Epson ET 2800 Printhead Cleaning - Not Printing FIXED - EASY DIY 

To EASILY unlatch that "lid holder upper thingee": 1. lift your control panel up completely. 2. lower or completely remove the black plastic panel directly under the lifted control panel. 3. open the printer lid the least amount that allows you to get your fingers on that latch. 4. lower the lid and latch straight down as far as possible while continuing to hold onto the latch. 5. Push the lowest portion of the latch you are touching, straight back towards the back of the printer. This allows the small protruding "knobs" on the bottom sides of the latch, to clear the plastic housing that holds it in. (I forgot to look to see if there is a "knob" on each side at the bottom of the latch or just on the left side, but this works either way). 6. After you push the latch to the rear and it clears that housing, continue to hold it back as you lift the printer lid. The latch is spring hinged, so you must hold it back to keep it from going back into place and re-latching inside the housing. To replace, just hold the latch behind the housing, bring the lid down as far as possible and push the bottom of the latch forward toward the front of the printer. Lift up slightly on the lid.

Thank you! Your video is the best & easy to follow. I have another Epson in storage that I think I'll bring back in because I bet I can get it working after watching this video. Keep up the good work.

This is the best video seen on this issue thanks so very much.

Everything is cleaned. Now when you say that if the scanner cable gets disconnected, its so easy to fix it, it's not worth you putting a video out. Well guess what? Some of us need that video!

The clog issue happens way more often with printers than it should. Would love it if the printer companies actually added a cleaning solution tank and clean the heads for you instead of wasting a bunch of ink; but, we know that would impact re-sales. Anyway, it is much more of an issue with EcoTanks because you aren't swapping cartridges. This is very helpful and I will be printing pages more often to avoid the clogs, but use this when I forget. NOTE: My only issue with your steps is having people run a power clean at the end. Instead, I would do a nozzle check because a power clean will fill up the maintenance box with ink and eventually that would have to be replaced. Running some ink purge sheets (Pages or images that just have the 4 ink colors in stripes or a full sheet of color) through multiple times would be better to clear out any excess air and then get the ink flowing through the heads instead of wasting a bunch of ink with a power clean.

Thank you for your AMAZINGLY helpful video with so many important details! It WORKED!!!!

Thank you SO very much! I usually rely on my husband to fix stuff but I was able to do this myself! Your video was so informative and easy to follow.

This is an amazing video! Thank you for the detailed instructions :)

Brilliant, very well explained, perfect thank you!

Thank you so much! I followed your video and my printer now works so much better! It wasn’t printing yellow or cyan but it is now!! Thank you so much for your very informative video!!!!

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I tried this on my Epson ET - 2800 which wasn't printing magenta or cyan. Now it is barely printing yellow and black is right out. Went to Settings, ran the nozzle scrub program (1/9 under settings). It started to improve after 2-3 rounds. Magenta worked, if not black. Went to a 110 weight piece of paper that would press a little more against the nozzles and it is up to 75% working.

Thank you, very helpful and detailed.

The cyan was not printing, so bought your kit and followed directions exactly, including the part where the cables came unplugged, haha! What a b**ch to get those plugged back in, but in the end, all four colors are printing now. Thank you. But the top was too easily unhinged, causing those flimsy ribbon cables to come unplugged. My advice is to not let the top be raised more than about 45 degrees.

nice video! on my 2850 the top part actually opens up all the way with out having to take any plastics off

Do I have to remove all the old ink inside the tank wells or just clean the heads

Thank you this fixed the problem!

Thank you for your video. I have the same problem with the same model of printer.

Could you please link me to a tutorial on how to get my ET-M3170 to print. I can't seem to find anything on-point online. It is currently printing blank pages.

My test prints are good, the purge print is perfect. But when I print a picture I get white lines . I'm at a loss...can you help

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! This worked!!!!!

Thanks so much. This helped

Hi, Do you have a video on how to fix the LCD panel. The LCD panel for my ET 2800 is just blank, its not showing anything. Thank you

Thank you, I fixed my printer!! :D

Is there advice on how to reconnect the fragile white scanner cords after they have detached? My printer is now unable to function, because the scanner (which I don't use at all) is now disconnected.

I can't get my 2800 to do a power cleaning. I press the buttons simultaneously but it never goes to that screen.

Hi, last time I tried to do that. I broke my other printer so I have to get a new one, but it’s still giving me the same issue for some reason the cayman blue is the only one that gets messed up even in my other one is any other way that you can clean up without going through all this I bought my printer two months ago and it’s already gave me the same issue as my old one, and the other one only had it for five months

This video helped me so much! Fantastic video. You explained everything really well and I was able to follow along with you. I am not technical and this helped me a lot! The only thing I wasn't able to do was get my printer top to come out so I could prop it up, but my hands were small enough to go in and do it anyways without unhinging it. How do I send you some money? Thanks again! Definitely subscribing to your channel!

