Amazing video - thank you SO much. You saved my butt. I feel a lot more confident now servicing this old thing! It was sitting for years and now I'm giving it to my daughter so she can use it for school in her new apartment. THANK YOU!
Thanks for the video, did not solve my problem, but video was instructive. Big caveat, if you do take the lid off, be sure to not accidently disconnect the scanner cable from the lid. Took me 45 minutes to get it re-attached.
@@MRRMOTD Remember the screw you took off out to get the top to remove? There's another screw facing the side of the printer which holds a cover for the electronics that goes about 80% of the width of the printer. remove that screw and then you can pop that plastic cover off of the electronics and it will give you easy access to the connector that the ribbon cable goes into.
Hey, thanks for the info, I did as you said and that was fine but I cannot see where the ribbon wire is supposed to go!! I have an NX 430 printer and I imagine the setup would be nearly the same. Any info on where the ribbon wire from the lid is placed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :) @@roycsinclair
@@DougTandy Sorry but my Canon printer is now just another old memory, all I can suggest is look at the cable and see where it's bent and which direction along with how long the cable is and try to imagine where the end of the cable would be because that will be the area where the connector for it should be found.
Around 3:00, the dude doesn't say it out loud, but do not pull out the ribbon where it's connected to the back of the printer head. I did it and it was a huge pain in the ass to get back into place. In case you're reassembling and realizing that you've made the same mistake: 1. Remove the upper cover part to get better access to the wiring (there is a screw on the right side near the right hinge 2. Buy a 5 1/2 locking clamp from Harbor Freight (like $5) if you don't have any long pliers. If you lock these on the ribbon all the way, just past the blue part, you'll have a snug enough grip with just barely enough space to get back there. 3. Reevaluate your choices buying a used printer for $20 because you wanted to save money, then spending $40 on ink cartridges because screw Epson, then wasting a day or two trying to clean the print head because screw Epson. I read all the comments first. The guy who made the video recommends using tweezers. That will help you get most of the ribbons back into place, but it's not the right tool for the job. Godspeed.
@@perpetualgrimace My problem was with the black (brand new) cartridge. Cleaning solution worked a bit. Tried it again and it shorted out the wide ribbon/wire harness? Anyhow, I pulled all the ribbons off before I found this video, and I can't even see where that little ribbon goes...
Thank you for your previous reply. Would you tell me how to reinstall the top/ scanner cover wire? It pulled out when I was disassembling parts of the printer so I could access the control panel. It's an xp-310. I'm not sure how/where the wire goes. There's another video that shows taking apart this printer and the exact same thing happened to that guy in terms of cover's wire coming out despite his best efforts. It's just not in there very firmly. Thank you!
This is great, thank you. This is the only video I have found on getting the head out on the 400 series which I have got. After numerous attempts of using cleaning fluid through the nozzles and it still not working well, I'm just going to try soaking tissue under the ink carriage for at least 12hrs. If not I will remove the print head and see what's happening and maybe dunk the head itself in some fluid. Up to now the black and cyan which are at both ends of the carriage are the only ones showing on a nozzle check but are giving a very broken reading. When I push cleaning fluid through all four nozzles, it all comes through, though there is more resistance if I suck up on the middle two yellow and magenta ones, but the odd thing is that the ink that comes out the bottom of the middle ones is black as well. I've changed the middle two colours with new Epson cartridges and tried printing and copying and nothing comes out those middle two. I've even taken them out again tonight and pushed more fluid through just those two and it still comes out with black. I've even checked the ink levels on the middle two and they haven't dropped at all, even though what I tried copying and printing from my laptop has yellow and pale brown colours, but the black and cyan have dropped as they printed but poorly. Any ideas?
I liked your video and found it pretty informative. I have not gone up to try this on my printer yet so we will see. At least with your video I can see clearly the areas that need to be dealt with when removing the side plastic cover of the wires, the location and method of removing the wires, etc. Thank you and wish me luck!
Great info. The cable for the scanner came unplugged during my repair and I cannot see where it plugs in. I figured how to set the side panel off but I don't see any place where the cable plugs into. Appreciate the help if you have another video on that.
