Advice on printer head cleaning

Manually cleaning your printer head if your printer is clogged or will not print can be tricky. The following advice should be considered "last ditch" if you cannot print because your printer head is clogged or dirty. Printer heads on inkjet printers usually clog after they have been sitting for a while. Your safest bet is to consult an authorized repair person.

Espon inket printer owners, you are in luck. When your printer gets clogged, you can get the Epson Head Flush Kit for your printer. For the rest of you, if you have no other option, try the following:

• First, run the cleaning utility, run it again and again to clean your print head. Try this up to 8 times.
• If this doesn't work you can try to carefully remove the cartridge or printer head and soak it in denatured alcohol. Rubbing alchohol will also dissolve inkjet printer ink. Vodka might even do it.
• You can use an electronic swap to gently wipe away dried up ink or a lint-free cloth. Don't try using cotton swabs, gauze pads or paper. The print head jets are many times smaller than a human hair and are easily clogged by fibers.
• Wipe away pooled ink from inside the printer.
• With repeated soaking and gentle wiping, your print head may work by using the cleaning utility a few more times.
• If this doesn't work try one of our headflush kits or a new print cartridge or print head.

Epson print heads are known to become clogged, especially if you don't print often or put your printer into storage.

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