Print Head Clogs What to do!
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- 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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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!
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.
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.
Please what is the supplies that you use around you
well it took 3 days of this but I finally got it to work doing this... Thank you!
You are soo good Jose - Thank you so much for helping everyone of us out. / all the best from Stockholm Sweden
Thank you very much!
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4640 It's been out of use for a while. Not printing at all even with a new set of cartridges.
Hello Jose. You emphasized ammonia being one of ingredients in Windex and at 8:04 you mentioned that fumes alone dissolve the dry ink inside the nozzles. Is it fumes that are caused by ammonia? In my country I can't seem to find window cleaning solutions that contain ammonia in their ingredients.
Great stuff, thank you!
Holidays trips??? Is there a software that you can set to autoprint?
If on a MAC, Inkjet Plumber and if on WINDOWS you have to use the unclog tool that is part of the Qimage Ultimate software
($69 ) Each will schedule a print at a period of your choosing.
Cheers. good to know...
I have an epson et 2550 with a third party sublimation ink. The printer sat for about 8 months. I got most of the colors to print just doing the clean cycle. My issue is that it will not print red. Everytime I try it prints yellow. Will this method work with the epson et 2550?
Your magenta channel must be badly blocked. Sub inks are a bear to unclog. I would continue treating thebpint head with Windex and hope for the best. But sometimes the clog is simply two much after 8 months.
Thank you for the reply. I'm currently letting it sit overnight with the windex. I've already went through 4 paper towels. Hopefully it works.
It worked! Thank you so much.
Awesome! Eventually it does work unless the clog is beyond the capabilities of Windex.
4 years later this paper towel method helped me bring life back to my 4-year-old printer... excellent tip!!
I want to thank you so much for sharing this video for free! Your technique fixed my problem very quickly and I promise I will use my printers more!! Your passion shines through in this video. I am always in awe of people with so much expertise in an area that I would have never thought to explore. Thank you!!
Thank you.
Thank you for donating your time to people so they can learn. It's very generous of you. God Bless!
Thank you Benny, I appreciate that!
@@cheo1949 Thank you sir, you've helped me as well. Happy holidays to you and yours.
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.
Thank you Sir. Please spread the word!
Well done sir. Your coaching and conversational style, combined with your knowledge, kept me tuned in, thank you, Jon
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!
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.
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.
I have to agree! I was able to follow without actually seeing him do this on a printer😍
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!
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.
Great informative video. I tried cleaning with the paper towel about three or four times with no success. I then left the soaked towel over night, cleaned it in the morning, did a nozzle check - perfect and printed pictures absolutely perfect. Obviously the overnight trick does the business. Thank you once again..
Awesome to hear that.
I appreciate the time you have spent in making these videos, and helping the printing community. I have watched a lot of those videos, still have some to go through. So, I finally tried resetting the printing properties on my Canon TS9120 printer based on some of your suggestions, like when you were doing an Epson & Canon's settings. I even was to find the montage picture you suggested. Well after resetting everything, the picture came out white a 'bluish corroded copper' look, the face coloring were completely all very wrong. At this point I wanted to throw up and maybe get another printer completely. But after breakfast this morning and settling back down at the printer, started going back over things. Then remembered this video. Printhead Clogs, well I did more than that. After removing the cartridges and then the printhead, took the printhead to sink, ran really hot water over both side of the printhead. Took the printhead down to garage and used the dog's heated air blower (helps in removing loose hair from the dogs). Now the printhead is clean & dry, re-install it, put ink cartridges back in, did a "Cleaning" from the printer's menu, and then a test page. What a change cleaning the printhead had made. Re-printed your picture, it turned out as yours had, well maybe not as exactly as yours but close enough for my use. Thanks for your help.
***** 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.
Good luck! And please so share your results.
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!
Glad you got it working again. Remember to print more often and it will never happen again.
OMG you saved my printer. I was just about to buy a new one. lol the ink cartridge was $40 and honestly, this printer has been giving me all sorts of headaches for the last two years I was so ready to just toss the whole printer and get a new one for the price of a cartridge.
love this wisdom you should be a character in some movie :)
Oh my! Thanks.
