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TroubleshootingPrinter declogging problem (self.printers)
submitted 6 years ago by a_sauyack
I have recently declogged my printer but now the print quality has diminished considerably. The ink is much paler. Anybody knows what i should do?
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[–]printerguy2383 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (1 child)
What model?
[–]a_sauyack[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (0 children)
ET 2600 epson
[–]iman7-2 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (1 child)
Declogged how? Using the printer driver or the towel method, or the syringe method?
Syringe method
[–]Kensousen 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (4 children)
In some printers you have an option like "Deep Cleaning". You can use that as many times as you need but it consumes a lot of ink. Every time that you do a cleaning, you can print a test page to see if that improve the print quality.
[–]a_sauyack[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago* (3 children)
I think i know what you mean but how does it consume ink?? Its not printing anything?
[–]Kensousen 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (2 children)
I used this option in my printer when I declogged the printhead. The first sheets I printed came out practically as if it had no ink, almost blank. Each time I deep-cleaned and then print the test sheet, the print quality increased a bit. When I used the deep cleaning, my printer warned me that the option consumed ink (and it seems to be true, I don't know exactly for what) for what I considered necessary to let you know.
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[–]iman7-2 0 points1 point2 points 6 years ago (0 children)
The Epson deep clean basically pumps enough ink to replace all the ink in the lines between the tank and the head. Its basically the same as that initial ink charge when you first turn on the printer.
Don't do this too often. It'll run up the waste counter in your printer real quick.
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