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These instructions are easy enough for an amateur like me to successfully follow. I completed all of the steps and my printer is once again printing pristine documents. Thank you!
Worked PERFECTLY. I purchased the product, used it as you explained + gave time for flush to dry out (12 hours) before running power head cleaning. Now works like NEW.
Thanks for the video. For the first attempt I strongly recommend you just use the self-cleaning function the printer offers (in the maintenance menu). I did three of these, one after another, and this was more than sufficient to unblock two blocked heads. If this does not work, then it might be worth purchasing the cleaning and flushing the heads as shown in this video.
Very nice job - Thank YOU... switching from brother injet to epson - all of them have problems - no doubt about it..Nice tip on keeping ink levels above 3/4..
Wonderful clear explanation. I've bought your product before and it works great! Thank you for making this excellent video! Much Love from New Mexico USA 🥰🥰🥰
It would be great if you could provide a video specifically on the ET-4700. In reading the following comments, there are several owners having trouble accessing its printhead. It is not readily accessible and would hate to damage my printer trying to figure it out. I already purchased your cleaning fluid but am concerned I won't be able to do the cleaning successfully without a demonstration or clearer explanation.
If you still have this problem, the ET-4700 has two screws keeping the top from opening and revealing the print head. If you lift the display up to the horizontal position and look right underneath it, you will see 4 screws, if you unscrew the outer two you can lift up the scanner part and access the printhead. If you push up on the hinges of the display it is very easy. Watch out and do not open the top part to far, about 45 degrees is fine, it has three ribbon cables in the back on the left side and will disconnect the scanner cable. Hopefully this is helpfull.
@@marissasmith2226if you didn't get this solved, you can remove the side of the printer (that doesn't have the ink tanks) then grab a good flashlight and look inside near the top. You'll see 3 ribbon cables. One or more may have disconnected. Grab a small plier and push it back in. I did the same. Ended up with all 3 out
@@opietaylor2554 th-cam.com/video/VFZomKPuMPw/w-d-xo.html found this helpful for reconnecting the scanner ribbon if you were like me and accidentally opened it too far and disconnected it. It also shows how to open it for anyone with a ET 4700 that couldn't figure it out.
Thanks so much! I love my 4850. Mine prints amazing pictures and photos but when I just print a document with text. and lines it is not clear and crisp. Is that normal for this model? the text is just not clear at all, Can that be fixed or is that just the eco tanks? Because I use high duty for my business, I'm after another model for text/lines - just documents, what model would you recommend for text /line documents? thank you! Also, I do believe you are so helpful. most of these printers are great but because their instructions are terrible, people have so many problems. For mine I spent soooo long trying to figure out why it was printing a white page first in all my documents, and I figured out that it only happened when I printed a ODD number of pages. When my document had an EVEN number of pages the blank pages never came.
Hello I hope you see my comment, my Epson ET 4850 printer won’t get the black ink when I pour the ink it comes out in the bottom, please help me and others. Thanks
Great informative video! I ordered the cleaning solution and following your instructions. And presto my ET4750 printer is working like brand new. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It was much appreciated.
Great video & Helpful. I have changed the Printer Maintenance box-Kit, I have power flushed the print heads (Worked for 1 week)- now, blank pages again- what's the next step?
Thank you so much for this video, you saved me $$$ with having to go and get a new printer. All of your instructions were very easy to follow and the for the cleaner was very helpful. Thank you again.
I clean the printer head a few times and I fallow your instructions, I did the power cleaning, yet the blank pages. Continue, yet then I attempted to do another flashing of the print head, yet the cartridges were not full, so then I figured out that the veins were plugged up, so I connected the syringe to the veins, and after a few pumps the ink began to run , and that’s how I fixed my problem, I hope it helps you thank you
I would love to clean the printer heads but how in the world do you open up the ET-4700 to get to the print heads! I know that sounds stupid but seriously, I've tried to open, watched a 100 videos to see how they open it and nothing helps me - I pray you can.
Lift the control panel, remove the two screws at outer side (not the inner side holding control panel), then very softly pick the whole assembly, just like we do on a photocopier machine.
@Best Printers - I was going to try this procedure and purchased the cleaning kit to do so. I had a problem that both cyan and yellow did not print at all. Black and magenta were fine. But before using the cleaning solution, I inspected the false cartridges for cyan and yellow and they contained no ink. So I don't think that my problem is currently a clogged head. It is really that ink is not flowing from the tanks to the false cartridges. How do I address this? Do I use a syringe plugged into the bottom of the false cartridge to suck ink from the tanks back into the cartridge after opening the top of the tank to allow air intake? I was also thinking a power cleaning may work but why waste all that ink and fill the maintenance box unnecessarily?
Hi Charlie, the short and simple answer is to do a power cleaning and buy an extra set of ink. Make sure the tanks are full when you do the power cleaning.
@@BestPrinters - Thanks Brandon for the reply and also thanks for taking the time to create the instructional video. I was able to use the syringe method to get ink back into the false cartridges and then it took a number of print cycles with "purge files" for each color to get the print heads recharged with ink. Printing great now. Thanks again.
Great help for unclogging. Presently my ET4850 prints great. Need help on getting ADF to work properly on printer that is fairly new. Doesn't feed in any sheets of paper and reports "paper jam". Worked fine for first month. Thoughts?
