How To Clean Printheads
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Printheads can become clogged from lack of use, which causes spotty results or missing colors. We show you how to clean both types of printheads with a mixture of water and isopropyl alcohol.
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I weighed the cost of purchasing 2 new printheads versus purchasing a new printer. It was cheaper to purchase a new printer. With that information I figured I would give this printhead cleaning method a try. The worst that could happen is that it wouldn't work for me and I would have to purchase a new printer. Well, it worked! I am back in business with my money still in my pocket. Thanks for sharing this information.
"if it didn't fix it in 2 minutes, try all night" XD
Thank you. So many videos on youtube that just waste time and dont offer any solutions. Thank you for making a video that actually delivers on what it promises.
I tried the HP Utilities print head clean twice to no avail then tried soaking the cartridge in water for 5 minutes. I didn't use anything other than water and that worked like a charm. Thank you!
OOOOOOOOOHHH MY GOD. THANKS ALOT IT WORKED. it was 2am and I need it in early morning. I used hand sanitizer. 😆🤣 and warm water. I thought my black ink would work but my dead color one worked. Thanks again. Also if both don't work just remove the black and see if the color works. If color doesn't work remove it and just use black. Sometimes if both ink inside they won't work.
Great results! Being able to clean it and get it printing correctly again for the first time in a long time is wonderful! People may complain about the alcohol solution, but the other option was replacing the printer, so I wasn't out anything except the time it took to clean. Replaced with fresh solution 3 times there was such a heavy ink, sludge buildup. Thanks!
HP printer 3054 was working fine, suddenly stopped all ink, window just keeps saying Load Paper, press OK (I've done over and over, makes no diff).
Cleaning cartridges (which were new) did nothing. Don't buy from HP.
Solution: Place printer beneath tires on pickup truck, run over and squash into tiny pieces, take to local land-fill. Buy new printer at Office Depot or similar. Repeat entire process in about six monthjs, most likely.
ALWAYS buy a service plan/extended warranty with anything HP if possible.
If you're in the UK isopropyl alcohol is surgical spirits, and the water? That comes out of the tap!! Cheers for the vid guys. A+.
Excellent! After trying to clean with the printer's software 3 times there were no considerable results, I tried this and it's printing like new again!
oh my gosh this worked !!!!!! ( I will definitely suggest this to anyone my printer kept only printing the color magenta but after this video it worked so good yes i am 11 when i was with my dad he kept trying so hard to fix this printer(Lexmark) and he took hours to fix this so i decided to let him watch this video he tried out the alcohol and water thing( any type of alcohol works )and tap water works and then it printed good as new i would definitely suggest this to anyone if their print head does not work correctly or if any color is not working thanks ink technology)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I'm now able to print properly after following the advice in this video. Like having a brand new printer again. 😃
EDIT: instead of wasting ink and paper using the printer's cleaning cycles (which often don't fix the problem completely), follow this video and you'll get perfect results.
Absolutely brilliant! After spending hours on downloads and forums plus resetting my printer I came across this video and worked a treat, even using vodka/water instead of iso. Thank You.
You just saved my printers life ! Thanks for the info, I cleaned it manually and now it's working just like it was new! 😃
It works, I first try water only, then water + sanitizer, then using a paper try to clean the wet ink.
It may be helpful to let people know about using distilled water when mixing with rubbing alcohol. You don't want to use tap or mineralized drinking water, as those minerals and tap particles may have a negative effect on the heads after a few clean ups. It's always good to use distilled water, which you should be easily able to find in any grocery store.
LOL I had the same thought..you must be a chemist like myself!
Damn, already used tap water. Waters water right?
They seem to be for ink jets. What about laser printers?
I was given a printer that wasn't printing right after new cartridges were installed.
I removed the tape strips over the cartridge's vent holes - and now I have a nice printer!
We haven't used our printer in a really long time and this worked!
Thanks. This worked perfectly. Just on time to print my tax returns. I thought I was going to have waste $25 on a print cartridge. Instead, I bought a $1 bottle of alcohol and didn't have to participate in the $20-$40 for three cents worth of ink scam.
yes, absolutely!!!
I can't believe this really worked! I haven't had black ink in about or month or so. Thank you!
Thank you! I was going nuts for hours trying to figure out why it wasn't printing & nearly ordered new print cartridges. Less than 5 minutes, you had me up and running again! You are an absolute star!
Holy smokes dude, I'm so glad that I found your video!! I searched for "how to clean a printhead for dummies" and came up with your video. I was pulling my hair out, metaphorically speaking, trying to figure this out. Btw, I'm 64 years old and have proven that you can teach an old kitty new tricks.
@amberfletcher935: Not old but wise with age! 😸
for anyone else in a rush, I used this method with just tap water and it worked a treat.. probably not as good as distilled water and alcohol but hey I got the document I needed printed. cheers
I tried it and it works saved me from buying a new ink cartridge :) thanks for the tip will do it again if it happened again and hope it will work again....
oh wow. im having a print head issue and found this video. amazing is you used an mx860. i have an mx870 and the process is identical.
thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Just tried this and it worked like a charm :D
I'm impressed! I was ready to send it out for repairs. I have a Hp8500a. I am so happy that I looked here first. Unbelievable! Love new technology. Thank you for taking the time to post this very helpful video.