Happened to me too. I would assume you’ve fixed this by now, but if anyone else ran into this, you need to take off the top panel right in front of the paper feed. One screw on right side to take out then unhook that panel. Connector for scanner is on the top left 👍
Great tutorial video! My Epson XP-430 is needing some help. I am not mechanically inclined, but this video and your good camera work makes me think I can at least try it. Thank you!
Please reserve printhead disassembly as a last resort. First try with the syringe "suck-n-pump" technique with WARM (40°C MAX) head cleaner or Windex or distilled water *(never use tap water!)* . Leave at least 2mls of *air* inside the syringe as a cushion, to avoid breaking the nozzle plate seal with excessive pressure (remember liquids are uncompressible). Remember to put kitchen paper under the printhead to avoid flooding the printer with ink! Another way to unclog those wretched printheads is to buy a set of refillable cartridges, fill them up with warm head cleaner or Windex or distilled water and do cleaning cycles in sets of 2 interspersed by pauses of ten minutes till the carts are empty. Flush the cartridges with distilled water, fill them up with ink and off you go.
Thank you very much for the usefull advice. I was actually planning on making a video on the refillable ink cartridge filled with cleaning solution. I have done that and was successful. Thanks again!!!!
Hi thanks for this very helpfull demonstration. I've been locked in epic battle with my Epson XP-310 for the past 3 weeks. so far I have only managed to clear the black nozzle. the 3 colors will not budge. I picked up a bottle of print head cleaner. no success there. so when I saw this video, I removed the print head, but I still can't clear the color nozzles. I've submerged the head in cleaning fluid, alcohol, hot water and even Windex. still no luck. do you have any other tips ,tricks or suggestions on how I can get these things clear? Thank you for your time.
If my cushion pad is missing on the print line is that bad? I’m just wondering if that has anything to do with it not projecting the ink out, my cushion pad lining is completely gone due to out door aging
I have an Epson XP-4105, the black ink was very very faint after many head cleaning attempts. So I followed your video to remove head and soak into 5mm deep water hoping to clean it. After reassembly, error code indicating Print Head Short Circuit. May be I've wet the head and caused a short circuit. I've placed head in oven at 50°C for 20mins. Let's see if it helps dry it out and relieve the short circuit problem. Then after that I can run the printer to see if it helped darken the black ink flow rate but let's see.... From Reading UK. Cheers.
Just the help I needed. After hours of cleaning with wet kitchen paper under the head, pumping more than 50 ml cleaning solution through the head and still some nozzles blocked, I know now how to remove the head and clean it outside.
Really great video! My friend and I were following along and did everything right, but once we took the card reader out a small black piece with a tiny silver plate fell off and we don’t know where it came from. 😅 if anyone has any pointers I’ll gladly take em:)
Insightful. Still trashed the thing. Like full on rage trashed it, thrashed it, destroyed it. Top cable came undone, tried to fix that for a small eternity. Thought I fixed it, maybe I did, maybe I didn't! Scanner cable came undone, took an eternity to get that back on, think I broke something during that process too. And in the end, the thing still ran an error. :D Now I HAVE to get a new one, any recommendations on ones with ease of maintenance?
Hello. I'm sorry you went through all that trouble. If you like EPSON brand, get EcoTank. It will save you money on ink in the long run. I also like Canon inkjets with multiple cartridge systems. Not the 2 cartridge ones. Canon are very easy to maintain. I do recommend printing at least once a week to keep any printer from drying ink nozzles. I hope this helps you. Good luck with your new printer.
Oh so printer came on said testing cartridges then died dead called epsom...n get this they r sending me a new printer n mines from 2017 so i reckon they know its shite
Ha, Ha - chicken - didn't show re-attaching the wiring! It's a bit of a pain isn't it? Thanks for the video. Like others, wish I'd have seen yours first...
I just tried to clean printhead with alcohol and water, and Ive done it before but I forgot to unplug and I got too much water in it I guess, because the printer shut off, then I smelled a burned smell. I think I burned a fuse out, checked a few minutes later after I wiped away any excess water and the screen popped on for a split second, then shut off, again accompanied by a burned smell. Do you think I need to just replace the fuses or will it come back on in a few days? thx
Alas you burned the printhead or the fuses or the flat cable -or all of them. Your printer is toast. Bin it and don't buy an Epson printer ever again. They are designed to guzzle up ink, clog and fail, and printheads cannot be replaced when they go wrong. Choose a printer with printhead + ink tank combination cartridges instead. They are very easy to clean and unclog, and very easy to refill or replace when they go wrong. Buy remanufactured carts and you will be as happy as a clam.