Hello my ET 4850 dumper has air. I wanted to suction the air out, I just want to clear something after suctioning the dumper, Do I need to push the print head back on the right corner on its original place before I turn on the printer? or I just need to turn it on and leave the printhead where it was when i turned it off when printing nozzle check? thanks :)
This video was very helpful.. NOW :/ I have an issue where the passage carts don't even fill anymore. Is it something I can do to get the ink to gather there.. or would it still be an issue with the printhead? Thanks
My ET-4750 prints fine, but it doesn't copy well. I have a 1/2" white stripe in the middle of the page every time I copy something. Will this technique help? I'm thinking since it prints any document sent to it, this will not be the solution. Do you have any suggestions to try? BTW, this video is very clear and educational.
The problem with my one-year-old Epson ET4850 is that I can't refill the ink tank! I noticed the levels are gone, but when I try to refill, the ink doesn't flow down. I checked the ink containers, and the ink came out normally, but when I connected them upside down and pressed it in the printer, the ink would not come. A few months ago, I refilled the ink with no problems then I stopped printing. I am in the process of draining and cleaning the entire unit. What could be clogged that prevents the ink from refilling the tank? Thanks for your help.
I have an Epson 4750 which is printing incomplete documents with lines. Before I tried your cleaning kit, I did a couple of Power cleanings, nozzle cleanings, and changed the maintenance box. The nozzle cleaning paper usually shows all the colors. After using the kit, it printed a couple of good pages but it stopped printing or printing bad printouts. I did another Power Cleaning and waited 12 hours as instructed. Again it printed a good document, and after that it went back to not printing properly. Any advice?
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Make sure that you are aligning the cartridges correctly with the carriage. Also make sure that the tubing is not overlapping and lastly try different patterns of installing the cartridges. Maybe the sequence that you're trying to put them in at is making it hard to place them in there.
i just did this process with the product from you link and now my printer is printing blank pages I did do the power cleaning before i tried to print the test page any ideas
But it did work and resolved the problem thank you for the video and response I ended up ordering a maintainer box resetter so I didn't lose our one them other boxes. lol
I have an issue with Epson 2760. On a test page the black and red was 100% good. No broken lines. My husband injected a solution/liquid to get the yellow and blue colors working again but now none of the colours are working! Pages come out almost white. What has happened? It is a mystery to us. We do not think that anything is blocked. Thank you
@@BestPrinters I did a couple of power cleans and still nothing. Is it true that some printer companies insert something into their printers to make them not work after certain time? So people are forced to buy a new printer? I have had mine for 5 years.
Cleaning procedure seems easy but I can't get my et 4800 open far enough to do the cleaning. Opens up about 3 inches then hits a hard stop. IS there a release somewhere?
I belieive I have followed your directions but I still have a problem filling the tanks in order to start printing again. Have you got any suggestions on how to fill the ink tanks to the 75% ir more that you recommend.?
Maybe you can answer a question about this printer that Epson can't. Why does my printer not show the ink levels in the ink windows in the front of the printer? It has never, from the start, shown any ink levels there. It says, in the printer display panel, to check the ink level thro the windows at the front to check if more ink is needed. In the store, the ink level are plainly seen at the front of a working printer. The maintenance box is 3/4 full with 827 text only pages printed. Every once in a while, the printer makes noise like its cleaning the heads.
@@amystanley4431 lift up the panel with the lcd and you’ll see two black screws at the far corners underneath. Take both out and you should be able to open the upper access. I left them off after performing the clean out as it was a hassle to put them back in. I have no issues as the top remains in a closed position so no need for the screws.
Hi I have a epson et-15000. My print head went bad after not being used often and clogged it. I used cleaning solution thru it on the magenta and it started coming out of my yellow on the print head so I bought another one drained out all my ink. Installed the new print head and filled up my inks now it's printing blanks. You have any idea what is going on. I also have no clogs in the lines or in the dampers. Help me please. TIA
Hey, I just bought mine yesterday and I’m excited too try this bad boy out. I’m just wondering if I’m right this does double sided printing? I hope so because I need it for make my Scentsy pamphlets lol.
I just received my cleaning kit. Since all my heads are showing bad (I get no print on the paper when I do a print head check), I'll be cleaning them all. Since that will pretty much use up my solution I have a question. Can I buy more bottles of the solution or do I have to buy the complete kit again? I won't be needing another syringe but if that is the only way I can get the solution, that is what I'll have to do.
OK, just finished following the steps and have the printer back up. The Yellow and Magenta is working perfectly but the Black and Cyan are not printing at all. I'll have to pull it apart and make sure I have everything hooked back up correctly. Black was the only color that wasn't a problem before I started. Not giving up.
@@BestPrinters - Thanks, I did run the print head cleaner a couple of times but I'm not convinced that a power head cleaner does anything more than just using a lot more ink. It seems like a brut force solution: run enough fresh ink through it and it will eventually clean out the dried ink. What I did was create a doc page with four large squares on it. I created the color in those 4 blocks of Black, Magenta, Yellow and Cyan. Once the three blocks were coloring great, I created another doc page with just one large block that I set the color to 100% Cyan. I am currently running a print for that page over and over again. So far it hasn't started working. I may be wasting some paper but at least I'm not throwing a lot of good ink from the colors that work in the maintenance box. I think my way is a better solution. If doing a power head cleaning actually cleaned the print head some way, it would be worth it but it does not. I used the rest of my solution this morning, 10ml for Black and 10ml for Cyan. As I stated above, the black is working again but not the Cyan. I'll PM you on Amazon. I don't mind paying for the solution but I don't need to buy another syringe. I really wish that there was some way to take the print head box out so I could physically clean the heads but I don't see a way. It would probably require a lot more disassembling than I care to do. On the other hand, it is pretty useless right now.
