How I Fixed My Epson Ecotank Printer That Wasn't Printing All Colors
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- In this video, I show you how I fixed an Epson Ecotank Printer that wasn't printing blue. I was ready to throw the printer out the window, until I figured out how to fix it. If you cannot print all colors on an Epson Ecotank Printer, check out this video to see if it helps you. Since Power Cleaning adds a decent amount of ink into your waste tank, use it sparingly and as a last resort. Thanks for watching!!!
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Whoever this kind heart was to post this video, I am eternally grateful..Had you been in my neighborhood and drove past my house an hour or two ago, you may have encountered a flying printer... and for that I apologize. You saved all and assundry from injury! Thank you so much... little things are never just little!
I am so glad this video was helpful! I can tell from your comment that you are a very creative soul. I would love to drive through your neighborhood but not to get injured by a flying printer but to hang out and craft! Thank you.
This video was a LIFESAVER!!! I was ready throw in the towel on my printer! I did countless nozzle checks and print head cleanings and still no magenta or cyan. Thank God for RUclips... not sure how our parents survived without it!
I love our RUclips University too! Use it so so often. Thank you for leaving your beautiful comment!!!
Never doubt the value of your videos. Your mention of the repeated print head cleanings was just the ticket. Thanks to you, I didn't need to do the power cleaning! Thank you SO MUCH!
That is great!!! Thank you so much for the inspiration!
This was so helpful thank you so much for posting. I was in tears trying to figure out why it wasn't working and couldn't figure out how to do the power cleaning. Going to try that now.
Did it work for you? I hope you got your printer working again.
Thank you so much. I am a college student and my friends and I spent 2 hours trying to fix a printer but this was exactly what we needed. You are a savior.
I’m so glad it worked for you!!! Good luck during your college career 😃
THANK YOU!! I was so nervous to do the power cleaning and your video came up in my search for what it actually does. MY PRINTER IS FIXED NOW!!
That is awesome!!! What a coincidence 😀
This video just saved me a trip to return a printer. Thank you for this fix solved my problem! The blue wasn't printing, after several head cleanings. So glad I found this one.
It's interesting that others have also said it was the blue that wouldn't print. What is it about the blue ink:) I'm so glad it helped!
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I have been googling and googling for hours trying to get my printer to print all the colors! I just happened to find your video and IT WORKED!!!!
I’m so glad it worked for you!!!
You are amazing! Easy to understand. Straight to the point. Saved the day! Your voice is easy to listen to
Thank you so much, Cathy!!! I'm glad it worked for you.
You fixed my printer!! Thank you so much Ms. Marilyn ❤ I have a ET-2803 and the cyan and yellow were taking turns fading in and out, what a simple fix! 😅
I'm so glad it helped you!!!
This is exactly what I needed. Thank you. I had very similar symptoms. We are a family of 8 here and the printer gets a lot of action. With it being as new as it is I thought the same thing. Something has to give. It was fine on the first print and then it was magenta and black on the second and so on. Cyan and yellow were completely missing on the nozzle checks, cleaning, etc. Ink levels all more than 50%. Power cleaned and less than a minute after I did several test prints and I was back in business! I understand it can take 12 hours after the fact, but it was so simple and amazing either way. I will gladly replace my waste tank when the time comes. I work in IT and printers are complicated beasts, but we need them to function regardless. This is great. Turn it up to 11 for Making with Marilyn!
Thank you so so much! I appreciate your comment and so glad it worked!
I have the ecotank ET-2850. Color was not printing despite having sufficient ink levels.
I did exactly what you outlined, and IT WORKED!!! Thank you so much!
I'm really glad it worked for you!!! No need to throw the printer out the window like I almost did:)
THANK YOU!!! Printers can be so frustrating at times! Works like a charm now, thanks to you!!
I'm so happy it helped you!
This video was a life saver! I tried doing a bunch of other recommendations from other videos and nothing worked.