Awesome impressive superb

Thanks!

why do i need to be a rocket scientist to use my printer

I have an et2710. It prints magenta, I test print revealed no yellow printing, head clean didn't fix it so have bought a cleaning kit. One question. The headcis parked on the right hand side of the printer and appears to be locked in position, how do you get the head to the mid position?

Thank you 🇭🇹🇺🇸

On my 2750, Black and Magenta work. When I pulled out all 4 of the cartridges as you showed, it looks like Yellow and Cyan do not have ink in the cart. Is this typical or is there another issue that needs to be addressed?

could I use IPA to clean the head, sir?

This was a really good video! It helped me out a lot! Idk if you still look at comments but I think I made a mistake and didn't unlock the print head before opening everything up. I ended up just pushing the block out of the way, but now I can't get it back in place. Will this damage the printer if I turn it back on without locking it place? Is there a way to get it back in?

Hey great video! I actually got a printer cleaning solution for my EPSON L3110. Got a question. Do I really need to heat up this solution to use it? Can I not just use it as is? And for heating, will microwaving to warm up for like 10 seconds or so work or will microwaving might affect the molecules of the solution?

I used your video here to know how to clean and unclog my epson et-4800. I cleaned out tubes, dampers, and print nozzles. I was able to get all colors working again *except* for the black. Anyone have any idea what to do further? Essentially if I can’t get all 4 colors working it’s useless for my sublimation projects. Thank you again for helping me try!

Thank you for the video, but unfortunately my printer still won’t print black. What should I do next. Thank you for advice

My printer has been down for a week, I could really use your help . Please and Thank you. How do you reset waste ink counter?

My printer is only printing black ink. Got the top off and was ready to follow your steps to clean the print head and when I took the cartridges out I noticed that they were all empty- except the black. My tanks are currently about 80% full. Could my issue be the clog is in the lines? Will this print head cleaning work?

What if I have dried ink in the cartridges? How do I flush those?

I have the Epson 2800. But we used the hippo ink. Do I need to stay with the same brand or would it hurt to go back to the ink that’s made for Epson printer.

Yeah I’m gonna need a close up vid of how to open the lid of the et-2800. Please & Thank you 😂😂

I tried all of this and now I have an E-02 error. I see a very thin white ribbon toward left rear area that appears to have pulled loose but I cannot see where it came out of. Anyone know? I cant proceed. The error wont let me even after powering down and unplugging.

Would this work on an epson 2400? I’ve searched through your videos and don’t seem to find one for a 2400. Also how would you recommend fixing those cables that you said could get disconnected? Mine disconnected and I don’t want to touch it anymore without knowing how to properly fix it. Id really appreciate your help. Thank you.

ciao qual è la TESTINA DI RCAMBIO per la ET2810?. che sigla ha ? Si trova su Amazon? grazie

Hi ok I did the printhead cleaning solution and was trying to put more ink in my printer but the ink is not going into the part where the ink goes, what can I do to fix that. And do you have a video on that. Thank for your help

I try pushing the syringe but nothing happens is it that clogged?

What if it spilled ink onto bottom tray under the print head.that white strip looks multi colored. Will it still be ok?

We used the printhead cleaning solution, and it worked really well. It was printing black again, which was our issue. However, a day later it slower started to fade until it wasn't working again. We used the solution again, following the instructions listed in this video. Now, we are getting no black. Any thoughts on what could be happening here? We have done nozzle head checks, cleanings, etc. over and over again.

Is the fix just for this printer or all epson eco tank printers? I need help with my epson eco tank 16600 not printing black solidly.

The problem with inkjet printers has never really been the ink, it’s always been the print heads, they never really get clean and a print head cost almost as much as the printer if you get it from Epson.

Great video, covers the cleaning perfectly, but it's a semi-fail because there are no instructions for re-attaching the two, small ribbon cables that come off on a lot of first time cleaning projects. It's easy to see where these go if you look at the backside. They do require very careful reattachment, using a very steady hand, good illumination and needle nose pliers or forceps, being very careful not to pinch the cable and damage it. I strongly suggest taping the top cover of the printer to the body so it does not fall off. The blue-tipped ribbon cable only goes in a few mm, not all the way, so don't damage it by trying to push in too far. Blue side up. The bottom line, DO NOT LET THE BACK OF THE COVER COME OFF!

I have Ecotank 2710 and it had some problems with printing colours. I bought the kit on Amazon and I did the procedure. The printer does not print any colours at all anymore, except for black. Any advice?

I'm thinking that placing a plastic sheet under the paper towel would keep the fluid from spreading.

Is there a trick to actually seeing the ink levels in the fron 4 windows. Ive never been able to see ink levels thru them??

This printer has a head cleaning option feature (under the maintenance menu) that takes about 3 minutes to run. Does that really do anything?

Hey Printer Guy, let me tell you about my ET-2803. It paper jammed, and I got it all out the front, nothing from the back. I say I got it all, and with the help of the comment below, I got the lid up and can see no remaining paper anywhere. When I tell it that it's cleared and push the diamond button "complete", the print head slams to the left, slams to the right, and comes back to rest left of center. I mean SLAMS. Then it says it's still jammed. I don't know how it determines it has a jam in the first place, or if there's a sensor somewhere that's still got a small shred in front of it. I can plainly see the mechanism it uses to determine if it's out of paper, but I'm not able to see a cause for my issue. Can you offer me any insight? Thank you.

