After using the technique, I print a nozzle check pattern, and I had everything working except a couple of gaps on the far-right pattern, right along the top row. I seemed to have decent success at first. The latest is that I've tried the windex-on-paper-towel technique. OK, I've tried again to get my printer working, and so far have been unsuccessful.Īlong the way I've not wasted over $100 worth of ink in cleaning cycles, or power off/on cycles. Thanks, Gary! I think at least you convinced me. Some people remove all cartridges and seal them in bags as well as the printer.
If you go on vacation, keep the printer in a well humidified place to avoid it drying out as suggeted. You should print at least once a week or so if you want to avoid these problems. Perhaps the problem is that you went too long without printing. In the long run, might be less expensive. What would be wrong with packing the printer, sending it to Epson for service. Is it (a lot) worse with older ink in it? Some of my ink was at or past due date. The first one I changed out has only half its ink left in it!Īnd I thought the Epson R1800 wasn't too bad on clogging. I've now changed 3 cartridges so far, and three more are showing as low. (WHY CAN"T EPSON LET ME JUST CLEAN ONE COLOR AT A TIME!!!) The insane part is how much ink I've used up in this stupid cleaning process. Now I'm cleaning and cleaning and cleaning and cleaning, and still I have three colors that won't clear up. As fate would have it, I ended up going on vacation and not printing at that time. Just before Christmas I was going to do some printing, so I spent time (and ink, too much ink) clearing the print nozzles until things looked just fine. Man, I thought my old 1280 was bad, but this is ridiculous. Better yet, consider dumping the printer for a 3880, R3000, etc. The easiest thing to do if the windex treatment doesn't work is to buy a flush kit from InkRepublic or another dealer. That's standard operating procedure for a R1800. This method has revived heads that would not unclog from several head cleanings in a row. The process of turning the printer off and on will waste a bit of ink but not nearly as much as a head cleaning. If necessary repeat this process a few times to remove the ink build up on the bottom of the heads. Be careful with it as it will be saturated with ink. Turn the printer back on and press the cartridge change button again. The print heads will be parked over the saturated kleenex/sponge.
Turn the printer off with the on/off button and leave it for a few hours or over night if the clog is really bad. This is so that the head will not brush it off in the next step. Saturate the kleenex with the solution and press it down lightly onto the parking sponge so it is not too thick. Use the eye dropper to saturate the parking sponge with solution.Ĭut a strip of kleenex and fold it so it is about 4 to 6 layers thick and the same size as the parking sponge and put it over the parking sponge. Push the cartridge change button to get the heads off the parking sponge (not sure what else to call it). At the risk of offending some on this forum I offer the following method to clear clogged heads without using hardly any ink.Ī solution of distilled water and Windex.
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