I'm so glad it was helpful!
Thanks! Chucked two printers over the past few years having these issues, so glad it worked this time. Costs a small fortune :D
I'm so glad it worked for you!!! I was getting ready to throw mine away too.
Brilliant - Thank you sooo much!!! I went through the entire process that you did. I was about to throw the printer away even though it’s only 9 months old😢 Then I found your video! Woo Hoo- now it works perfectly 🥳
I'm so glad it worked for you!!!! Thanks for letting me know.
This was very helpful! I appreciate you uploading this, such a simple fix! :)
Thank you!
I cannot thank you enough!!! I thought for sure I was throwing this printer away! And now I don’t have too!! ❤
I'm glad it worked for you! I was in the same situation - I was so worried I would have to trash it. So I was really happy when it worked. Thank you so much for your comment.
I appreciate the time you took to create this video! I was at wits' end! I use my computer daily and my magenta stopped working altogether. I thought I'd tried everything. I was ready to throw in the towel. Thank you for explaining the solution to such an upsetting problem. :)
You’re very welcome. I was ready to toss my printer out of the window before I tried this😂
Thank you so much! I was afraid to do the power clean but after watching you, it works great again. Thanks for the video and the tips in the comments
The power cleaning is definitely one of those last resort things, but I was about to throw my printer away so was happy I tried it. Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Marilyn, thank you so much for your video instructions. the POWER Cleaning worked for my issue!!!
You're welcome and I'm so happy it worked for you!!!
You saved the day!!! I was ready to order a new printer!!! Thank YOU!
I'm so glad this worked for you!!!
Awesome!! Thank you so much. I was thinking that I’d have to take my printer to a repair shop or try to find completely new ink tanks. You saved me. Much appreciated. 🙏🏼
That’s great that it worked for you!!!
Thank you so much Marilyn I was ready to throw the printer out the window but your fix has working great again.
Yay!!! That is awesome and I'm happy it helped you.
Your solution helped me too! I had exactly the same problem (with cyan) and your video was just what I needed. Thank you so much x
You're very welcome and I'm so glad it was helpful!!! Happy printing.
Thank you. A perfect video that resolved my problem.
You are welcome! I’m glad it worked for you.
Thank you! You are a very good teacher and very smart!
Awww, thank you so much!!! I learned this from someone else, but I appreciate your comment very much!
Your advice worked like a charm! Thanks Marilyn!!
I'm glad it helped!
Thank you so much! I was ready to give up on my printer. This worked immediately!!
That’s how I felt too. Was ready to trash it🙂
I wasn’t sure about the Power Cleaning because of all the warnings!! Thank you for posting this!! It worked perfectly with my Epson ET-4800.
I totally understand how you feel about the power cleaning function. It can't be used very often or you will fill your waste tank, but it was the only way to save my printer from the trash:) Thank you so much for watching!!!
Thank you for this video, I fixed my printer. So glad I found you.
That’s great!!! Thank you.
Every time I buy a printer, the blue stopped working almost immediately. This fixed my issue. Thanks so much!
So glad it was helpful!
Oh my goodness! Thank YOU! It worked. I was freaking out all weekend.
I'm so glad it worked for you!!!
I have an Epson ET-8550 and this troubleshooting video was a life saver.
I'm so glad it was helpful!!!
Thank you! Super helpful and quick!
Thank you!
Thank you so much! Mine was yellow and I knew I wasn’t crazy! Thanks bunches.
You're very welcome!
This video was a LIFESAVER!!
I'm glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
Thank you so much! Had magenta stop printing halfway through a photo and this fixed it in one go 😊
I'm so glad it helped! Thanks for watching and commenting.
GODSEND! i found your video and did the power cleaning at it most certainly fixed the color issue for me. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's so great!!! I'm glad the video was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video! It fixed my problem!
You’re welcome. I’m glad it worked for you.