@@Gavichap thx, i went ahead and bought a Brother printer, not as good quality or snappy colors, but best i could do for now. $79 and no programming in it that prevents it from using non brother ink. Screw Epson and like you said I'll never buy their products ever again. Thx
Oops, when attempting to open the cover fully, the ribbon wire on the left side came unplugged. I am not sure if this is a critical component but see no way to re-attach...can't see around corner so I can't see where to re-attach, even if I could get in there. Any wisdom would be appreciate. Love the video, but didn't get far!!
This video is super helpful! I cleaned my print but getting error 033001 now. I didn't turn off the printer during the work and i think that's the reason but it keep showing the same error code after restart it. Any idea?
Very bad move. Motherboard fuse has blown along with the printhead itself. Your printer is trash. Next time forget Epsons and buy a printer with printhead+ink tank combo cartridges. They are a breeze to clean and unclog, easy to refill and they don't cost a lot to replace when they go wrong. Buy remanufactured ones and you'll save hundreds.
Thank you for a very instructive video. After putting back the printhead, I started the printer. But suddenly the printer just died. Impossible to get it started again. No power at all. Annyone proposed solution?
If i knew it was this easy I would have been taking it apart to clean it instead of cleaning it in the printer. i bet ive cleaned a dozen times in dozen or so years of owning it. the first 3-4 years i had it, it didnt need cleaning and then it got more and more frequent. I got way more dirt out of the head soaking it in pure alcohol, hopefully i dont have to fuck with it for another 3-4 years. Cleaning it in the printer just doesnt do as good of a job.
i cleaned the head, and everything was fine, I printed the test page and other documents, but now I have the error 03001 what do you suggest me to do ?
Good info but missing a very important part. If you accidentally unhook the ribbon cable from the lid you are screwed. This can be done without taking the lid off. Wish I would’ve known this. Now I have wasted an hour and have a useless printer.
My ink cartridge doesn't move. As soon as I turn printer on, it says in thre display, printer error turn printer off. I can do nothing, can't get the inks out to replace them. Just says to turn printer off
Hello, I did everything you said but when I put back everything and turned it on. It says paper jam and to open lid. There’s no paper jam nor paper at all since I had just only turned it back on. Afterwards, it says close scanner which is closed and it says turn off. It repeated this 20 times. Printer is unusable unless I can go around these messages. Please help
What do I do if I've accidentally disconnected the chord on the top left that connected the top to the base? And before anyone says, yes, I'm an idiot.
There may be air holes in the printhead. You can just feed a little water into each color to prime. After a few prints color will appear as water exits. Also, make sure ink cartridges are at least 50% full.
How do you get all the way up to hooking up the cables WITHOUT showing hooking-up-the-cables?! Did you use magic? Wizardry or some sh*t?? Or was it too difficult to achieve with or without a phone in your other hand :| Of course it's do-able but imagine a guy that's sat thru 7-and-half minutes waiting to see you reattach the cables only to be shown, "Presto!".
Its a bit hard to get in there with a camera. I'm sorry. I will try to improve that in other videos. The wire just slides into the connection port. I use tweezers sometimes for that.
What an absolute nightmare! I CANNOT reattach the small cable at the back & in hindsight I don't see any reason for removing it in the first place. The small cable holder is inaccessible & looking back at the video I don't believe the cable was reattached correctly like it was implied. I can see myself having to dump this printer after failed effort! (The top cable also came free but I haven't even got as far as that!)
DO NOT blow into the little nubs the ink cartridges fit on- unless you want a blue mouth.... do not ever bother cleaning the print head, just buy a new one.
@@starrwilson8917 Remember the screw you took off out to get the top to remove? There's another screw facing the side of the printer which holds a cover for the electronics that goes about 80% of the width of the printer. remove that screw and then you can pop that plastic cover off of the electronics and it will give you easy access to the connector that the ribbon cable goes into.
