Epson WF-2630

[Michael]

Hello,

i have a couple of Epson workforce WF-2630 which prints bad. Some don´t print black others have bad testpattern. Is it possible to refurbish this printheads? Maybe with some cleaning fluids? I wish to run them again to prevent more and more electronic waste.

Any ideas?
Thanks Michael

[copiertec]

Have you run them though the cleaning cycle several times?

[Phil B.]

Hello,

i have a couple of Epson workforce WF-2630 which prints bad. Some don´t print black others have bad testpattern. Is it possible to refurbish this printheads? Maybe with some cleaning fluids? I wish to run them again to prevent more and more electronic waste.

Any ideas?
Thanks Michael

have you run the basic and advanced cleaning?

I've found that inactivity and location under/near AC vents will dry them out quick.

[skynet]

I have got one of them at home and I fixed my blocked yellow by doing this.

Put the print head into ink replacement position, remove the inks place a rag to the left of the prinhead (where the paper goes through)

Push the printhead to where the rag is and squirt isopropyl alcohol into the blocked ink.

If this doesn't work, well its a £50 printer

[Phil B.]

I have got one of them at home and I fixed by blocked yellow by doing this.

Put the print head into ink replacement position, remove the inks place a rag to the left of the prinhead (where the paper goes through)

Push the printhead to where the rag is and squirt isopropyl alcohol into the blocked ink.

If this doesn't work, well its a £50 printer

i have revived a few with that trick but using Simple Green instead of IPA

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[skynet]

i have revived a few with that trick but using Simple Green instead of IPA

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Yeah but we use IPA at work so..

[Phil B.]

Yeah but we use IPA at work so..

Yes IPA works...

but Simple Green is great for cleaning covers... rubber rollers... ink spills... carb cleaner ... bath tubs/showers ..brake rotors too!

i buy it by the gallon

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[Michael]

Have you run them though the cleaning cycle several times?

yes. some of them nearly 10 times..sometimes black goes better and then much worse... maybe printhead is faulty...

[Michael]

have you run the basic and advanced cleaning?

I've found that inactivity and location under/near AC vents will dry them out quick.

there is no advanced cleaning... you can only select :cleaning head... nothing more... maybe from the util under windows allows more options but i never seen this..

[Michael]

I have got one of them at home and I fixed my blocked yellow by doing this.

Put the print head into ink replacement position, remove the inks place a rag to the left of the prinhead (where the paper goes through)

Push the printhead to where the rag is and squirt isopropyl alcohol into the blocked ink.

If this doesn't work, well its a £50 printer

i tried with isopropyl but nothing better... even worse, because no black ink comes out even after many cleaning steps...

printer is not a 50 pound printer.. maybe depends of the € :-)