I'm running the power clean now. 🤞🏼crossed that this works because I just bought this printer. If it doesn't work it's going back! Thank you for the tip Marilyn.
I hope it worked.
So so so grateful for you!!! I had an issue where my eco tank was printing only light black with lines in between. Did the power cleaning and it's back to the original print!!! Thank you thank you
That is excellent!!! Thank you for letting me know it was helpful.
thank you for providing results, and thanks for such a good tutorial!
You’re very welcome. Thank you for watching!
Thank you, just helped me to quickly fix my issue ❤
I'm so glad it helped!!!
Thanks for video! Didn't have to do 'deep' maintenance, just repeated nozzlechecks fixed it, thanks. After all print problems i thought it couldnt be fixed by something so simple.
That’s wonderful!!! If you can get by without doing the power clean, you save more of the life of your waste tank so I’m glad the nozzle checks worked 😃
Oh my gosh, thank you so much! I was at the end of my rope but this worked! Yay, I’m back in business!
Yay!!! I'm glad it worked for you!!!
Thank you so much. i have the same problem and was thinking of purchasing a new one since my printer is already 4 years old. but it work, saves me alot.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
🎉 Thank you, I thought I tried this before and it didn’t work,but this time it worked! I’m so happy 😅
I'm glad it worked for you! It's so frustrating when our machines quit working.
Thank you for the tips. After watching your video, I wanted to see what other options were available before doing a power cleaning. I decided to cycle through some of the head alignment checks, combined that with nozzle cleaning and was able to avoid a power cleaning.
That’s great!
How do you do a nozzle cleaning? I did 2 power cleanings and my magenta still isn't printing fully
@@dini10000 There's a setting on the Epson printer. When you go into maintenance it does the initial check and the option pops up. I think it's listed right before power cleaning. I just cycles back and forth between the alignment checks and the nozzle cleaning and it worked itself out.
Thank you so much for sharing, I'm doing this right now!
I sure hope it works for you!
Thanks for the video! Without your help I probably had toss away my new printer! I just follow your instructions and fixed my epson ET-3710. ❤❤❤
That was the point I was at too:) Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for full help
You're very welcome!
Great video! Power cleaning did the trick, thanks so much!
I'm so glad it helped!!! Thank you for watching!
Same problem Model ET4800. Tried to clean the nozzle 3 times....no luck.
I opened the ink reservoir cover and saw that each color had a cover that when you open it looks like it somehow allows air in.
I took a drinking straw and blew air into the blue one, it made a sound sorta like bubbling. I then did another nozzle clean....no luck.
I then did another nozzle clean but this time I GENTLY puffed on the straw while it was printing. It got looking about halfway as good as the other colors.
So I did it again.
PERFECT.
I then printed a a color picture like yours.
PERFECT.
Thank you for sharing your method! I'm happy you got it working again.
Awesome! I had the exact same issue (blue not printing, no matter how many printhead cleanings I did) on my EcoTank ET-4800. This solved it, thank you!!
I'm glad it helped! Thank you for letting me know.
same issue only it was the magenta. Multple cleanings and test printing. At first I thought it was because I was low on black. Even though the test prints showed all the three lines solid, it still didn't print the magenta.
This fixed my problem! Thank you!!
I'm so glad it was helpful! Thank you for letting me know:)
This solved my problem. And you were correct it did use a lot of ink, but it was worth the fix.
It was my last resort. I thought the printer was going to end up in the trash:)
THANK YOU!!! I had this problem for months.
You're welcome! Thank you for watching.
Thank you so much - I was so ready to give up!
I'm so happy it was helpful!
None of my colors were printing in the nozzel checks and after multiple head cleanings. I was anxious about the Power Cleaning until I watched your video - problem solved! Thanks!!
I'm so glad it worked for you. It is definitely a last resort option, but worth it to try versus throwing the printer away:)
It's same problem with you ma'am @GretchenBirdwell.