Than you!!!!!! It worked!!!!
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...
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.
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That"'s because you are not supposed to change them yourself.
Thanks for the excellent videos, I've learned a great deal from them. I have an Epson XP860 which I failed to print with for too long and have been trying to clear my Cyan head. I'm down to two segments left. Rather than using a lot of cleaner and ink, could I add some Piezo Flush to the cyan cart along with the ink and proceed with printing normally(don't care about print quality) to hopefully clear the last two segments? I've already gone through the procedures you describe. Thanks
Thanks Jose! What about Brother printers? The best printers I've ever had were Brothers. Did a contract job for a company a while back and needed my own printer so I could use my own laptop without having to sync up to their network. (They were very concerned about security and I was only going to be there for a few months.) Bought a little $89.00 brother. It copied, printed and scanned better than their fancy $20-30,000 machine. Mine was slower of course. The only thing I ever used theirs for was printing on 11x17. I haven't used it in several years, but may try it out using Jose's tricks.
You always so helpful, Jose... Thumbs Up 2 You!
Thanks.
A nozzle head is still plugged on my Epson p900 after reaped cleaning cycles. Can Iuse the windex technique to unplug. It worked like a charm on my old 3800. Also I travel often for 2 or more months a year is there anything i can do to prevent nozzle plugging while my p900 is not in use?
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!
Awesome.
I had the same problem on my Epson XP5100 (no printing even with new cartridges), I tried all the possible fixes I could find on TH-cam, none of the fixes worked, I ended up trashing the printer, no more Epsons for me, probably going back to H-P.
Again my printer clogged and I tried to fix it. Everything got "worse" the more I tried. :-(
I tried this procedure and attempted to clear the clog I was getting on the cyan only to make things worse. Nothing was improving after several attempts with reapplying the cleaning fluid. Still nothing improved but only got worse. I tried the paper towel soaked with windex and pushed the print-head over it several times, leaving it sit for several hours and overnight. Nothing improved. I remember you said to use “new” ink cartridges at the end of your video. Print test failed and I didn’t see “any” lines. I listened to what you said in the video again and again; this time I heard you say “continue doing this and to be patient, it will clear”. Another day pasted and I cleaned the heads “again” with the solution several times. Finally the cyan printed but no others. I did the printer’s {print head cleaning} opt again and again, then ran a {nozzle check} and this time the back and all the colors printed. Thank you again for the video & “YES” be patient, it WORKS. ----->>> BE PATIENT
Success!
@Jose, I have an Epson ET16650, do I put the PiezoFlush into where I typically refill the ink? And if so, do i just run power cleans until the ink tanks are empty?
Wonderful tip, thanks. Should you remive the ink cartridges first? How many times should you do this, until there is no more gunk on the paper towel?
Hi - I tried your Windex cleaning on my ET-3750, for about 8 hours today. Originally it was outputting blank pages, but now when I print a CMYK purge page with 4 colored rectangles it is kind of outputting the rectangles but rectangles are not solid color but are missing many lines. Should I try the Windex cleaning again at this point? Thanks!
Thanks, Joe. I always learn something new from you. Many thanks! Betty
Thank you Betty. Glad it helped.
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 🖖🖖🖖
I was desperate from my Epson's print head until I found this video. Thank you so much
Thank you.
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.
It contacts the underside of the printhead. Be carefull. Only do this irregular cleaning cycles don't clear out a clog.
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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
THANK YOU, SOOOO INFORMATIVE
Thank you!
Jose, i used this method but now when I plug the printer in the printhead doesnt return to home position i can head it banging, then get unable to clean message. open the scan bed and the printhead is not locked into place, i can move it freely. no debris or pieces of paper towel suggestions?
