Clogged Epson Jets

[John Macdonald]

Is there an easy way to unclog Epson printer jets?
A friend has left me with a printer and a bunch of piezography stuff that I want to fiddle with, but there seems to be some clogged jet issues with this thing.

Who knows the straight story on this?

[pierce]

Is there an easy way to unclog Epson printer jets?
A friend has left me with a printer and a bunch of piezography stuff that I want to fiddle with, but there seems to be some clogged jet issues with this thing.
Soak some blotting paper or something similar in 70% isopropyl, and put it under the print head for awhile, then run a bunch of cleaning cycles. repeat until you get good results. If the thing is completely dried out, it can take a way long time, and might even empty an ink cart or two.

Epsons work best if you use them at least once a week. I've got a older Epson 740 thats printed 1000s of pages, still going strong.. Awhile back it got clogged from neglect, and I used that as an excuse to get a Photo 825, then managed to get the 740 cleared again and running on all jets...

[John Macdonald]

I'll have to pull the piezography ink from it and try that with a standard ink cartrige.




Soak some blotting paper or something similar in 70% isopropyl, and put it under the print head for awhile, then run a bunch of cleaning cycles. repeat until you get good results. If the thing is completely dried out, it can take a way long time, and might even empty an ink cart or two.

Epsons work best if you use them at least once a week. I've got a older Epson 740 thats printed 1000s of pages, still going strong.. Awhile back it got clogged from neglect, and I used that as an excuse to get a Photo 825, then managed to get the 740 cleared again and running on all jets...