It seems this question and answer routine never gets answered
I bought an HP 6835 inkjet and with very little use the ink cartridges died. I replaced these at great cost by buying the genuine HP cartridges. About two months later I got the message printhead error and cannot fix it. I see from this forum that I have. Been ripped off by HP. What a piece of junk!
Only way to clean these printheads, Not mentioned anywhere on the HP website!
Tries with my uv printer head XP600 and it did not help. What if I put it in isopropyl without water for overnight? It may damage it? 3 from 6 lines are clogged completely…
Didn't have any alcohol on hand, but I did have Listerine which is about 21% alcohol, it worked perfectly hahaha. Then I let it soak in just water to make sure there would be no sticky residue from the mouth wash. Haha, the struggle is real.
wow your print must smelled sooooo goood
r/wooosh
There are companies that package a syringe with a tube on the tip along with this special solution that they won't really tell you what it is.
I think if they were just honest about what it is and sell it for a fair price that people would buy it for the convenience of having all the stuff you need in 1 kit.
It's all about the £,$,€, etc.
Before I followed the steps in this video, my black ink wasn't working. After trying all of the HP directions, and failed, I tried this. Now, none of them work! so thanks.
I’m laughing at his 4 years later
Thank you your a god. Oh it works now.
thank you so much! what these two ingredients did for my ink printouts.
Thank you, my printhead was totally clogged with ink. This worked really well. I changed the water and alcohol solution about 3 times until the solution was mostly clean.
Is your method safe for pigment ink based printers? for example I've Kodak 5210 all in one.
Thank you!!!! I tried reset and clean cartridges feature and soaking them in water and alcohol finally worked! You rock!!
bought new print head and new ink but my Kodak ESP Office 2170 still won't print black have tried calibration and cleaning have used 4 new cartridges and still won't print black? I have soaked new print head in hot water and alcohol and still no black printing color is perfect?
I respectedfully disagree with some of the teachings/methods in this video. I used to work as a certified repair operator for Epson in their UK factory. I can honestly say, if you ever apply alcohol or any other wet substance to your print head, you will regret it!
What May I ask is the alternative?
Main solution is: never buy hp printer 🥺
"isopropyl" alcohol or rubbing alcohol is already at least 30% water-see no reason to add water the soak, why not just use undiluted?
Too much alcohol will dry too quickly.
Also, some Iso Alcohols contain 90%+ alcohol.
Thanks for the video, i've been trying to unclog it with hot water and after leaving it in the alcohol and water it unclogged completely in 5 seconds
@D Niger how tf am I supposed to know that was four years ago, fucking creep
Thanks mate. This helped me a lot. I tried everything else several times but cleaning the printheads with water and IPA helped finally. Cheers for this.
@Nigel 61 Haha good one. I'm sure you know this and just joking but what I meant was Iso Propyl Alcohol but not Indian Pale Ale. :)
first time i find a video thats both clear and also short, just changed cartridges and also cleaned the printhead on my HP c309 and all worked perfectly. in regards to comments below please use the inside of your head and dont soak toomuch or use toomuch alcohol. thank you
Thank you so much for this video, manually cleaning the printhead helped me out big time tonight but I have another problem. My black ink which did not work on my Kodak all in one printer is now working but the black ink is very very light. I took out the black ink, put a paper towel around it but that did not improve things. My ink level on black ink is about 75-80%.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! It worked I just wiped them with alcohol pads and my hp Officejet pro 8500 asked me to do 3 separate print head cleanings. Last one I saw orange, printed reg. test and out came the yellow finally! Black fixed itself with first clean of alcohol
That worked and didn't destroy my print head unlike some of the more rigorous methods here on youtube i didnt trust. Thanks for this!
Omg it worked! friggin awesome sauce! Thanks!
You are a lifesaver. Thank you 👏🏾👏🏾
wow. just wow. both cartridges working again like new. amazing thank you!!!
this worked for me also, set it for 5 mins and it worked well after
Great video! Thanks Never even knew my printer was self cleaning!!
First time for 5 min, didn't work. Went back , did it for an hour, and WALaaa. Thanks for the video. I was just about to go out and buy a new printer.
Thank you. This unclogged my printer heads and saved me so much $$$. THANK YOU!!!
It worked. Thank you very muuuuch!
worked a treat, i'm back in business!
Lots of opinions. Canon-MX330- I just soak the cartridge in isopropyl alcohol using the original cartridge tray and place the whole thing in a sealed Tupperware container. Keeps the alcohol from evaporating and allows the clogged heads to soften/slows down any back . Next morning, wipe down all alcohol and head with tissue paper. Then run the maintenance utility to flush out heads further. Been doing this for two years now and only had to do it once every two refills. Good luck..
