How to clean ink cartridge if they are blocked with dried ink

[ILikeTastyBread]

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[ILikeTastyBread]

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[dridri4life]

why is the internet so great?

[dridri4life]

for my epson i just went to maintence> nozzle check> head clean and it just cleaned the printer head for me.

[mrmartyman7]

I have a Brother MFC- 240c I cant get past the error message replace yellow , no matter what have had this apart so many times could do it with my eyes closed .

cleaned everthing . can this be bypassed because this error is bogus .

any help please before I don't have any hair left.

[minordefect22]

DO NOT DO THIS WITH YOUR EPSON CARTRIDGE!! Epsons dont have printheads on their cartridges. Never have, never will. Epson uses an internal printhead system so you have to replace the whole machine if it clogs. Epson are a bunch of crooks... Come on Printcountry, you should know better. Shame on you.

[cwwoodbury]

how are the cartridges morphing into epsons after removal from the brother printer? lol

[Sullysaccount]

does anyone know how to do the print head cleaning process on a lexmark x1180

[6488ott]

you dont need magic bullet- only a syringe, makeshift tube and warm water. inject gently, the water straight into the cartridge pickup nozzle. mine was blocked totally and after 1 rinse and a head clean is now perfect. honest.

6488ott 1 second ago

[elghian]

I have a ultrasonic cleaner(normal use for this, is for cleaning jewellery and medical instruments) I dip the printer head into warm water within the ultrasonic bath for about 10 minutes or less and the ink just flows away. Remove the sticky label that covers the refilling ports, force air through the ports by blowing with your mouth and the ink will exude from the printer head. This will usually clear the printer head. Make sure any residual ink is cleaned off before putting your mouth there

[luis39205]

Eh... i think the problem with my printer is the print head but i have already replaced it with a new cartridge and still doesnt work.. so what do i do now? PM me please

[irulethe70s]

however, keep the clogged ink for backup ink to draw from it like refiling but getting the old ink

[yellowplum78]

The print head depends on the cartridge, most Canon and HP printers have the print head on the actual cartridge. Although what is displayed in the video is an Epson cartridge which has a separate print head in the printer once you remove the cartridge. Google your printer model and the words print head to see if you can locate a separate print head. If so you will have to clean it by removing it.

[jaworskij]

You didn't say *WHERE* to find the print head. I have a 2004-era inkjet and can't find the darned thing.

[tiredfingers99]

I just disassembled my hp 80 Designjet print head, and found that there was a giant glob of heavy ink, the type that wont go through the print head nozzles, and a metal filter mesh inside and above the print head, you need to remove this glob and then it will print properly. What happens is the ink is heavier then water, and all that ink goes to the bottom and clogs the printhead from the inside. Also try storing your print head upside down for a while as well.

[ralejojr]

This worked perfectly for an HP DesignJet black ink cartridge that was sitting unused for 9 months. Thank you for the video!

[Djspartan23]

I just opened a new printer and all this badboy wants to print is faded red from the test page (did not even want to do that the first first 10 trys) I need to print out my resume by tomorrow and this pos will not print!

[SuperDOHC]

just take out ur ink cartrige and put them back in without doin anything to em and it had worked with me.

[mariehetherington]

This video is addressing dried ink in the cartridge however if you have dried ink in the actual nozzle head or nozzles themselves this method will not resolve the problem.

Apparently using Acetone or nail polish remover will actually damage the nozzles.

[gixxerich]

ive done what you say here but when i run a nozzle check my yellow has gaps on the paper, any suggestions?

[afg96]

try to use aceton or nail remover

[andrzej1983]

epson and hp are very difficult to repair, buy cheap printer insted

[Demoras]

Epson and HP are cheap.