@@BestPrinters - Well I spent Sunday cleaning and cleaning the heads. I finished by doing a power cleaning even though I have my reservations about how much good that would do. After all that I ran a test to see if it was working. My page came out perfectly. My wife printed out one of her colored patterns she like to print out. Everything was great. This morning I printed out a test page and it was blank. I printed several test pages and it never started printing correctly. I ran the built-in test and hit x so it would do a head cleaning. It wouldn't do it. It said that I had to change the maintenance box again. I think the printer is just beyond help at this point.
did the cleaning for yellow as it was the only issue, but unable to do power cleaning. Any time I try it says to go to their support site. Also got message saying something about clearing nozzles so I did a print head nozzle check and now all my colors are jacked up when before it was just yellow. Now what?
Did as instructed but still no results. Drained the black ink via the vein, but I think the front black ink refill container, [ignore it's name] still shows that it may be full. Question: Is there a way to drain that black ink container? Thanks
It seems to have worked. Sorta. I ran test pages and now the magenta and cyan are printing but still faint. I printed 8 purge pages....and still not full color. HELP!!!
I’m having a warning that my printer is locked to call Epson. I know that the ink pads are needing to be changed but my black in has been giving me issues for months. I have an ET-4800 sublimation. I think the head cleaning would help but I’m unable to do anything with my printer to access the ink cartridges.
Try unplugging and resetting the printer. They may have some luck online finding instructions to do additional resets on the printer so that it gets unlocked or call Epson and see what they can do to help you unlock it then you can do the cleaning.
@@BestPrinters I’ve actually had luck with getting it back to printing. I had a wire that came unplugged and I had to do a flush out of the print heads so I did the black only, changed out my maintenance pads and put it back together and thank god it works. Thank you for your advice though.
You familiar with Brother printers? I pushed cleaning solution through to Brother MFC-250C printhead, I've done it and each ink passage goes all the way through to the printhead as shown by soaked paper towel placed underneath, no clogs, then ran several test prints and printhead cleanings and only got maybe a faint print from the cyan, then nothing. Is the circuitry broken or something? The printer seems to think everything is fine.
@@rebeccaritch3631 hi! Yes i did, there under the key pad where the paper comes out. There's 2 screws on each side i just took them off and i lifted and now i have access to it.
I just bought my Epson 4850. I have to unbox it. But after seeing your video, I try to find a place where I can buy "best printer tech" printhead cleaning kit, the link is showing lots of cleaning printhead kits… but not yours… I live in Europe (the Netherlands) so can you help me with a link on Amazon maybe? Very interesting and informative videos, thank you!🇳🇱
I use to be able to tell when the cells were full of ink, but I noticed the last time there doesn't seem to be the transparency in the plastic ink holders. Is there a more advanced cleaning. Even when I try to put more ink into the printer it will simply not take any more. After printing more pages it still will no longer take the ink.
Great video and I am responding here to your comment about filling the ink tanks 3/4 way or completely full. My big problem (after trying the various other recommendations, is that I can't get any ink to flow into the tanks from the supply bottles. Have you any suggestions?
It's possible that you can't add ink if the ink tanks are actually full. I'm just mentioning this because you may have already refilled them. Do they actually LOOK low / empty?
Brandon, I am using the kit to clean very clogged print heads, particularly the yellow (which does not print at all) and magenta (which prints minimally in stripes) of my Epson ET-4700. I want to clean the prints and empty the tanks so I can switch it to sublimation ink. So far I have watched at least 20 videos and cannot find one that will give me step 2, opening the printer! Can you please tell me how to get to the prints in a manner that I can use the kit to flush the print heads? I'm really perplexed and frustrated. All the other printers I've owned have has easy access by just lifting the lid, but this one doesn't seem to have that option. HELP ME, PLEASE!
@@BestPrinters thanks, it worked great! Since I had already replaced it with an ET-4800, I flushed all the printheads, emptied the tanks and loaded sublimation ink. Working terrific and now I'll never have to do without a printer. I'm keeping a fresh set of the cleaning kits around just in case! Shared, liked and subscribed!
Hello , I have an ET 4750 , when I insert the ink bottle (102) does not go down into the tank and does it with all 4 colors. Can you help me? Thank you.
Hi Brandon, please answer this. I need help with my brother MFC J6945DW which has exact same menu system, and I'm not able to perform head cleaning. When I select that option printer error message pops up but it in fact prints the print quality check sheet. I can perform print command wirelessly but every time I do head cleaning it says Printer Error. Print quality check sheet shows problem in all colours.
Ok my printer started to do the E-01 error and no matter what I try it beeps and flashes this error. I'm just a girl with no knowledge of tech nor do I own a screwdriver and don't trust myself to open and mess with the stuff inside my printer so... What the heck am I supposed to do? I need this printer so it being down for 3 days now has me at max stress (I've got the et-4700) and I am at the point where I'm about to buy a new printer but without internet at my house I'm finding setup tricky as pretty much all printers make you go online to download drivers. Any pointers will help ^.^'
My yellow ink is the one that is not printing. I bought your kit and followed all the instructions to the T. Now my Megenta is not there...hehehe. I'll wait a few days, hopefully it comes back.
I just bought the ET-4850, just loaded the ink, and we keep having lines in the pictures. I don't think I need the cleaning solution on a brand new printer. Any suggestions?
