]

Okay that did not work i cannot see a link to the next part that needs ink. Ive hardly used the printer. Its one year old yesterday and will not print any colour only black? The blue sections on what i tried to print are just faint lines and no colours on the page you printed in this. Help

[@LanceMcGrew]

Print issue I have is, vector files sent from CorelDraw end up printing noticeable however slight, jaggies on some font characters.

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

with corel draw, try print preview for printing not just print from workspace it seems to clean the images up and fix problems.

[@TLDuDash]

To fix any of the new Epson refillable printers, open the ink lid, then open the cap to the color that isn't printing, then run a cleaning cycle, the printer develops venting problems that creates a vacuum, opening the ink allows air to get in, I've found this fixes the problem easily, cap the ink and you're good to go.

[@shirleyroberts9928]

How to run a cleaning cycle?

[@Past7inheaven]

Hey! I've done some nozzle cleans, but my images are coming out grainy, I don't have any colours missing, just quality problems. I've messed around with the paper and quality settings but nothing seems to help.. Any advice?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

print a nozzle check and see how much is missing

[@nicolechase8417]

I just did a nozzle check and got all the lines to be present. But when I printed some b&w pictures on card stock paper there were so many lines/gaps on my prints. Would you recommend a head check or power clean? 😫

[@nicolechase8417]

It also doesn’t do the lines when I print in color…?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

all the lines present even on the black nozzles? do another nozzle check to be sure.

[@jessvs6124]

Very informative video. But when I try doing the nozzle check it keeps saying invalid even though there is paper size is correct 😭

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

are you doing the nozzle check from the PC software or directly on the printer using the menu?

[@Beckyscraftsandgoodies]

Press the button bottom right rather than ok

[@jessvs6124]

@@DanielJohnHowTo It worked after I ignored it for a month lol. Still didn’t fix the issue though since color printing was faded and now non existent despite there being ink

[@fatima92garcia]

Omg did you ever figure it out? I’m having the same exact issue 😩

[@andyouyang7785]

Do you need to keep the printer trun on while doing the power cleaning?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

yes

[@SA-bn9nf]

When setting up the printer, it was initialized with only black ink, before the other colors were added. Do you know anyway to go through the initialization process again?

[@davidbielski3484]

2 months ago. Well, I did the same thing. Apparently a power cleaning will do about the same thing as initializing

[@gertp11]

All I get is black print, no colour. I’ve tried cleaning nozzles.i will wait 12 hours and do the power clean. 🤞

[@Cesarz28]

I just bought this printer iOS in a box. Should I keep it? Any recommendations for a color printer that is not gyro be used regularly. Thanks

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

i use this printer daily, not many issues really.

[@sheilaearl2539]

It’s not that I’m having a problem with, the colours themselves are faded, no intensity. Im just printing things of the internet no photos.

[@Aagneshall]

Have you found any answers? I’m having the same issue :/

[@otiscampbell3795]

I wish you'd explained how to actually do the power cleaning.

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

I did

[@otiscampbell3795]

@@DanielJohnHowTo When I select Power Cleaning I get the info screen which says I might not have enough Ink, and to refill the tanks first. The tanks are already full. If I try to proceed, it just goes back to the Power Cleaning option. I'd like to see what happens when you actually select power clean and the process begins.

[@ronniea.4830]

I have 2 of these ET-2800 and 2850 both clogged, not a nozzle problem the ink not flowing into the small cartridge inside. I had to do a power clean. when they crock I will never again buy these crappy machines.

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

If you check the description there is a video on how to fix a bad clog like yours, it may help thanks.

[@ronniea.4830]

@@DanielJohnHowTo I am sure there is but it's not something I can do nor want to if this is a regular accurance. But thank you for trying to help.

[@buteful25]

I had the same issue with the Epson 2400. I had to get rid of 2 of them because of the same issue. I just purchased this one in the video. Please don’t tell me it’s going to be the same issue. 😮

[@ronniea.4830]

@@buteful25 I was told you have to print on a regular basis for it not to happen. Good luck 🙏

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

@@buteful25 Thanks for your comment, I had two 2850's with around 5-7k prints on them, no major issues yet.

[@Venezuela53]

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[@Elvia-m8n]

The Tex is too big it cuts of cause its too big