I accidentally disconnected the measuring tape, after reconnecting it, the printer gave me the paper jam error. Any advice? Thanks

is this the best way to flush out all the old ink as well and put different ink inside?

I'm looking to buy a cheap all in one tank style printer. I want one that has print heads that are serviceable. By that I removable, cleanable, replaceable and available for purchase. What printer checks these boxes?

Hi! I have the 2850 that keeps leaving black ink behind causing smudges, any idea how to get rid of this?

my printer will not print nothing can not make the head where the ink is in help please i can not unlock it

Any other tips? I flushed the Cyan 3x already using 2 different solution. Still white lines for Cyan...

Thanks for the video! However I must have pulled up to hard because the top came off completely. and the smaller white ribbon came unattached, so I have no clue where to reattach it. I get a -02 error scan code. If possible a close up shot of the ribbons would help me to put it back thank you.

Those cables disconnected on me towards the end. Where do they connect to? I can’t find that

My Epson ET 2803 keeps stopping at about 30% and giving a W01 paper jam error. After a few times, it will say foreign material error. There is not foreign material. I have cleaned the rollers and updated drivers. Have you had any issues with this or other suggestions for fixing.? Epson won't help because warranty ran out a week before issue started.Teacher in desperate need of a working printer.

I cannot get ink to go into the printer. Is there a good way to clean or unclog the area where I actually fill the ink?

can that fix when getting white and black lines when printing a photo

so how do we reconnect the scanner cables back up mine came out and have no idea were they connect back

How do I put those white cables back on if two were disconnected

Hi, do you have the dimension of the silicone tube that you attached to the printer head nozzle?

How do I plug the ribbon cables back in? 😫 I got excited I was able to open up the top part of the printer and they ripped right out 😭

any information on the ET-4800?

hi my espon 2880 ecotank all the cartridge is empty tank how to prime the ink

I still have lines. I have heard back. From you. Can you please tell me what else to do

The link doesn't seem to show that cleaning kit.

Hello. I just did that to my Epson ET 2800 on Saturday. I just turned it on and is saying "scanner error" and is not letting me do the power cleaning. I promise you I put everything back very carefully. What can I do. Please help me. Thank you

You said use warm water if the solution won't go through. What causes the solution not to go through at room temperature?

Can u help me with new 2800 keeps saying paper jam or wrong paper.

As soon as I started the “power cleaning” a minute after it hit me with “ink pad service” error 😩 it won’t let me print now😫

can i use this cleaning solution to unclog sublimation ink?

How do you empty ink and refill the ink do you have another video to show this process?

My Epson EcoTank 2800 notes a jammed error and I've tried everything there is no jam. The screen will not allow me to move beyond the error jam message to do anything with it. Can you offer any suggestions

Pls i need assistant on my new epson l3210 printer it prints a blank page

What is the purpose of waiting the 12 hours after doing the power cleaning procedure, and what does this actually accomplish?

Can I hit it with some compressed air to speed up that dry time?

Hey Brandon, I hope you can help. I bought a new Epson ET-2803 that has only been used to make tattoo stencils with with Electrum Eco Stencils Ink for Epson Eco Tank Printers in all 4 tanks. Apparently, I found out the hard way that I wasn't printing enough stencils with this printer because all of the heads clogged over time. Since I only use a medical grade Methyl Violet-Based Stencil Ink, I'm not sure if the liquid head cleaning solution would be toxic. I do however clean up any spilled stencil ink with isopropyl alcohol. So I guess my question for you is since I cant use a standard printer cleaning kit, I hope you knew what size hose is on the syringe in the kit so that I can try to clean my printer with alcohol? I want to thank you in advance for any assistance that you can give me. 🙏 Poppy

Please HELP!!! I can't fill the tank on the black. Will doing this clean fix that or do i have a completely different problem?

I tried this and the black piece came off. How do I insert that back in?

Hey man what happens if I power on before 24 hours

So my ET 2800 keeps reading paper jam, in rear of printer. There are no paper jams at all. When I first turn the printer on a piece of paper loads and comes out the front with no problem. When I request a print it says there is a jam

Will this work on an et-15000

I did the cleaning. Wondering why you have to wait 24 hours. I did not and still have lines. Is that why you have to wait? Can it be done again a couple of days later? Thank you 🙏

i switch it to a sublimation ink from regular ink and now it is not printing should i purchase a new printer.

Yeah! It's too much of a headache, I'd rather buy toner or cartridges change and keep pushing. You have to buy and change pads, it's too much. Was not told all this before purchasing

I can’t even get past the first step. The black thing that I need to lift out/detach from my printer won’t budge and I’m afraid I’ll break it. I can’t see a thing in there to help me

Hello, I would like to ask you how to clean my sublimation printer ET1810 ?

How often does it happen with these printers that the print head dries out? After how long?