@@roycsinclair I can see where the ribbon goes now but it's not really easy access, at least for me. I have some different tweezers packed away somewhere...maybe one of them will work.
@@303electronics I couldn't get it to go in the grove.I totally wrestled it for an hour...I gave up and had to call a friend over to look at it...it went right on😳🤦🏻. I think I was trying to hard.
I appreciate your feedback, I know I didn't do a very good job with directing the camera towards what needed to be filmed. This vdeo is from a little while back. I will try to post another, improved, version in the near future. Have a great day!
I'm sorry you feel that way. It is not that simple to fix these printers in any way, you try hard enough and you can actually re attach the cable. I've done it and I'm not a genius.
I’ve been trying “hard” for 3 hours. Although u actually didn’t say to unplug the back… it was confusing. Totally thought u unplugged all three :( now I’m ready to rage smash the printer 🤷🏼♀️
It seemed a clear enough video to me. It's not his fault if you can't put your printer back together again. As you can see on the video, it is easier to put back then to disassemble. Some plastic parts only need pushing back in till the tabs lock it in place.
Wish you had been more clear about the cables. I removed the top one and it’s impossible to get it back on.
It’s good to read the comments!
I have the same issue with that small cable he didn’t explain right in first place I taught we gotta remove all the cables fkkkkkkkk
What did you end your doing ?
Super confusing
Amazing video - thank you SO much. You saved my butt. I feel a lot more confident now servicing this old thing! It was sitting for years and now I'm giving it to my daughter so she can use it for school in her new apartment. THANK YOU!
You're welcome 🙂 Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the video, did not solve my problem, but video was instructive. Big caveat, if you do take the lid off, be sure to not accidently disconnect the scanner cable from the lid. Took me 45 minutes to get it re-attached.
same still trying to get it reconnected
@@MRRMOTD Remember the screw you took off out to get the top to remove? There's another screw facing the side of the printer which holds a cover for the electronics that goes about 80% of the width of the printer. remove that screw and then you can pop that plastic cover off of the electronics and it will give you easy access to the connector that the ribbon cable goes into.
Hey, thanks for the info, I did as you said and that was fine but I cannot see where the ribbon wire is supposed to go!! I have an NX 430 printer and I imagine the setup would be nearly the same. Any info on where the ribbon wire from the lid is placed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)
@@roycsinclair
@@DougTandy Sorry but my Canon printer is now just another old memory, all I can suggest is look at the cable and see where it's bent and which direction along with how long the cable is and try to imagine where the end of the cable would be because that will be the area where the connector for it should be found.
Yup. I have my entire printer disassembled so I could find where to put it.
Around 3:00, the dude doesn't say it out loud, but do not pull out the ribbon where it's connected to the back of the printer head. I did it and it was a huge pain in the ass to get back into place.
In case you're reassembling and realizing that you've made the same mistake:
1. Remove the upper cover part to get better access to the wiring (there is a screw on the right side near the right hinge
2. Buy a 5 1/2 locking clamp from Harbor Freight (like $5) if you don't have any long pliers. If you lock these on the ribbon all the way, just past the blue part, you'll have a snug enough grip with just barely enough space to get back there.
3. Reevaluate your choices buying a used printer for $20 because you wanted to save money, then spending $40 on ink cartridges because screw Epson, then wasting a day or two trying to clean the print head because screw Epson.
I read all the comments first. The guy who made the video recommends using tweezers. That will help you get most of the ribbons back into place, but it's not the right tool for the job.
Godspeed.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I'm sure it will help many and myself. Have a great day!
@@303electronics Likewise. For the record, the damn printer still wouldn't print any black ink after I cleaned the printhead and reassembled it 😂
@@perpetualgrimace My problem was with the black (brand new) cartridge. Cleaning solution worked a bit. Tried it again and it shorted out the wide ribbon/wire harness? Anyhow, I pulled all the ribbons off before I found this video, and I can't even see where that little ribbon goes...
