How to clean print heads epson cx5500 Videos

+Studio9HDR the printer model would not be that important, what you would be looking for would be the physical structure of your printer. If your printer has the similar spike nozzles and the movable printhead, you would be able to perform this method.

+Peter Crowther Nice. It haven't even occurred to us to use gin. Thanks for the input!

did you try this on your l800, have the same printer

+Nitin Arora Not so sure about your printer since we have not tested it with that model However, if it does has the similar structure of what the video shows namely, the nozzle spikes and the movable printhead then you should be able to perform it on your printer

+Lanie James Thank you for the possitibe feedback!

It sounds like the sponges may have gotten cross contaminated. Please check to see if there is any ink inside the print head. Clean this with some rubbing alcohol and some napkins. You may need clean it so it does not persist. Print a nozzle check to see the status of your prints and perform a head cleaning if necessary. Do not do more than 3 head cleanings in the same hour as it could damage the printer's ink pad.

+SuperToBuy Thank you for the reply. I'm using refillable cartridges. After cleaning Spike etc. I draw ink from the cartridge bottom to remove any air...Next I'll try is alcohol with a syringe. I'll leave the syringe in place over the Spike overnight. Will post results whatever happens.

Make sure there is no ink clogging up the air filters on the CISS. If there is , you need to remove any ink clogging the air filters and print a nozzle check. You will see the quality improve. Make sure to prime the system, so no air bubbles are in the cartridges. You may also try cleaning the spikes near the contacts of the print head. Dried ink could give issues like this.

+SuperToBuy I did strip one down to the bone to find out what's in side, the ink pad at the far right of the machine has a tube coming from it, it discharges into amuch bigger tank in the base of the machine there is a fiber block in there to soakup the ink, the ink head was difficult to get out lots of hidden tangs, I think they aredesigned to be throw away, no one does repairs now because the cost of the labour is not viable, but someone told me when they used to repair them in housethey put the heads in an Ultrasonic cleaning tank, this used to work apparently, but he came to the conclusion the new ones are a disposable item, and they no longerrepair them. 

+SuperToBuy Yes will try that, on the next clean the old one had to go in the binit had been standing for months, despite several attempts at cleaning and flushing I could not get rid of the lines, I have had a few of these over the years, it's always the same issue, pity they are not designed so you can replace the headson some makes impossible. on my first one I stuck to genuine ink it made no difference it still clogged I got nearly two years out of it though. The ink head issueit the main problem with them, every time.

+TrueBlogge777Make sure there are no ink in the air filters. Proceed with a head cleaning after you prime the system.

I tried all this with mine, drained tank with needle, cleaned the ink inlets it's still notprinting black, I did a head check three cleans still not printing the black any ideas.

masih bingung dengan cara buka samping nya...

thanks for your tut, it's very clear!

tank you tank youuuuuuu

harga headnya berapa ya

Bossss....ini bukan printer T13, tapi T11....

Sandy sir u r great full marks

thx gan... ane copas ya

I'm very tempted to buy this, but can this be applied to the printer head drains that go to the dock (those that are directly below the cartridges)? Or this is strictly for the dock?

Available at Inkmizer.com. Look for the Print Head Clog Buster link on the link bar on the left side of any Inkmizer page.

Hi, nice tip..how bout for r230? is just the same procedure?thnx

what kind of liquid you used in that head cleaning?

This video shows the page for an HP Deskjet printer, so it's useless anyway even if it does run the cleaning cycle. Press and hold the cartridge change button until the printheads come out. UNPLUG the printer, move the heads out of the way. There are 2 sponge/foam pads, spray these with Windex with Ammonia (DO NOT substitute) about 4 to 5 sprays. Plug in, run clean cycle and test page. Repeat as needed. You will likely drain half the cartridges doing this, but it will make it work again.

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