 Hey guys, this is Kevin. Today, we're going to show you how to replace an Epson printhead. So at first, I hope you don't mind. Here's the door trigger. Start here. So when they push it down, the printer think the door is closed. To be able to show you, let me put a piece of form here so the printer think the door is closed. So I can open this printer and show you. So the first thing we need to do is make this thing movable, move back and forth. So this thing is locked here. If you look at this way, there's a white lock. Let's see it right here. And to unlock it. So the first thing we need to do is to power it down. So as soon as you see it's moving, unplug the power. Okay, so now this thing can move back and forth. Okay, now I don't know if you want to keep this cover or not. I usually just throw it away. So you move this to the middle of those two slots so this cover can open. Just put your finger here. Just put it apart and it'll come out. I'll put this one away if you want to keep yours and put it back. Just put it back. Here are all the tools that you need. A screwdriver. A Phillips screwdriver is a pretty small one for this guy. And also you'll need some kind of either a needle or something you can poke it. You can poke stuff. Okay, after that you will remove the cartridge. Okay, so the first thing we do is we remove this cover. Which is we have removed this screw. And then there's one tab here. One tab here. And then there's one tab here. So let's remove the screw first. And then we're going to do this tab and this tab. You can just use your finger. Just lift it up. You can see. And this one. And then here. Okay, pretty easy. Now we're going to remove this pin board. This pin board is secured on the two sides. Okay, first one is really easy. If I zoom in, you can see I get a square opening right here. So you just have a needle just put it in. And leave this side up. Now after I leave this side up. This side is hard to find. If I zoom in, you can see a tiny thing maybe. Maybe you can't. What happens is this opening is blocked by this white plastic. However, if you know where it is, it's right here. So if you go down, it's right here. Even you cannot see it, that's fine. Just use your poker. For me, I'm using a needle. Just poke it in. Just assume you can see an opening. So line up with this. So I go all the way down, it's right here. So I just dig it in, push it in. Okay, now we put the board on side. And this color can be lit up just with a finger. Now the printhead is secured by the three screws. We unscrew those. And now the printhead can easily be removed. And remember the cable. There's one long cable goes all the way to here. And it goes in. And then there's a cable. There's another side here. Just pull on this long cable. And remove. Remember the printhead. This cable is removed. It goes in like this. The blue is towards the sky. So it goes in like this. And the same as the other ones. And so if I put a printhead in, the two cables should look like this. The blue is always towards up. Okay, now is what you pay money for. Okay, how to put a new one in. First thing to remember is this label over towards you. So you're supposed to put in like this. Okay. The second thing is most people when they put in the cable all messed up and they always ask me, hey Kevin, how you are trying to cables? Okay, let me show you one trick that's very easy. Okay. First thing is make sure that the cable is clean. Because when you remove it, this cable might come down and dip in the ink. So make sure this is clean. And this is dry and clean. Okay, so that's good. So over go is the printhead sit down like this. And we put this one in like this. So lots of people when they put it in, they will try very hard and then they flip this. So like a flip this like this. They put it in and the whole thing messed up. So what you do is just make it relax. Okay. And here's your plan. So if I put in like this, my plan is put this in like this. So I'm going to use my finger to flip both of them. Flip like this. So I flip this way. And I'm flipping this this way. Got it. So now I put it in. Okay. Now I'm flipping it backwards. Okay. So you can see here I look really messy. But we will not if you put it in. After you put it in, you put in another cable. So this one, my plan is go in like this. So I can just tilt this up and put it in. Okay. So now both of them has a crack orientation. So when you put it in, see it's not too messy. Look messy but it's going to be covered up. Okay. So the third thing is also very important. So how to set your printer. If I zoom in and you can see you have a guide. Okay. So you have a guide here. Then you have a screw hole. So guide, screw hole, guide, screw hole. So first thing you do is you want to lay it flat. And so by the way, this cable just push it away. Okay. You don't want to be underneath. So you'll just put it away. Put it on the side. So you can see our guide is in. And on this side, your challenge is make this as tight as flat as possible. Because if you get a little bit screwed, the printer clean by using this rubber pad to attach to the bottom and suck ink. If you not install this evenly, later on when you clean the printer, you will not have any sections because you didn't install this level. So I'll put the first one in. Just give a couple of twists. Make sure it's in. And then I wiggle it a little bit. Just make sure it's even. Then I put the third one in. Then I just tighten them one by one a little bit. A little bit. So I need to un-tighten this because no one is tightening now yet. So we just got to a couple of twists for each one. A little bit. A little bit. Until everyone is tight. In this way, you install this even. See? Actually, in the middle, I push this one down. Okay. Here it's actually coming down. It's locked. And this is the reason that lots of people, they failed after they replaced the printhead because their printhead is not installed. Install leveled. So they cannot run the self-cleaning effectively. So other than this is very easy. Push those cables aside. Now the keyboard. When we put the board in, make sure that this one goes to the slot first. Make sure this one is lined up with this notch. So the board is parallel. So parallel to the case is not screwed. A good way of checking if you put it parallel to the box is if you remember that square hole, if you install correctly, the actual latch is on that hole. So if you push it in, that can release the... You can feel the resistance. It already released the board. And you can here click. Then you can release it. Okay. So the board is installed correctly. If you do not, if you do not install correctly, it's going to has an angle. Then you have a couple of cartridges that can read a couple of cartridges can't. Now the only thing left to do is put this one back. And I use my finger to tuck the cable in a little bit. So I start from the right. And those two are locked. Then just push it down. Then I put the screw. I hope you like this video. Visit us at www.bchtechnologies.com locally at Greensboro, North Carolina. Cheers!