@@video589 Honestly dude I gave up and bought an older monochrome laser jet printer, and that was a great decision. That damn Epson printer was cursed
I still can’t do it and I’m mad
Thank you for your previous reply. Would you tell me how to reinstall the top/ scanner cover wire? It pulled out when I was disassembling parts of the printer so I could access the control panel. It's an xp-310. I'm not sure how/where the wire goes. There's another video that shows taking apart this printer and the exact same thing happened to that guy in terms of cover's wire coming out despite his best efforts. It's just not in there very firmly. Thank you!
This is great, thank you. This is the only video I have found on getting the head out on the 400 series which I have got. After numerous attempts of using cleaning fluid through the nozzles and it still not working well, I'm just going to try soaking tissue under the ink carriage for at least 12hrs. If not I will remove the print head and see what's happening and maybe dunk the head itself in some fluid. Up to now the black and cyan which are at both ends of the carriage are the only ones showing on a nozzle check but are giving a very broken reading. When I push cleaning fluid through all four nozzles, it all comes through, though there is more resistance if I suck up on the middle two yellow and magenta ones, but the odd thing is that the ink that comes out the bottom of the middle ones is black as well. I've changed the middle two colours with new Epson cartridges and tried printing and copying and nothing comes out those middle two. I've even taken them out again tonight and pushed more fluid through just those two and it still comes out with black. I've even checked the ink levels on the middle two and they haven't dropped at all, even though what I tried copying and printing from my laptop has yellow and pale brown colours, but the black and cyan have dropped as they printed but poorly. Any ideas?
I liked your video and found it pretty informative. I have not gone up to try this on my printer yet so we will see. At least with your video I can see clearly the areas that need to be dealt with when removing the side plastic cover of the wires, the location and method of removing the wires, etc. Thank you and wish me luck!
What voodoo did you use to get the small ribbon wire back into its port on the back?
Make sure it is aligned correctly and push back in. Shouldn't take much effort.
@@cboone7791 whatever 🙄
@@jonusrussell548 I don't know what you mean. Worked for me. Just trying to help.
I’ve been at it for 30 mins. Last part left… it’s taking forever
@@jaclynjackson4040 I gave up and bought a new printer lol
Great info. The cable for the scanner came unplugged during my repair and I cannot see where it plugs in. I figured how to set the side panel off but I don't see any place where the cable plugs into. Appreciate the help if you have another video on that.
Happened to me too. I would assume you’ve fixed this by now, but if anyone else ran into this, you need to take off the top panel right in front of the paper feed. One screw on right side to take out then unhook that panel. Connector for scanner is on the top left 👍
Great tutorial video! My Epson XP-430 is needing some help. I am not mechanically inclined, but this video and your good camera work makes me think I can at least try it. Thank you!
Please reserve printhead disassembly as a last resort. First try with the syringe "suck-n-pump" technique with WARM (40°C MAX) head cleaner or Windex or distilled water *(never use tap water!)* . Leave at least 2mls of *air* inside the syringe as a cushion, to avoid breaking the nozzle plate seal with excessive pressure (remember liquids are uncompressible). Remember to put kitchen paper under the printhead to avoid flooding the printer with ink! Another way to unclog those wretched printheads is to buy a set of refillable cartridges, fill them up with warm head cleaner or Windex or distilled water and do cleaning cycles in sets of 2 interspersed by pauses of ten minutes till the carts are empty. Flush the cartridges with distilled water, fill them up with ink and off you go.
Thank you very much for the usefull advice. I was actually planning on making a video on the refillable ink cartridge filled with cleaning solution. I have done that and was successful. Thanks again!!!!
Hi thanks for this very helpfull demonstration. I've been locked in epic battle with my Epson XP-310 for the past 3 weeks. so far I have only managed to clear the black nozzle. the 3 colors will not budge. I picked up a bottle of print head cleaner. no success there. so when I saw this video, I removed the print head, but I still can't clear the color nozzles. I've submerged the head in cleaning fluid, alcohol, hot water and even Windex. still no luck. do you have any other tips ,tricks or suggestions on how I can get these things clear? Thank you for your time.
Sure wish you had mentioned that the connection to the copier cover disconnects very easily when taking off the copier cover.
I'm sorry, thank you for pointing that out.
Thank you so much, yours is the only info I found in 2 days that actually helped. Now it only prints blue ink but it's a start.
How did you go with the other colours?