If you still have this problem, the ET-4700 has two screws keeping the top from opening and revealing the print head. If you lift the display up to the horizontal position and look right underneath it, you will see 4 screws, if you unscrew the outer two you can lift up the scanner part and access the printhead. If you push up on the hinges of the display it is very easy. Watch out and do not open the top part to far, about 45 degrees is fine, it has three ribbon cables in the back on the left side and will disconnect the scanner cable. Hopefully this is helpfull.
@@stijno6885 Thank you very much for this information. I had searched and watched alot of videos but nothing about how to open the ET-4700. I am glad I read this comment. A really big help. You made me sooo happy! Thank you again!
I have this on also and 2 colors don't print at all no matter how many nozzle test/cleanings I do. So now I have to try your method but the 15000 container opens differently. I'm afraid to break it.
@@BestPrinters You should definitely put a disclaimer and include that when you do a power cleaning, it uses a ton of ink and WILL fill up your maintenance box, and that you may need to have an extra maintenance box on hand. Most people don't realize how much ink is lost when doing a power cleaning and that it goes directly to the maintenance box.
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You are very welcome. I'm glad that you found the solution here! I will take the blessings!
These instructions are easy enough for an amateur like me to successfully follow. I completed all of the steps and my printer is once again printing pristine documents. Thank you!
Great to hear!
Followed instructions, ran test a couple of times and printing problem resolved. Thank you for the great guidance and sharing your knowledge.
You're welcome!
Worked PERFECTLY. I purchased the product, used it as you explained + gave time for flush to dry out (12 hours) before running power head cleaning. Now works like NEW.
Awesome!
Thanks for the video. For the first attempt I strongly recommend you just use the self-cleaning function the printer offers (in the maintenance menu). I did three of these, one after another, and this was more than sufficient to unblock two blocked heads. If this does not work, then it might be worth purchasing the cleaning and flushing the heads as shown in this video.
Thank you for your input.
Very nice job - Thank YOU...
switching from brother injet to epson - all of them have problems - no doubt about it..Nice tip on keeping ink levels above 3/4..
Wonderful clear explanation. I've bought your product before and it works great! Thank you for making this excellent video! Much Love from New Mexico USA 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for the support!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I did this and some additional printer nozzle cleanings and my printer finally works!
Glad it helped!
It would be great if you could provide a video specifically on the ET-4700. In reading the following comments, there are several owners having trouble accessing its printhead. It is not readily accessible and would hate to damage my printer trying to figure it out. I already purchased your cleaning fluid but am concerned I won't be able to do the cleaning successfully without a demonstration or clearer explanation.
If you still have this problem, the ET-4700 has two screws keeping the top from opening and revealing the print head. If you lift the display up to the horizontal position and look right underneath it, you will see 4 screws, if you unscrew the outer two you can lift up the scanner part and access the printhead. If you push up on the hinges of the display it is very easy. Watch out and do not open the top part to far, about 45 degrees is fine, it has three ribbon cables in the back on the left side and will disconnect the scanner cable. Hopefully this is helpfull.
@@stijno6885 hi I didn’t read the full comment before attempting. I’m pretty sure I disconnected the scanner. Do you know how/where it is reattached?
@@marissasmith2226if you didn't get this solved, you can remove the side of the printer (that doesn't have the ink tanks) then grab a good flashlight and look inside near the top. You'll see 3 ribbon cables. One or more may have disconnected. Grab a small plier and push it back in. I did the same. Ended up with all 3 out
How about a video for some of us who don't get it.
@@opietaylor2554 th-cam.com/video/VFZomKPuMPw/w-d-xo.html found this helpful for reconnecting the scanner ribbon if you were like me and accidentally opened it too far and disconnected it. It also shows how to open it for anyone with a ET 4700 that couldn't figure it out.
Best video out there! he really takes his time and explains everything. 10 stars.
Thank you!
Hi, Do you do the clean and then replace the maintenance box or replace the maintenance box and then do the clean? Thanks.
I just thought I needed a new toner. I will try this and I hope it works
Good luck!
Video was right on time. We frequently print just black so the colors on our 4700 won’t print. This fixed our problem.
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I print colored sublimation but my magenta won’t work so I hope this helps
@@Leavemealon369 did you ever fix it? I’m having this issue
how did you get to the print head in your 4700. mine does not open like the one in this video
@@eileenbianco7355 that sucks. Mines was just like the video. I followed the steps and it actually worked for me
Thanks so much! I love my 4850. Mine prints amazing pictures and photos but when I just print a document with text. and lines it is not clear and crisp. Is that normal for this model? the text is just not clear at all, Can that be fixed or is that just the eco tanks? Because I use high duty for my business, I'm after another model for text/lines - just documents, what model would you recommend for text /line documents? thank you!
Also, I do believe you are so helpful. most of these printers are great but because their instructions are terrible, people have so many problems. For mine I spent soooo long trying to figure out why it was printing a white page first in all my documents, and I figured out that it only happened when I printed a ODD number of pages. When my document had an EVEN number of pages the blank pages never came.
Thank you for the comment, if you arent printing photos I would go with a laser printer.
Hello I hope you see my comment, my Epson ET 4850 printer won’t get the black ink when I pour the ink it comes out in the bottom, please help me and others. Thanks
That is a major issue, you will want to see a technician or see if your printer is still under warranty.
Thanks
Great informative video! I ordered the cleaning solution and following your instructions. And presto my ET4750 printer is working like brand new. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It was much appreciated.
Great!
I noticed that in all your videos when you clean other printers, you never remove the veins, is there a reason why you do this time?