Hello- thanks for your excellent videos and channel. I have a Pixma Pro-10, which I made the mistake of not using much during the peak of the pandemic due to work commitments- I live also in Utah and the printer is located in a room that is unheated and quite dry (low temp in winter gets to about 50F in that room sometimes), which I’m sure made things worse. I cannot afford to buy a new printhead as they are now several hundred dollars, and cannot justify a new printer. I have therefore been doing the deep cleaning with windex plus alcohol and water DIY solution for several days now (with breaks). However the little oval (sponge?) absorbent piece that is part of the print head for the PBK and GY heads stills seems to leach out ink after several washes; the others are mostly done and occasionally the cyan will show some blue ink tinges. Any advice as to how long I should keep doing this? Do I need to wait until all the heads appear white/ unstained with ink? Or is the head beyond salvage? Thanks?
Thanks so much for this! I was just about to toss out a 1 year old epson xp-310 that stopped printing black. I used your tip and it worked like a charm. Thanks a million!
Great!
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.
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!
Glad to hear it.
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.
Most common sense knowledgable presentation ever!
Thank you!
Jose, Love your detailed discussion. I have a question on an R1900. I admit it set for almost a year and it had some clogs but they cleared after several cleaning sessions. The test print from cleaning shows no gaps and the black and white image is black and white. But, here is my issue any print B/W or color prints with a cyan cast. I have photoshop elements set to manage colors and the R1900 ICM set to off so the printer doesn't manage colors. No matter what setting I use it always prints a cyan color cast. The test page showed the cyan printing normal.
If you print a B/W image shouldn't the color cartridges be turned off and only the PK and MK cartridges active? If so why is the printed image full of cyan. The Cyan Cartridge in the printer is an LD branded cart. I have ordered a new one from another company to see if it is the cartridge. I have also printed the same B/W image from other apps. These prints show varying degrees of cyan tint but always a cyan tint.
I appreciate any advice on this?
Thank you Jose! this is very helpful. I have a question. I am letting the paper towel set under the print head , do i keep the inks in for this or take them out? also do we need to change the papertowel after an hour of setting if it is full of ink?
thank you
You keep everything in. Yes change the paper towel and run a cleaning cycle followed by a nozzle check. I you show an improvement from the last nozzle check but still not perfect repeat the paper towel application. LOTS of Patience is the key here. It might take days! Once you solve it the way to prevent it is to print at least two to three times a week. What the printer companies will NOT tell you is that inkjet printer need to be used, ideally almost daily! That is why they incorporate cleaning cycles in the design.
my printer epson R260 took a spill ..so i am crossing my fingers this works! thank you
OUCH!!! I hope it is OK!!!
thanks Jose me too! time and patience will tell. otherwise.
Thank you! I had the same question. I am in the middle of the process now. The only color that won't print is black. Fingers crossed!
Tried it and it seems to have worked--left a lot of ink spots on my paper towels, including the magenta which is the one not printing. Unfortunately, when I went to test the printer and closed it up, I found that the print head was no longer sliding smoothly along its rails/tracks. I can hear it bumping along until it stops. This causes an ERROR message about a paper jam--which does not exist--and I can't use the printer. Did I do something to affect the print head's movement? Did the paper towel do something? Can I fix it?
Mr. Rodriguez- I have a Canon TS9521c printer. It has started to make horizontal lines on my pictures. I have done nozzle checks, deep cleaning, test pages, head alignment, and the lines are still showing up in my prints. What can I do. Also, the prints are looking faded. No vibrant colors. The cartridges are full. So, I guess it's two issues- the horizontal lines and faded pictures. Should I buy the Piezo Flush? I am at a loss. I bought it in 2019. Thank you.
Do you have knowledge about Epson et8550? My machine is printing no ink. The dampers look like they are empty. I tried searching on how to prime the dampers but in this unit the bottom of the dampers are huge holes.
I’ll try your method. I’m about to give up with my Epson 3640… I bought it from someone else and the print quality is horrendous. The only thing I knew about was the nozzle cleaning system (which never fixed the problem) and my ink was gone very quickly. Fingers crossed, I’ll try it. How many times do I do the Windex soaked paper?
Thank you!