Thnk you so much ma'am @MakingwithMarilyn ❤❤❤
It's really helpful
OMG I LOVE YOU!!!it actually worked!!!
That is great! I'm so happy it was helpful.
Thank you. I was on my way to through my sublimation printer out the window... works perfectly now
I'm so glad this was helpful for you!!! Thanks for watching and letting me know:)
AWESOME! ME too with the eco tank! Love the printer but having the same issue …. Thanks to you I will fix it ❤
I sure hope it works for you as well!!! I was just about ready to throw it away:) I love the ecotank printers as well and so was happy it was fixable. Thank you for watching!
It worked! Thank you so much.
Yay!!! So much better than having to buy a new printer.
Thank you soo much!! Mine wasn’t printing the black or blue ink! I freaked out thinking I was going to have to buy a new printer, I ended up doing the nozzle check and head clean and magically the blue and black ink print again!!!
Super news!!! I'm glad you were able to get it to work. I was ready to throw mine out the window when it wouldn't print all the colors:)
Thank you so very much for this!!!! It worked
That is wonderful!!! I'm so glad it was helpful.
It worked for me, too! Thanks so much!
I'm so glad it worked!!! This is a last ditch effort, but when it's either throw away the printer or do it, it's a good option to have.
This helped me. Thank you.
I so glad it was helpful!!!
I had to do this a couple of months ago on my ET-2760 too cause I was missing a color. If you haven't tried it yet, try printing on photo paper....wow what a difference! I just bought the Walmart pen+gear brand to try out for some notebooks I'm making.
Thanks Anita! I will give it a try. I have noticed that good paper makes a big difference.
Thanks for sharing...your solution worked great....
I'm so happy to hear that!!!
@@MakingwithMarilyn i always appreciate people who take the time to post these types of fixes.....they help so much and save much frustration......THANKS AGAIN !!!!!
THANK YOU !!!! Worked
Yay!!!! I'm so. happy it did.
Hi Marilyn. I have an Epson 2720 eco tank printer that isn’t printing the right colors. I found the last page I printed after doing a nozzle clean and a head clean. Would you believe it’s also my blue that isn’t printing. I wasn’t getting the blue to print after doing another head cleaning. I did 3 more head cleanings and it still wasn’t printing the blue. The next step like you said was the power clean. My tanks are between 1/3 and 1/2 full. The blue being half. Thank you for your advice. I don’t know if I’m going to do the power clean. I have to think about it. I’ll let you know!
A printer is saved, thanks to you!
I’m so glad it worked for you too!!! I was about to throw this printer out the window before discovering this🤣 Thank you so much for your comment!
Just did a power clean then a nozzle check.
Working good TY!
I'm so glad it was successful for you!
Thank you!!! And to do power cleaning on Epson ET-2720: “Press and hold the power button and the help button at the same time until you see the Power Cleaning screen.”
Thank you so much for sharing that information!
I’m trying this right now and nothing happens.
Ok finally got it to initiate power cleaning with your tip. Thanks!
@@jesseh6309 I'm glad you got it to start. I hope it helps with your printing issue!
Thanks, this really helped :-)
That's great! I'm happy it helped you.
Thank You !!!! This saved my printer!!!!!
I’m so glad it was helpful!!!
I am cleaning right now... the power cleaning fixed mine, i had did print head clean around 6 times then i did the power. Thank you, i have the same espon et02803
I'm so glad it worked for you too!
Yes! Power Cleaning was the key! Mine is an ET-2720 and the keystrokes were a bit different to get there (had to power off, then hold the power+? to get to the power cleaning mode), but it totally worked. Thanks you. :)
That is great! I'm so glad it worked for you.
I had same as you. Nozzle clean made no difference but power clean worked! Mine was not printing any black. Power clean used up about 1/4 of my black ink.
It sure does use a lot of ink, but as a last resort I was willing to do it. Thank you for watching!
