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Epson Printer: How to Fix Clogged Print Heads

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Quick step by step tutorial showing you how to fix if you got a clogged print head on your Epson printer. This works with many different models that are using cartridges.
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20 Comments

@tiler2304 2 days ago

Worked great thanks.

@louisecalsbeck1884 1 year ago

Great video. I finally found someone who explains how to care for my printer problem. Almost thought I would have to buy a new printer and I have only had it a few years

@timtrivett6290 4 months ago

This worked for my Epson Stylus NX415. It wasn't printing at all. I did a few strips of water-soaked paper towels like in the video. Then I followed the advice of a DTF pro who suggested 50/50 alcohol and Windex. I did 2 towels with that. One of the nozzle tips inside the carriage was badly clogged so I put a small wad of paper towel soaked in this solution on the nozzle tip and let it soak for an hour. I finished by doing the printer's nozzle cleaning function. It now prints better than it has in years.

@TayaA1997 1 year ago

It works!! I did it manually like you said and then it took just two head cleaning from printer maintenance settings and now it's working again. Thank you for the video!! I'm so happy because I tried other things so many times and nothing worked, that from now on I will only buy ink using your link so you earn commission, you def deserve it!!

@MrX600531 1 year ago

Wouldn't a paper towel soaked in rubbing alcohol work better? You would just have to do it a little faster before the alcohol evaporates.

@ThePaulFarringtonShow 1 year ago

Simple and doesn't hurt the printer! No tools required. This is a great video! Everything got clean, as promised. My 2860 printer works just fine. This is a safe and easy lesson on printer maitenance! THANK YOU!!!

@quasimoto4424 7 months ago

this was the only solution to get my black flowing again. Thank you

@nikkik5011 4 days ago

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

@diggingforwords 1 year ago

I thought I need to spend time and money on ordering cleaning fluid but it is awesome to find out water will do the trick just the same. Thanks for the great video! It is going straight into my bookmarked pages.

@1340jojo 5 months ago

What if I don't see ny black lines

@dose3041 3 weeks ago

Definitely works! Epson 3110, grab some wet wipes > ran the print head through manually > test print > 1 head cleaning.

@waspcatcher 2 years ago

Thank you! Works a treat. One of my heads was totally blocked, and not working at all - doing this twice along with a power clean sorted it out, when repeated power cleans did nothing.

@FalconFear 3 months ago

So I did this process with the wet paper multiple times swapping wet paper and going again before the dry for my printing black ink to still not come out. I then did the head cleaning on the printer 2/3 times and my ink now works perfectly. Thank you for this video it definitely works and if it doesn’t you have a serious clog or another issue

@eveningskysreflections 3 months ago

I still can't get one color to work😢

@jamesentenman9769 6 months ago

I wanted to thank you for a great video on print head cleaning. Your method worked great and allowed me to print color photos again. I had no idea with what was wrong with the printer and your idea saved me from possibly getting another printer. Thanks again.

@DrewObserves 1 month ago (edited)

Best video i've seen to fix ink clogging! Hope when I try this the "ink clog" error 92 will stop showing up, since screen only shows this error no matter what i've done. Your way seems like a fix.

@BrettBaillie 1 year ago

Thanks this was very helpful. I had to do it twice and double over the paper towel a couple of times to get it thick enough to reach the heads. I also found the yellow & magenta ink were not aligned with the cyan & black ink so moved it accordingly to get all of them wet. Don't be afraid to leave the wet towel there for 15 minutes or so.

@MohammedShorif97 1 year ago

I was skeptical this would work! However I’m really impressed please follow all these steps it will work after cleaning don’t forget to do a head clean then do another test print it off via nozzle check I done this on a Epson