Cleaning Epson Color Print Head
Cleaning totally clogged colour head in Epson Stylus
Color 500
(From: Colin Guillas (rguillas@nrn1.nrcan.gc.ca).)
I have an Epson Stylus Colour II printer which had
similar problems- this time, which the magenta head.
After running about 50 cleaning cycles, and having
no improvement, I disassembled the unit (I am WAY
out of warranty already ;-) and manually mopped out
the cleaning apparatus- the rubber heads were VERY
gummed up, so I wipe them off... the suction tubes
were clogged, so I squeezed them out, the sponges
were full, so I mopped them up with a kleenex. I
then put on a pair of elbow length kleenex gloves,
and pulled the cotton cleaning tray/absorbent
reservoir out of the base of the unit, and rung it
out into the toilet. There was a three year
accumulation of wasted ink in there- this printer
gets extremely heavy use, but it was amazing at the
amount of ink that gets wasted, compared to what
goes on paper! I would guess that it's about 30/70,
70% ending up on paper. Incredible wastage. I just
don't buy cheap refills. I buy better ones with
guarantees on them. I also replace the cartridges
that I am refilling every four to six refills. There
will be an accumulation of 'junk' if you don't.
The cure to my problem? Pay the price for the
genuine epson cartridge and do another fifty
cleaning cycles. It worked for me. I had to wring
out that @#$%liner again....
(BTW, If anyone else has an epson inkjet, I
recommend that they get the liner replaced or at
least wrung out. It's a horrible mess which can
overflow if you use an awful lot of ink... mine was
saturated... you may have a nasty surprise next time
you decide to move the printer- all down the front
of your shirt. ;-)
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