To free up the print head, Turn off the printer. There is a larger gear on the far left side. Spin that towards yourself about 4 times. Now, press the print head right, then it will slide left easily.
Tips. You should have the ink lid opening when doing this. As if you are about to fill the yellow ink. Next, You can inert a syringe in the bottom of the damper, cleaning them both out at the same time. I developed a yellow clog almost a year ago. After trying many things, I bought a 2nd printer. The other day I decided to mess with it again. The yellow damper was bone dry, and the other 3 looked fine. I connected the syringe to the bottom of the yellow damped to draw ink into it. I pushed and pulled 4 or 5 times, till the damper was full and the ink was flowing both ways. I printed. Yellow printed! I ran some purge sheets and a few prints and everything was good. The next day, ONLY yellow printed. Looking at the dampers... Black, red, and blue were also bone dry. So, I repeated the process that I had done with yellow. Then, I ran 2 full page purge sheets. All good. BUT, the next day, black was not printing. I repeated the syringe on damper process 1 more time on Black. Ran a deep clean. Waited 12 hours. not printing black. Another deep clean. All colors are working again.
@@HeyLetsMakeStuff You kinda did the same thing, just in 2 processes. The main difference is for fixing my clog, I pulled the ink into the damper and pushed it back in a few times, to clear any clogged ink in the tanks or lines. (And for black to fully work again, I had to add 2 power cleans after that. But I have a spare tank on hand anyways)
Oh Cori! You can actually empty the ink in the tanks, and then either do print head cleanings (without the worry of filing the waste tank by having a replacement one) and just print print tests until the ink changes.
You can skip the whole dismantling, and risk of breakage, and just print. Remove as much ink in the tank as you can, and tip up with new ink. It can be a different sub ink or regular ink. After printing, as you noticed your prints faded, you'll notice a change in the ink, to let you know your printer is now using the new ink.
To free up the print head, Turn off the printer. There is a larger gear on the far left side. Spin that towards yourself about 4 times. Now, press the print head right, then it will slide left easily.
Awesome, thank you!
Tips. You should have the ink lid opening when doing this. As if you are about to fill the yellow ink. Next, You can inert a syringe in the bottom of the damper, cleaning them both out at the same time. I developed a yellow clog almost a year ago. After trying many things, I bought a 2nd printer. The other day I decided to mess with it again. The yellow damper was bone dry, and the other 3 looked fine. I connected the syringe to the bottom of the yellow damped to draw ink into it. I pushed and pulled 4 or 5 times, till the damper was full and the ink was flowing both ways. I printed. Yellow printed! I ran some purge sheets and a few prints and everything was good. The next day, ONLY yellow printed. Looking at the dampers... Black, red, and blue were also bone dry. So, I repeated the process that I had done with yellow. Then, I ran 2 full page purge sheets. All good. BUT, the next day, black was not printing. I repeated the syringe on damper process 1 more time on Black. Ran a deep clean. Waited 12 hours. not printing black. Another deep clean. All colors are working again.
Great tip!! I didn't think about pulling the ink through the damper itself.
@@HeyLetsMakeStuff You kinda did the same thing, just in 2 processes. The main difference is for fixing my clog, I pulled the ink into the damper and pushed it back in a few times, to clear any clogged ink in the tanks or lines. (And for black to fully work again, I had to add 2 power cleans after that. But I have a spare tank on hand anyways)
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Oh Cori! You can actually empty the ink in the tanks, and then either do print head cleanings (without the worry of filing the waste tank by having a replacement one) and just print print tests until the ink changes.
Wait, what did I do differently?! lol
You can skip the whole dismantling, and risk of breakage, and just print. Remove as much ink in the tank as you can, and tip up with new ink. It can be a different sub ink or regular ink. After printing, as you noticed your prints faded, you'll notice a change in the ink, to let you know your printer is now using the new ink.
I have been trying that and printed over 100 and it’s still going 🤦🏼♀️
What eco tank printer do you have?!
This was my Epson 2850!
Follow up....printer still working after this?
Still working! Printed yesterday!