It worked! Thanks
That's great! Glad to hear it.
Thank you!
It worked for my ET-2800... thank you!
I'm so glad it worked for you!
Thank you! This works :)
I'm so glad it worked for you!
Lifesaver! Thank you thank you thank you
You’re very welcome and I’m glad it helped 😃
Hi Marilyn. I have the ET-2760 & found out you have to have to use it regularly ir the print heads get dry. I had to do the cleaning and the color is fine now. I have never been able to make stickers but print then cut works fine on paper. Someone in chat told me to leave the "paper" setting alone. I've been changing to photo paper. My Great grand-daughter wants some stickers so I'm going to give it another try but on regular paper setting.
Some people have great luck with the plain paper setting. I predominately use presentation paper matte and high quality printing.
@@MakingwithMarilyn I'll try that setting.
Thank you, I bought the ET-15000 and no color when I set it up. I did this and it worked! Thank You!
You're very welcome! I have an ET 15000 too and I really love it.
Tip to save most of your ink without draining it through the process of power cleaning is to hold the power button once you see the slightest change in ink levels. Turn the printer back on and give it some time to adjust and do a test print with color and should be fixed.
Thank you so much for that tip!
Saw this too late! At least the power clean worked. It's still a bit frustrating that you have to flush all the inks when for most people only one will be clogged
@@ButlerWho yes that is a good point!
Thank you so much! It worked and my printer prints like normal again.
Turn the printer on or off after holding the power button?
Worked on my ET-4800. Thank you!
Yay!!! I'm happy it helped.
Thanks! It helped me too!
I'm so glad it did. Thank you for letting me know!
OMG!!! Your video saved my life! Thank you soooo much!
In my case Black and Magenta were missing.
I did exactly as you told and I have an amazing result!
That is excellent news!!! I'm glad it worked for you.
yep I am having the exact same issues except after multiple nozzle checks and head cleaning it prints ZERO color only black. I spent hours trying to troubleshoot I even checked all my computer printer settings, drivers, software, printing from different computers and software, etc. After much googling I’ve come to the possibility of clog in the tubes and this here doing a power clean….i wasn’t exactly sure what it entailed when it said “chance to replace ink” now I know. So what I’ve learned is that this is the next step is to do the power clean and then if that still doesn’t work then opening up the printer and taking the tubes out and cleaning the tubes in warm water to clear out the clogs if that’s the case. So I REALLY REALLY hope that this fixes it. THANK YOU for this video this is the exact same printer/model I have that is giving me this problem. My other printer is an Epson ET-2800 converted to sublimation…that one is having discoloration issues and my projects colors came out nothing like the original image… so I guess that’ll be next for me to attack and figure out unless you know about that also.
I sure hope it works out for you. Thanks for sharing what you have learned.
Good video thanks
Thanks Jessie!
I need to check my eco printer to make sure it still works with no missing colors because I haven't used in a while. Some of the eco tanks you can't replace the waste tank and which ones I'm not sure.
Thanks for sharing!
Tracey
I learned that about not being able to replace waste tanks awhile back. I think looking for a RUclips video on the particular printer or googling it is probably the best way to know. Thanks so much for watching.
Yeap. My eco printer blue is totally gone. Clogged. Trying to get up and running
Thank you!!
You’re welcome!
THANK YOU!!!!! *insert crying emoji face*. I was at a loss. I had done SO many head cleanings.
I'm so glad it worked for you!!! Thank you for your comment🥰
Thank you so much!! I have to have color to print my rainbows.
You're very welcome.
Thanks heaps, this saved my ET2811 that would not print blue
You're very welcome! Glad it helped.
THANK YOU! Very strange, I had the exact same problem you did, same color even the nozzle clean got better and then worse! Very strange?? Has your printer done this again?
I'm glad the video was helpful. Fortunately, I have not had any further issues with the printer:)
Thanks!!!!🎉
You're welcome!