11-02-2021, 12:21 PM
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Printer on the fritz!
For some reason best known to itself - my Epson XP 235 has decided to only print in purple!Wasted precious ink in doing nozzle checks, head cleans, and head realignments - no change.
Epson Customer Services is a joke - in fact I do not believe it exists.
Had reluctantly decided to buy a new printer and was rummaging about on Amazon when this came up:-
Jetlifetech Printer Head Cleaning solution. Not heard of it before so checked the 'reviews' - one of these was from someone who had had the same problem as me - and this stuff had cured it.
Tried it this morning - works beautifully - and at £12.99p per bottle it is certainly cheaper than a new printer. Only uses 10ml at a time and the bottle holds 100ml. Designed to work with Epson, Canon, and HP.
Just thought I would pass this information on!
11-02-2021, 12:40 PM
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Re: Printer on the fritz!
Originally Posted by Sweetsue
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My Epson MG3051 is not printing properly atm. How does the cleaning solution get onto the head?
1 x 100ml bottle of fluid.
1 x 5ml syringe
1 x length of plastic tubing
3 x nozzles.
And a clearly written/illustrated instruction leaflet.
You start by doing a basic nozzle check to identify which head is blocked - remove that cartridge - disconnect printer from the mains power - draw up solution into syringe - attach it to print head and inject - leave for one hour - blot any excess fluid from round print head - connect everything up again - job done!
11-02-2021, 01:12 PM
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Re: Printer on the fritz!
Originally Posted by Omah
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Top tip ..... 
Years ago I had the "purple printer" problem and scrapped the printer ..... there was no solution at the time .....
I'll bear this one in mind .....
Amazon is your friend!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
11-02-2021, 03:07 PM
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Re: Printer on the fritz!
Originally Posted by Silver Tabby
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For some reason best known to itself - my Epson XP 235 has decided to only print in purple!Wasted precious ink in doing nozzle checks, head cleans, and head realignments - no change.
Epson Customer Services is a joke - in fact I do not believe it exists.
Had reluctantly decided to buy a new printer and was rummaging about on Amazon when this came up:-
Jetlifetech Printer Head Cleaning solution. Not heard of it before so checked the 'reviews' - one of these was from someone who had had the same problem as me - and this stuff had cured it.
Tried it this morning - works beautifully - and at £12.99p per bottle it is certainly cheaper than a new printer. Only uses 10ml at a time and the bottle holds 100ml. Designed to work with Epson, Canon, and HP.
Just thought I would pass this information on!
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