Great video & Helpful. I have changed the Printer Maintenance box-Kit, I have power flushed the print heads (Worked for 1 week)- now, blank pages again- what's the next step?
you need to try the printed cleaning method with the kit
Thank you so much for this video, you saved me $$$ with having to go and get a new printer. All of your instructions were very easy to follow and the for the cleaner was very helpful. Thank you again.
You are welcome!
I clean the printer head a few times and I fallow your instructions, I did the power cleaning, yet the blank pages. Continue, yet then I attempted to do another flashing of the print head, yet the cartridges were not full, so then I figured out that the veins were plugged up, so I connected the syringe to the veins, and after a few pumps the ink began to run , and that’s how I fixed my problem, I hope it helps you thank you
Great to hear!
I'm going to try this.
The video was very helpful I will try to fix the problem with it. This way will not have to buy another printer.
Great!
have you got a video converting a used epson ecotank 4850 to sublimation?
I would love to clean the printer heads but how in the world do you open up the ET-4700 to get to the print heads! I know that sounds stupid but seriously, I've tried to open, watched a 100 videos to see how they open it and nothing helps me - I pray you can.
Did you get an answer to this question?? I have the same issue on how to open the 4700.
I'm having the same issue, did you ever find an answer?
@@christenstahl6184 when they don't know how they never answer questions, they just leave you hanging
Lift the control panel, remove the two screws at outer side (not the inner side holding control panel), then very softly pick the whole assembly, just like we do on a photocopier machine.
@@waqasul.hassan You are the best!! Thank you so much for this. I searched forever online and couldn't find this
Can you use this cleaning method if you’ve converted the printer over to sublimation ink?
Yes you can!
Genius!! got the kit watched the video and it all worked! thanks so much
Great to hear!
@Best Printers - I was going to try this procedure and purchased the cleaning kit to do so. I had a problem that both cyan and yellow did not print at all. Black and magenta were fine. But before using the cleaning solution, I inspected the false cartridges for cyan and yellow and they contained no ink. So I don't think that my problem is currently a clogged head. It is really that ink is not flowing from the tanks to the false cartridges. How do I address this? Do I use a syringe plugged into the bottom of the false cartridge to suck ink from the tanks back into the cartridge after opening the top of the tank to allow air intake? I was also thinking a power cleaning may work but why waste all that ink and fill the maintenance box unnecessarily?
Hi Charlie, the short and simple answer is to do a power cleaning and buy an extra set of ink. Make sure the tanks are full when you do the power cleaning.
@@BestPrinters - Thanks Brandon for the reply and also thanks for taking the time to create the instructional video. I was able to use the syringe method to get ink back into the false cartridges and then it took a number of print cycles with "purge files" for each color to get the print heads recharged with ink. Printing great now. Thanks again.
Does this work for the 4800, also?
Great help for unclogging. Presently my ET4850 prints great.
Need help on getting ADF to work properly on printer that is fairly new. Doesn't feed in any sheets of paper and reports "paper jam". Worked fine for first month. Thoughts?
Hello my ET 4850 dumper has air. I wanted to suction the air out, I just want to clear something after suctioning the dumper, Do I need to push the print head back on the right corner on its original place before I turn on the printer? or I just need to turn it on and leave the printhead where it was when i turned it off when printing nozzle check? thanks :)
This video was very helpful.. NOW :/ I have an issue where the passage carts don't even fill anymore. Is it something I can do to get the ink to gather there.. or would it still be an issue with the printhead? Thanks
That sounds like an internal issue the kit would not be able to fix.
My ET-4750 prints fine, but it doesn't copy well. I have a 1/2" white stripe in the middle of the page every time I copy something. Will this technique help? I'm thinking since it prints any document sent to it, this will not be the solution. Do you have any suggestions to try? BTW, this video is very clear and educational.
Can I use this process with a converted sublimation printer? Epson Eco 4700?
Yes
The problem with my one-year-old Epson ET4850 is that I can't refill the ink tank! I noticed the levels are gone, but when I try to refill, the ink doesn't flow down. I checked the ink containers, and the ink came out normally, but when I connected them upside down and pressed it in the printer, the ink would not come. A few months ago, I refilled the ink with no problems then I stopped printing. I am in the process of draining and cleaning the entire unit. What could be clogged that prevents the ink from refilling the tank? Thanks for your help.
The video is great.
But I haven't used the printer for a year now?
Wondering if that can cause to print blank pages?
Good vid. Got your kit and followed step by step. Didn't solve print issues.
Don’t give up, you may need to repeat the cleaning.
Do you know how to open up the back of an ET 4700 to remove stuck paper that I can't grab with my hands
You should be able to press in two tabs on the back and that will release it.
I have an Epson 4750 which is printing incomplete documents with lines. Before I tried your cleaning kit, I did a couple of Power cleanings, nozzle cleanings, and changed the maintenance box. The nozzle cleaning paper usually shows all the colors. After using the kit, it printed a couple of good pages but it stopped printing or printing bad printouts. I did another Power Cleaning and waited 12 hours as instructed. Again it printed a good document, and after that it went back to not printing properly. Any advice?
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I have an Epson ET 5850 and I’m having a lot of difficulties getting the cartridges back in - any tips?
Make sure that you are aligning the cartridges correctly with the carriage. Also make sure that the tubing is not overlapping and lastly try different patterns of installing the cartridges. Maybe the sequence that you're trying to put them in at is making it hard to place them in there.
@@BestPrinters Good idea! I’ll try different orders of installation. Thanks for the advice!
i just did this process with the product from you link and now my printer is printing blank pages I did do the power cleaning before i tried to print the test page any ideas
You will have to repeat the process make sure that you have full ink and your ink tanks and run several power cleanings as needed.