If my cushion pad is missing on the print line is that bad? I’m just wondering if that has anything to do with it not projecting the ink out, my cushion pad lining is completely gone due to out door aging
Brilliant thanks cleaned the heads and now it’s printing like new.
Thanx, this will save me a lot of time for not doing a complete disassembly.
Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend!
I have an Epson XP-4105, the black ink was very very faint after many head cleaning attempts. So I followed your video to remove head and soak into 5mm deep water hoping to clean it. After reassembly, error code indicating Print Head Short Circuit. May be I've wet the head and caused a short circuit. I've placed head in oven at 50°C for 20mins. Let's see if it helps dry it out and relieve the short circuit problem. Then after that I can run the printer to see if it helped darken the black ink flow rate but let's see.... From Reading UK. Cheers.
Just the help I needed. After hours of cleaning with wet kitchen paper under the head, pumping more than 50 ml cleaning solution through the head and still some nozzles blocked, I know now how to remove the head and clean it outside.
Really great video! My friend and I were following along and did everything right, but once we took the card reader out a small black piece with a tiny silver plate fell off and we don’t know where it came from. 😅 if anyone has any pointers I’ll gladly take em:)
Thanks. Question: Can I substitute an XP-455 printhead with an L300 (XP-302)?
Hi. I'm not sure 100%, but it seems from listing on ebay and amazon that it is the same printhead.
Insightful. Still trashed the thing. Like full on rage trashed it, thrashed it, destroyed it.
Top cable came undone, tried to fix that for a small eternity. Thought I fixed it, maybe I did, maybe I didn't!
Scanner cable came undone, took an eternity to get that back on, think I broke something during that process too.
And in the end, the thing still ran an error. :D
Now I HAVE to get a new one, any recommendations on ones with ease of maintenance?
Hello. I'm sorry you went through all that trouble. If you like EPSON brand, get EcoTank. It will save you money on ink in the long run. I also like Canon inkjets with multiple cartridge systems. Not the 2 cartridge ones. Canon are very easy to maintain. I do recommend printing at least once a week to keep any printer from drying ink nozzles. I hope this helps you. Good luck with your new printer.
@@303electronicsOh, I wasn't expecting a response, but genuinely appreciate it. Thanks for the recommendations and advice. I'll check them out.
My friend's question, can I refill the ink cartridges for the XP 5100 printer?
It is best to order refillable ink cartridges for that. I do not know if original Canon ink cartridges can be refilled.
Amazing! Thank you so much! I was able to clenammy xp 352 properly.
Thanks bud sorted out my 422 all good again..
It is different for the XP-4105.
Is there a video for that? I can't find one!
I can't find a way to release the LH side with the white cable ribbons.
Thank you for this video. How do you remove the display screen/ main control panel for an xp 310
Hi. Thank you for the feedback. The process should be the same as xp330 in this video.
@@303electronics Thank you. The problem is I did not locate that on the video. Would you point me to where this is? Didn't find it.
Thank you...problem solved!!!
That's great! Thank you for the feedback. Have a great day!
Great vid thx but yes like every1 said the ribbon plucks out from roof.i chopped side plastic wit knive to get back on.epsom...nvr again.
Thank you! Have a great weekend!
Oh so printer came on said testing cartridges then died dead called epsom...n get this they r sending me a new printer n mines from 2017 so i reckon they know its shite
Ha, Ha - chicken - didn't show re-attaching the wiring! It's a bit of a pain isn't it? Thanks for the video. Like others, wish I'd have seen yours first...
yup; skipped ahead to 7:10 and hey, that's skipped over.
I just tried to clean printhead with alcohol and water, and Ive done it before but I forgot to unplug and I got too much water in it I guess, because the printer shut off, then I smelled a burned smell. I think I burned a fuse out, checked a few minutes later after I wiped away any excess water and the screen popped on for a split second, then shut off, again accompanied by a burned smell. Do you think I need to just replace the fuses or will it come back on in a few days? thx
Alas you burned the printhead or the fuses or the flat cable -or all of them. Your printer is toast. Bin it and don't buy an Epson printer ever again. They are designed to guzzle up ink, clog and fail, and printheads cannot be replaced when they go wrong. Choose a printer with printhead + ink tank combination cartridges instead. They are very easy to clean and unclog, and very easy to refill or replace when they go wrong. Buy remanufactured carts and you will be as happy as a clam.