Hi there! This video is excellently done- thank you! Question: after returning the printhead to the printer, I received error code 0x9E, and now my printer is inaccessible. Do you know what this could be?
glad you were there .Kodak self help was not very good
Thank you so much for posting this. I tried HP help first, which may have been using artificial intelligence. I found your real intelligence to be much more effective! Thanks again, as due to your clear instructions and video, my printer is now properly printing both color and black and white.
Thanks so very much, this method worked on my Kodak Hero 3.1 - well except for the blue. I ended up soaking a couple of times but can't seem to get blue to print. Much better than having to buy a new printer and gives me time to buy a new print head. :D Happy Camper I am!
Tried this on a Kodak Easyshare 5500 printerhead, much like the one shown in the video but now the printer wont print at all. Im trying to get it to re-calibrate the cleaned printerhead but it wont print out the calibration page. Help please?
Thanks. This video helped a lot, I also appreciate that its not a very long video!
Thanks much for this. Soaking like you showed worked beautifully.
Thank you! It worked!
thanks you, it’s works....... MasaAllah!
Thank you for this simple fix. I thought I would have to get a new printer. This worked quickly and beautifully!
This actually works
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Ink jet printers are nothing but e-waste
Manufacturers need to be charged with producing so much waste!
If you DONT print much color (which I dont) obtaining a color printer is. WASTE of $$$$
A b&w laser printer is WAY cheaper to run as well
I have a 8610 I’ve never used that was nearly new when i got it. It obviously wasn’t good not cleaning it right away.
What is your thought filling these refillable cartridges i bought with alcohol and running it like ink until its all clear for another method of cleaning the head unit? At this point i don’t see any disadvantage but I’m open to thoughts before i hive it a whirl.
Thank you! The best video and solution ever!!
I wish I could have gotten my ink tray out :( Mine is Epson Stylus NX 515) and I could not get the tray OUT. I tried using alcohol swabs and dabbed and dried. I still had ONE color not printing, yellow :(
hi i have problem with my uv printer. I have xp600 head and my color head is not properly working.On the test ı have one blue,one black,one yellow,and two red but ı must have two blue on test for machine to work properly.Although ı had changed the headcard,head and ınk cables the problem is still lasting.Can you help me?
Thanks for the info, I tried it and it worked. I was about to call Staples or Office Depot and get juiced.
Encontré una impresora en la basura hp officejet pro 8100, la limpié y lleva funcionando desde el 2017
Worked for me with just warm water and leaving it in a little longer
I followed the instructions. Got it all back together. Now my Epson WF 3640 won't turn on. Any idea what might be the cause and solution?
This may be video I needed so I will see if my brand new print cartridge will finally work.HP.
Hi and thank you for suggesting this. My HP won't print blue consistently regardless of which cartridge I use. The streaks are about 1/2 inch apart. If I could figure out how to clean whatever this is, I would clean it. I also note there is a lot of ink- all colors- in the internal part of the printer. Suspect this is normal for an old printer. Any thoughts?
Thanks, for help!:)
thanks for this, didn't work for me, but showing me why it's just time to make this obsolete for those of us not printing daily. The computer chips were an annoyance but not that i'm not in school printing, it's just all too much.
THANK YOU!!
Awesome and Thank you!!!! I tried it, and it worked!!!! So easy and now I know how to do it. You saved me from having to buy a new printer! Yeah!
Fantastic! Solved all my problems with blank pages. Thanks so much ...
omg what a life saver printer is working again !!!! thank you soooo much !!! i had an error code of B200 on the canon mx922
One month old HP Envy 5545 printer, original cartridge refilled twice; second time, black ink is barely flowing, causing light and partial printing. Will try the soak technique, thank you.
Completely f*cked my printer. It printed about 50% and after this the page is blank.
I just used an air compressor to blast out the clogged ink..... don't be like me.... covered!
Just to make sure, I know 70% / 90% are standards for Isopropyl, but mixing it down the 70% (standard electronic) by half you're aiming for 35-45% approximately. Something not too abrasive to cause discoloration/plastic atrophy, but still strong enough and clean to remove buildup, right? Great vids! Thanks!
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cleaning procedures on almost all printer wastes so much ink up to half of the cartridge, so if you sure there's something wrong with cartridge i'd say you can go on try the manual methods with your hands directly
50% water and 50% alcohol - isn't it easier to take regular vodka (40% alcohol)?
Worked like a charm when the onboard cleaning utility provided less than stellar results. Thanks!
I have canon pro 9000 mark ii printer and one of the ink is clogged i have tried everything but not successful if you have any solution i mean extreme cleaning no matter if print head is dead i want to try one last time
Absolutely FIXED my issue. Much appreciated!!!!!!
epsons are bad about that- the hps i've had had the heads in the cartridge and were less prone to clogs. i have a script on my computer now that prints a test page automatically every couple of days, works so far to keep it clear
Very helpful
Definitely worth a shot.
It already doesn't work.
What's the worst that can happen?
useful video sharing, friend
This worked perfectly, got my black cartridge working again!