I got it going it sucks because I went through 3 maintenance boxes and all they have is a splash of ink on them
But it did work and resolved the problem thank you for the video and response I ended up ordering a maintainer box resetter so I didn't lose our one them other boxes. lol
i cant get new ink to flow into the tanks. i know how but it will not go in is there a way to get it going I'm sure i ran it too low.
Can an extra bottle of solution be purchased separately after the original kit is purchased???
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I have an issue with Epson 2760.
On a test page the black and red was 100% good. No broken lines. My husband injected a solution/liquid to get the yellow and blue colors working again but now none of the colours are working! Pages come out almost white. What has happened? It is a mystery to us. We do not think that anything is blocked.
Thank you
That is totally normal. The front head has been flushed and now you need to do a power cleaning to make sure all the colors return.
@@BestPrinters I did a couple of power cleans and still nothing.
Is it true that some printer companies insert something into their printers to make them not work after certain time? So people are forced to buy a new printer? I have had mine for 5 years.
Thanks for this. The ET 15000 seems to have a blue lock on the printer head so I can't access the veins or remove the cartridges.
I will be doing a video on the Epson ET 15000 next month.
@@BestPrinters Yay! Thank you
Is this good for the epson 15000
Yes
Cleaning procedure seems easy but I can't get my et 4800 open far enough to do the cleaning. Opens up about 3 inches then hits a hard stop. IS there a release somewhere?
You may be able to loosen the mechanisms that are stopping it from opening all the way
Same with my et2814 so if you found an answer pls share, I couldn't work out how yo loosen the stop mechanism
Is the cleaning solution isopropyl alcohol based? If it is I wonder if that would damage the printer head over time?
No, it wont.
Will this method work if someone squeezed the ink into the reservoir and made a mess rather than just letting it fill at it's own pace?
Yes
I belieive I have followed your directions but I still have a problem filling the tanks in order to start printing again. Have you got any suggestions on how to fill the ink tanks to the 75% ir more that you recommend.?
With a new set of bottled ink.
Maybe you can answer a question about this printer that Epson can't. Why does my printer not show the ink levels in the ink windows in the front of the printer? It has never, from the start, shown any ink levels there. It says, in the printer display panel, to check the ink level thro the windows at the front to check if more ink is needed.
In the store, the ink level are plainly seen at the front of a working printer.
The maintenance box is 3/4 full with 827 text only pages printed.
Every once in a while, the printer makes noise like its cleaning the heads.
At the 5:16 mark how did you get to open the upper access? I can't seem to figure it out on mine. Thanks
I can't figure out how to access and remove the lid either on my 4800
@@amystanley4431 lift up the panel with the lcd and you’ll see two black screws at the far corners underneath. Take both out and you should be able to open the upper access. I left them off after performing the clean out as it was a hassle to put them back in. I have no issues as the top remains in a closed position so no need for the screws.
Will this work for the Epson ET 4800 ?
Yes
What's a good replacement ink for this printer?
hi i have the epson ecotank when ET4800 that i am using as a sublimation printer can u help with that or just with regular printing paper
Hi I have a epson et-15000. My print head went bad after not being used often and clogged it. I used cleaning solution thru it on the magenta and it started coming out of my yellow on the print head so I bought another one drained out all my ink. Installed the new print head and filled up my inks now it's printing blanks. You have any idea what is going on. I also have no clogs in the lines or in the dampers. Help me please. TIA
Hi there
After a head cleaning the nozzle check is good but after a short while head becomes clogged and needs head cleaning again .
Any idea?
Yes, I have seen this before. You may need to do several cleanings over period of several weeks. That is the nature of this repair unfortunately.
great video but it should have started at 1:04
wow
Hey, I just bought mine yesterday and I’m excited too try this bad boy out. I’m just wondering if I’m right this does double sided printing? I hope so because I need it for make my Scentsy pamphlets lol.
Yes it will
I just received my cleaning kit. Since all my heads are showing bad (I get no print on the paper when I do a print head check), I'll be cleaning them all. Since that will pretty much use up my solution I have a question. Can I buy more bottles of the solution or do I have to buy the complete kit again? I won't be needing another syringe but if that is the only way I can get the solution, that is what I'll have to do.
OK, just finished following the steps and have the printer back up. The Yellow and Magenta is working perfectly but the Black and Cyan are not printing at all. I'll have to pull it apart and make sure I have everything hooked back up correctly. Black was the only color that wasn't a problem before I started. Not giving up.
If you need more solution, message me via Amazon I will get you more solution.
Remember to run a power cleaning after using the kit.
@@BestPrinters - Thanks, I did run the print head cleaner a couple of times but I'm not convinced that a power head cleaner does anything more than just using a lot more ink. It seems like a brut force solution: run enough fresh ink through it and it will eventually clean out the dried ink.
What I did was create a doc page with four large squares on it. I created the color in those 4 blocks of Black, Magenta, Yellow and Cyan. Once the three blocks were coloring great, I created another doc page with just one large block that I set the color to 100% Cyan. I am currently running a print for that page over and over again. So far it hasn't started working. I may be wasting some paper but at least I'm not throwing a lot of good ink from the colors that work in the maintenance box. I think my way is a better solution. If doing a power head cleaning actually cleaned the print head some way, it would be worth it but it does not.
I used the rest of my solution this morning, 10ml for Black and 10ml for Cyan. As I stated above, the black is working again but not the Cyan. I'll PM you on Amazon. I don't mind paying for the solution but I don't need to buy another syringe.