@@Gavichap thx, i went ahead and bought a Brother printer, not as good quality or snappy colors, but best i could do for now. $79 and no programming in it that prevents it from using non brother ink. Screw Epson and like you said I'll never buy their products ever again. Thx
The printhead may be bad and giving you trouble. Cleaning does not always fix the issue.
Oops, when attempting to open the cover fully, the ribbon wire on the left side came unplugged. I am not sure if this is a critical component but see no way to re-attach...can't see around corner so I can't see where to re-attach, even if I could get in there. Any wisdom would be appreciate. Love the video, but didn't get far!!
Hi. I'm sorry for late reply. The wire is usually the scanner wire, so it will need to reattach to the main board.
This video is super helpful! I cleaned my print but getting error 033001 now. I didn't turn off the printer during the work and i think that's the reason but it keep showing the same error code after restart it. Any idea?
Very bad move. Motherboard fuse has blown along with the printhead itself. Your printer is trash. Next time forget Epsons and buy a printer with printhead+ink tank combo cartridges. They are a breeze to clean and unclog, easy to refill and they don't cost a lot to replace when they go wrong. Buy remanufactured ones and you'll save hundreds.
Make sure the connection area is dry.
Thank you for a very instructive video. After putting back the printhead, I started the printer. But suddenly the printer just died. Impossible to get it started again. No power at all. Annyone proposed solution?
We followed your instructions but got an error code 033001 (Epson EX-340). Any comments on how to clear this?
If i knew it was this easy I would have been taking it apart to clean it instead of cleaning it in the printer. i bet ive cleaned a dozen times in dozen or so years of owning it. the first 3-4 years i had it, it didnt need cleaning and then it got more and more frequent. I got way more dirt out of the head soaking it in pure alcohol, hopefully i dont have to fuck with it for another 3-4 years. Cleaning it in the printer just doesnt do as good of a job.
Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you got it cleaned. Have a great weekend!
i cleaned the head, and everything was fine, I printed the test page and other documents, but now I have the error 03001 what do you suggest me to do ?
After cleaning then reinstalling the print head, then running the nozzle check, the printer shut itself down and now will not power up. Any ideas?
It is possible that printhead is faulty and caused the shortage on the printer. That happens, unfortunately.
Do you have a place to buy a new print head?
Amazon and eBay both sell them. I payed $25 from Amazon
Mannnn wish you you told me not to remove the top data cable. Over all super help but ya the top data cable is almost impossible to put back on
Hi. I will be working on a similar model soon and will check.
Thaks I'll give it a try.
You're welcome! Take pictures as you go and make sure you don't lose any parts or screws. Good luck!
Good info but missing a very important part. If you accidentally unhook the ribbon cable from the lid you are screwed. This can be done without taking the lid off. Wish I would’ve known this. Now I have wasted an hour and have a useless printer.
I appreciate you pointning this out. I will try to address that in my next similar video. I'm sorry I didn't do that here.
Thanks , very good and helpfull .
You are welcome! Happy new year!
My ink cartridge doesn't move. As soon as I turn printer on, it says in thre display, printer error turn printer off. I can do nothing, can't get the inks out to replace them. Just says to turn printer off
You dont talk about it because you didnt take it out, but how do you put the little smallest wiring back in the back if it came out
Hello. I use tweezers if cannot put it i by hand.
Was able to disassemble and reassemble but am now getting Printer error message as soon as printer is turned on. Any suggestions?
Perfect .. Thank you very much
Awesome! This saved me a lot of cash!
Thank you!
Hello, I did everything you said but when I put back everything and turned it on. It says paper jam and to open lid. There’s no paper jam nor paper at all since I had just only turned it back on. Afterwards, it says close scanner which is closed and it says turn off. It repeated this 20 times. Printer is unusable unless I can go around these messages. Please help
Please help!
Could you please show how to clean thank you
I did this and now I have printer stuck on inspection mode… is it because of maybe I didn’t insert ribbon wire to head properly?
What do I do if I've accidentally disconnected the chord on the top left that connected the top to the base? And before anyone says, yes, I'm an idiot.