Thx. I have performed your procedure a few times. . Hp6958 the black is not printing at all. When I put the cartridge in with the towel underneath the black ink just flows out easily. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Could this mean it’s not clogged?
I converted my wf 2630 to sublimation with chipless tanks. My magenta and cyan are giving a perfect nozzle check. Black and yellow are not printing. Any suggestions
My nozzle checks are perfect after cleaning, However, when I go to print out a document it prints perfect for the first half page, then begins to fade gradually until, at the end of the page, nothing is printed (Black Cart only). Dozens of cleanings, some deep, same results. STRANGE! Any suggestions
Hello Pius of Uganda , I have Epson stylus tx210 and have taken 5year without using it . What should I do
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
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!
I wasted time looking for 'PSO flush' (piezoflush), only to find that it's apparently only designed to be used with Epson printers. Maybe you could have mentioned that here, huh?
@JoseRodriguez thank for all the informative information you provided us all with in printers your knowledge and wisdom is so valuable and helpful thank again. I have only one question do I have to rinse out the printer head before I reinstall into my Canon pixma pro-100 printer
My dropped blue and black ink amd has a phantom paper jam so i cant do nozzle checks or alignments. Wf7720 finally passed away i guess with 50 shirt orders to do😢
Hello sir Jose, I have an Epson L6190, its acting weird, there are times it will print the document with text or image in it, and after a few minutes it wont print the same document, it seems it just feeding the paper and doesnt print, i notice the head is not moving, the paper just go out. I tried updating the firmware of the printer, updated also to the latest Epson L6190, tried in a fresh install of windows 10. Its annoying for me Im trying to figure out for a week now. When I print a nozzle check, all nozzles are fine, but when you print its blank, when you print again 3 or more times, it will then print, then after the next print its blank again. I already performed power flush just to test if the head is clogged but the same problem happened. I am thinking of using other Epson driver which may do the trick im going to test it out. Maybe you can give me some tips or advice sir, please? Thank you for your great help and more power to your channel.
Mr. Rodriguez- I forgot to mention that after all the deep cleaning and cleaning, the test papers come out great- it's the photos that come out with the horizontal stripes across the pictures. They also look faded like an old picture, not vibrant. Please advise. Thank you.
I have a brother MFC-J430W printer. Did test print. My Black is clogged. Can I do your your procedure on my brother printer? If not please tell me what to do. I have run deep clean cycles many times. not much progress and worried i will fill up ink absorber box by continuing to do deep cleaning cycles and regular cleaning cycles from my printer. apparently i heard not to do more than 3 cleaning cycles from printer? is this true and why? Need ASAP reply we are in lockdown here due to Covid and all stores and services are closed to help me.
I have allwin e-180 s eco solvent printer suddenly i saw my magenta nozzle have many block besides when i run my printer magenta is dropping other colour so whats the solution from this?
Your channel is awesome.
Can I use 99.9% isopropyl alcohol instead of windex?
Cheers
thank you- I have heard the gospel of Jose and will be a convert if God sees fit to resurrect my print head- a service call with Epson has been made. Should I do the Windex cleaning periodically or only if the nozzle check shows issues?
Could you help me? It said my magenta print head was clogged and needed to be changed so I purchased a remanufactured one and installed it. Once I did that it said the remaining three needed to be changed so I went and purchased a full kit. Now it is saying only 1 the Cyan needs to be changed. Before I buy an expensive Cyan alone (because I know they are a lot by themselves) could it be saying its a faulty print head because I haven't actually put the ink in I bought? This machine had been sitting for like 3 years and no one used it so I don't even think there is ink in there or if it is its probably bad. I did buy ink. So could the problem be I need to install the ink first? Thank you in advance!
Le escribo en Español porque no sé Inglés.....Usted habló mucho, pero no enseñó nada.
My cannon pro 100 nozzles keep clogging im not sure why it keeps doing that but its a extreme headache
epson p7000 x cleaning error automatic head cleaning failed What does this error message mean? and how to fix? Thanks!
What about an Epson ET-4800 head. It’s only my black not printing.