I really wish that there was some way to take the print head box out so I could physically clean the heads but I don't see a way. It would probably require a lot more disassembling than I care to do. On the other hand, it is pretty useless right now.
@@BestPrinters - Well I spent Sunday cleaning and cleaning the heads. I finished by doing a power cleaning even though I have my reservations about how much good that would do. After all that I ran a test to see if it was working. My page came out perfectly. My wife printed out one of her colored patterns she like to print out. Everything was great.
This morning I printed out a test page and it was blank. I printed several test pages and it never started printing correctly. I ran the built-in test and hit x so it would do a head cleaning. It wouldn't do it. It said that I had to change the maintenance box again. I think the printer is just beyond help at this point.
How can I access the print head on the ET-4700? The printer won't open
You may have to remove some screws.
did the cleaning for yellow as it was the only issue, but unable to do power cleaning. Any time I try it says to go to their support site. Also got message saying something about clearing nozzles so I did a print head nozzle check and now all my colors are jacked up when before it was just yellow. Now what?
You will need to run a power cleaning.
Can I use this method for my eco tank 15000 I sublimated and did use it for two months now it’s printing blank pages
Question: By doing this process, does it void the warranty of the printer with Epson?
Yes but only if the printer is damaged. "5. Damage to the Epson product caused by parts or supplies not distributed by Epson."
I have an EPSON ET-4850
Haven't used it in over a year? But now prints blank pages? How can I get it to print?
I've looked at countless videos and the all show lifting the top off. I can't figure out how to lift the top off. Please Help. Running Epson ET 4700.
Thank you very much. This video was very helpful. You were thorough and made everything easy to understand. Great job! Thanks again
Glad it helped!
Did as instructed but still no results. Drained the black ink via the vein, but I think the front black ink refill container, [ignore it's name] still shows that it may be full. Question: Is there a way to drain that black ink container? Thanks
There is a way to drain it you would have to suck the ink out with an attachment in my kit I sell them on Amazon here, ttps://geni.us/wArXsZT
It seems to have worked. Sorta. I ran test pages and now the magenta and cyan are printing but still faint. I printed 8 purge pages....and still not full color. HELP!!!
Redo the cleaning kit with warmed up solution.
@Best Printers Why do you hate me??
thank you for creating this video, it was easy to understand even for a older fart like me, and it worked!!!
I’m having a warning that my printer is locked to call Epson. I know that the ink pads are needing to be changed but my black in has been giving me issues for months. I have an ET-4800 sublimation. I think the head cleaning would help but I’m unable to do anything with my printer to access the ink cartridges.
Try unplugging and resetting the printer. They may have some luck online finding instructions to do additional resets on the printer so that it gets unlocked or call Epson and see what they can do to help you unlock it then you can do the cleaning.
@@BestPrinters I’ve actually had luck with getting it back to printing. I had a wire that came unplugged and I had to do a flush out of the print heads so I did the black only, changed out my maintenance pads and put it back together and thank god it works. Thank you for your advice though.
You familiar with Brother printers? I pushed cleaning solution through to Brother MFC-250C printhead, I've done it and each ink passage goes all the way through to the printhead as shown by soaked paper towel placed underneath, no clogs, then ran several test prints and printhead cleanings and only got maybe a faint print from the cyan, then nothing. Is the circuitry broken or something? The printer seems to think everything is fine.
Make sure Cyan is full 100% buy a new cartridge if necessary.
I have a question i have the ep 4700 how can i open it to be able to clean it i can't figure it out? sorry i know its a dumb question
It should have a screw that can be removed.
@@BestPrinters hi! I checked but i dont see where i could remove the screw. It doesn't have much screws visible
Have you found the screw? I have not either
@@rebeccaritch3631 hi! Yes i did, there under the key pad where the paper comes out. There's 2 screws on each side i just took them off and i lifted and now i have access to it.
@@yessnabel Thank you!! I'll try it tomorrow!
Hi, I can refill the black in my epson et-4750. It seems that the port for the tank is clog should I use a similar procedure to clean it?
Yes.
I have left my ET-4750 get so low the ink will not accept the ink-seems like a air lock?
There is still a way to suction ink into a syringe and apply it to the ink chambers.
I just bought my Epson 4850. I have to unbox it. But after seeing your video, I try to find a place where I can buy "best printer tech" printhead cleaning kit, the link is showing lots of cleaning printhead kits… but not yours… I live in Europe (the Netherlands) so can you help me with a link on Amazon maybe? Very interesting and informative videos, thank you!🇳🇱
Hi unfortunantely I dont currently sell in Europe. Only in the USA and Canada.
Can you reply to the others who said they have a et 4700
I use to be able to tell when the cells were full of ink, but I noticed the last time there doesn't seem to be the transparency in the plastic ink holders. Is there a more advanced cleaning. Even when I try to put more ink into the printer it will simply not take any more. After printing more pages it still will no longer take the ink.
What do you do if when pushing solution through and it doesn’t go through? Like fully doesn’t push through…. Please help me
Warm up the cleaning solution before application.
Great video and I am responding here to your comment about filling the ink tanks 3/4 way or completely full. My big problem (after trying the various other recommendations, is that I can't get any ink to flow into the tanks from the supply bottles. Have you any suggestions?
Yes I would run a power cleaning, that would push ink back into the system.
@@BestPrinters Where would it push it from if there is nothing in the tanks? I will try it.
It's possible that you can't add ink if the ink tanks are actually full. I'm just mentioning this because you may have already refilled them. Do they actually LOOK low / empty?