You're not an idiot if you are trying to fix something. :-) Try reconnecting it with the help of tweezers. Good luck.
@303 Electronics I've done that, but now I have the 0x9a error after cleaning the print head. 🙈
XP-410. The left side panel won't budge! Help!
I'm screwed. Finally got the left side panel off. But the small ribbon came off. How do you get it reconnected?!?!
3:23 I'm stuck here Can't see tabs on my 310
after i flushing the clogs on my printer, my printer print blank what is the remedy
There may be air holes in the printhead. You can just feed a little water into each color to prime. After a few prints color will appear as water exits. Also, make sure ink cartridges are at least 50% full.
Very helpful!@
I wiped the print head, put it all back together and now it acts like its printing but its blank, nothing prints!! Ideas?
Hi. New cartridges needed possibly
How do you get all the way up to hooking up the cables WITHOUT showing hooking-up-the-cables?!
Did you use magic? Wizardry or some sh*t?? Or was it too difficult to achieve with or without a phone in your other hand :|
Of course it's do-able but imagine a guy that's sat thru 7-and-half minutes waiting to see you reattach the cables only to be shown, "Presto!".
Its a bit hard to get in there with a camera. I'm sorry. I will try to improve that in other videos. The wire just slides into the connection port. I use tweezers sometimes for that.
What an absolute nightmare! I CANNOT reattach the small cable at the back & in hindsight I don't see any reason for removing it in the first place. The small cable holder is inaccessible & looking back at the video I don't believe the cable was reattached correctly like it was implied. I can see myself having to dump this printer after failed effort! (The top cable also came free but I haven't even got as far as that!)
I just did this now my printer only prints in blue ink I can't get no other color to work
Beautiful video buth why not understand Englich,i from Belgium
DO NOT blow into the little nubs the ink cartridges fit on- unless you want a blue mouth.... do not ever bother cleaning the print head, just buy a new one.
Very difficult to put the wire , especially the back one.. im doing that for 3 hours 😅
It is difficult. Try tweezers to help you.
How did you replace the back wire? I have been trying for hours with no luck. Can't find any youtube videos to help either
@@starrwilson8917 Remember the screw you took off out to get the top to remove? There's another screw facing the side of the printer which holds a cover for the electronics that goes about 80% of the width of the printer. remove that screw and then you can pop that plastic cover off of the electronics and it will give you easy access to the connector that the ribbon cable goes into.
@@roycsinclair I can see where the ribbon goes now but it's not really easy access, at least for me. I have some different tweezers packed away somewhere...maybe one of them will work.
I have a friend who needs to pull the carriage
I did this...but I can't get the top back on...you didn't cover that part🤦
Do you mean the top pf the printer portion? Insert it diagnally over the hinge. It may be open.
@@303electronics I couldn't get it to go in the grove.I totally wrestled it for an hour...I gave up and had to call a friend over to look at it...it went right on😳🤦🏻. I think I was trying to hard.
@@303electronics thank you for replying.
I don't see a thing about what you're talking about but I sure see your big light blue gloves
I appreciate your feedback, I know I didn't do a very good job with directing the camera towards what needed to be filmed. This vdeo is from a little while back. I will try to post another, improved, version in the near future. Have a great day!
Good to go my ass. How did you 'snap' open the top lid????
There is a screw on the left on top of printer, remove it and that release the top from hinge. Right side is clipped in.
Totally lame to tell people to unplug the far back cable. Impossible to reattach. Big thumbs down 👎
I'm sorry you feel that way. It is not that simple to fix these printers in any way, you try hard enough and you can actually re attach the cable. I've done it and I'm not a genius.
I’ve been trying “hard” for 3 hours. Although u actually didn’t say to unplug the back… it was confusing. Totally thought u unplugged all three :( now I’m ready to rage smash the printer 🤷🏼♀️
Ok so confusing
Worst video ever just took my printer apart and now can’t get it back together
I'm sorry you are having trouble putting it back together. I recommend taking pictures as you go.
It seemed a clear enough video to me. It's not his fault if you can't put your printer back together again. As you can see on the video, it is easier to put back then to disassemble. Some plastic parts only need pushing back in till the tabs lock it in place.