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. 👍
we have tried to clean the print heads of the wf serires, and still having problems. the wf 7310 is a problem printer.
BCH technologies sells this stuff called Wetter Solution. It claims to prevent clogging if used before leaving the printer alone for any long duration.
Best advice is send your photos out for printing and be free of the trauma and expense.
This is by far the best thing to do.
2nd best advice is to use a commercial cleaning agent for printheads.. Windex is dirty ! Paper Towels have way too much paper particles contamination.
You can also use warm DI water or air with your cleaning hypodermic.
You can ruin your print head .. be careful.
moral of the video. BUY a FFUCKING LASER printer
Avoid babysitting ink nozzles
avoid making 15 min videos like this
See the paper towel trick with any kind of solution is going to soak up the ink on the heads & most of it on the cartridge sponge, But you must replace the maintenance box which full of all ink dump into it when running cleaning the head$.
gotta question sir, what do you suggest for windex alternative? because its not available at my country
my xp600 print head new only printed 3 months now its not printing anymore ,head is not clogged in any way ,when doing an flush it doesn't spurt ink out of head and not making the ticking sound while spurting. head is not damaged in any way what went wrong on head so that i can fix it.
Jose, I took the heads out of a HP C6180 printers and cleaned the heads with water only. Now the colors print great but the black is not printing at all. I tried to clean the heads on another another C6180 and got the exact same results. I've tried the onboard head cleaning and can't get any black at all. Do you have any ideas what could be going on here? I've actually emptied a new black cartridge with the head cleaning option in software so the black ink is going somewhere. Just not on my priner paper. BTW I cleaned the pump out and all the tubing and there are no clogs up to the printer head.
Thank you so much for the teaching, how can l get in touch with you in person about more of my p8000
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.
Why isn't there an demonstration? Why is this a table talk. Not good enough. If I wanted to read, I could read about it. This is youtube. Video to demonstrate.
Please your help.
Am converted inkjet printer to ink tank system. But small problem is coming. Cartridge is over flow. Please your support.
I hope this isn't a stupid question, but can I remove the ink cartridges when I'm not printing for weeks or months at a time? I print frequently during the school year, but hardly at all during summer break. Is it possible to remove and store the cartridges in plastic bags for a few months, and just shut the printer off until I'm ready to use it regularly again?
I wonder if a nozzle check every few days is a good as making a print to prevent head clogs?
Hi Jose! I have just come across your fantastically informative videos - unfortunately because my R3000 has just stopped printing black completely out of nowhere! I print in waves really - depending on how much demand I have. I know I should be printing more regularly. Have had my R3000 7 years, it has always worked flawlessly and is in perfect condition. The other day I replaced my photo black as normal and now my printer won’t print in black at all. Test prints all fine. No gaps, just no black. I thought it was the cartridge so switched to matte black - still absolutely nothing - proving it isn’t the new cartridge. It prints in colour however - so I know through experience it acknowledges the black cartridges are in place otherwise it wouldn’t print at all (you obviously have to have all cartridges in place for it to print) I’m wondering would your technique of using windex work, as my problem isn’t gaps it’s actually no black at all. Or would this be a mechanical fault and I need to buy a new printer? Sorry for the long winded question! And thank you for the videos! Matt
I’m crossing my fingers that this can work on my 1 year old printer. Im so close to toss it. 🤞
This worked great on my Canon Pixma Pro 9000. Thanks so much.
before putting down Windex paper towel do u need to remove ink cartages ?
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.
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.
Personally I have found cotton swabs and alcohol work well, but to each his own.
never try on brother printer it will destroy your printer windex is to strong. matanggal ang dikit ng head sa brother printer sobrang lakas ng windex
My R3000 has not been used in 2 yrs. What do you suggest
Hello, I have an Epson ET 2720 - what method do you have for this cleaning? I have a major clog on Cyan. I have tried all kinds of things. I did not use the printer for about 6 months
Well, that's the reason. You can not let a printer sit that long. Sorry but cleaning cycles are your only option with this printer.