| Tools needed:1 - 10cc Injector1 - 4" - 5" of fish | | | | GAME OVER. There is very little room to work |
| tank air line tubing (Wal*Mart fish department) | | | | but do the best you can. Try to get the tubing on |
| Windex (No Drip works best)We are going to | | | | the post firmly for an airtight connection. Slowly |
| flush the print head out with the Windex cleaner. | | | | inject about 2cc of the Windex solution into the |
| Some people from outside the US may not know | | | | print head. Some of the Windex might leak out |
| about Windex. It is a | | | | around the post, just try to get at least 2 cc |
| popular window cleaner sold here in the US. This | | | | injected into the print head. It may offer |
| fix is not authorized by Epson, it should only be | | | | resistance, just be patient. Repeat this procedure |
| used as a last ditch effort to fix your printer.Cut | | | | for any other color that is not printing. Make sure |
| four or five inches of fish tank air line tubing and | | | | to wash the tubing between each color.Put in a |
| attach it to the end of the injector, remove the | | | | brand new cartridge, not refilled. Don't ignore this |
| needle first. Pull 3 - 5 cc of Windex into the | | | | step or chances are the procedure will fail. New |
| injector. Hold the injector so that the tubing is | | | | generic cartridges are ok.Move the carriage back |
| pointing up and push the plunger a little until all the | | | | to the right position and plug in the printer. Run |
| air is out of the tubing. You don't want to inject | | | | three cleaning cycles with a nozzle check before |
| any air into the cartridge. Put this assembly aside | | | | and after. If there is still a problem try running |
| for now.Turn your printer on and hold down the | | | | another three cleaning cycles. Then try a test |
| paper feed button until the carriage moves to the | | | | print. If it still has problems let the printer sit over |
| cartridge change position. Unplug the printer. This is | | | | night and repeat the procedure. If the second day |
| important, you don't want the carriage to move in | | | | procedure fails then it's time for the Epson repair |
| the middle of the procedure.Remove the cartridge | | | | shop, or buy a new one.Sometimes this |
| that is giving you trouble. Look inside the carriage | | | | procedure will not work, we're not sure why. It |
| cavity for a small post that would normally be | | | | may be because there are other problems with |
| inserted into the ink port of the cartridge, in other | | | | the printer, not just clogged |
| words the post that supplies ink to the print head. | | | | nozzles.Barry Shultz is the author of Atlascopy |
| You may need a flashlight to see it.Attach the | | | | News, and President of Atlascopy, Inc. Atlascopy |
| other end of the tubing (which is attached to the | | | | specializes in affordable alternatives to the high |
| injector) to the post inside the carriage cavity. Be | | | | cost of printer supplies. |
| very careful not to break the post. If you do, | | | | |