After this cleaning, my magenta (original issue) and yellow are now completely not showing up. lOL
That is normal. All you need to do now is a deep cleaning or power cleaning.
@@BestPrinters I did the power cleaning right after and the following day. In the process of replacing inkpads as my last resort. Still trying.
Brandon, I am using the kit to clean very clogged print heads, particularly the yellow (which does not print at all) and magenta (which prints minimally in stripes) of my Epson ET-4700.
I want to clean the prints and empty the tanks so I can switch it to sublimation ink.
So far I have watched at least 20 videos and cannot find one that will give me step 2, opening the printer!
Can you please tell me how to get to the prints in a manner that I can use the kit to flush the print heads? I'm really perplexed and frustrated. All the other printers I've owned have has easy access by just lifting the lid, but this one doesn't seem to have that option.
HELP ME, PLEASE!
Hi Rebecca, you may have a model that requires screws to be removed to have access. You will need to remove those screws.
@@BestPrinters thanks, it worked great! Since I had already replaced it with an ET-4800, I flushed all the printheads, emptied the tanks and loaded sublimation ink. Working terrific and now I'll never have to do without a printer. I'm keeping a fresh set of the cleaning kits around just in case!
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@@rebeccareames9132 where did you find the part to open your 4700 Epson printer
Two black screws under the key board, one on each side
My black line does not even push through. The little black ink holder is empty…can any Help?
Hello , I have an ET 4750 , when I insert the ink bottle (102) does not go down into the tank and does it with all 4 colors. Can you help me? Thank you.
You may need to use this syringe then, amzn.to/3Npmbwo
You can transfer the ink in the bottle into the tanks directly.
How do access the nozzles on a 4700? I can't seem to lift the scanning bed to access them
You may need to remove some screws from the scanner around the edges.
Hello my printer prints black and all the other colors but when I try to refill the black ink it won’t go in. Please help me!!! Thanks
Try wiggling and rotating the bottle.
Ink won’t go into the tanks help
Move in an up and down motion while the bottle is attached.
Hi Brandon, please answer this. I need help with my brother MFC J6945DW which has exact same menu system, and I'm not able to perform head cleaning. When I select that option printer error message pops up but it in fact prints the print quality check sheet. I can perform print command wirelessly but every time I do head cleaning it says Printer Error.
Print quality check sheet shows problem in all colours.
Your printer may have an error that is not allowing you to do the printhead cleaning.
How do I open the copier?
How do you OPEN the printer????
Most helpful. Many thanks.
Of course!
You don’t mention the maintenance box here. If you do numerous power cleanings. Shouldn’t you also have 1-2 of those on hand since they can fill up?
Does this work for the eco tank 15000
Ok my printer started to do the E-01 error and no matter what I try it beeps and flashes this error. I'm just a girl with no knowledge of tech nor do I own a screwdriver and don't trust myself to open and mess with the stuff inside my printer so...
What the heck am I supposed to do? I need this printer so it being down for 3 days now has me at max stress
(I've got the et-4700) and I am at the point where I'm about to buy a new printer but without internet at my house I'm finding setup tricky as pretty much all printers make you go online to download drivers. Any pointers will help ^.^'
Yes I would recommend buying a new printer and if you connect directly with a USB you dont need wifi to set up the new printer.
My yellow ink is the one that is not printing. I bought your kit and followed all the instructions to the T. Now my Megenta is not there...hehehe. I'll wait a few days, hopefully it comes back.
You will need to run a power cleaning. Some of the nozzles are interconnected,
I just bought the ET-4850, just loaded the ink, and we keep having lines in the pictures. I don't think I need the cleaning solution on a brand new printer. Any suggestions?
Try adjusting the print settings.
Interesting video, BUT… I have the ET-4700 and there is NO WAY TO GET TO THE PRINTER HEADS!!!!!!
If you still have this problem, the ET-4700 has two screws keeping the top from opening and revealing the print head. If you lift the display up to the horizontal position and look right underneath it, you will see 4 screws, if you unscrew the outer two you can lift up the scanner part and access the printhead. If you push up on the hinges of the display it is very easy. Watch out and do not open the top part to far, about 45 degrees is fine, it has three ribbon cables in the back on the left side and will disconnect the scanner cable. Hopefully this is helpfull.
@@stijno6885 Thank you very much for this information. I had searched and watched alot of videos but nothing about how to open the ET-4700. I am glad I read this comment. A really big help. You made me sooo happy! Thank you again!
Can you do an et 15000?
Maybe later this year
I have this on also and 2 colors don't print at all no matter how many nozzle test/cleanings I do. So now I have to try your method but the 15000 container opens differently. I'm afraid to break it.
@@BestPrinters have you done the et-15000 yet? It's been 8 months so I'm hoping you have. See my comment above. Thanks
Just one power cleaning filled up my maintenance box and made it unable to perform another until I purchased a new maintenance box. Just FYI.
Yes its still worth it, vs having to buy a new printer.
@@BestPrinters You should definitely put a disclaimer and include that when you do a power cleaning, it uses a ton of ink and WILL fill up your maintenance box, and that you may need to have an extra maintenance box on hand. Most people don't realize how much ink is lost when doing a power cleaning and that it goes directly to the maintenance box.
what if my printer will not allow me to do a power clean?
Try doing a standard cleaning then.
Cant fix my 4700 if I cant get to the print head. Ther are no instructions on opening thre printer to access the print head.
Thanks so much! You’re a great instructor!
I really appreciate that!
Am I able to just purchse more cleaning solution without buying a whole kit?