inkjet not working in Epson L555 printer

[ghworker2010]

I recently refilled the ink on my epson printer. However, when I print a colour page it is still not working. How can I fix this. All the levels are full of ink

 

thanks

[Deepinthailand]

Sounds like the pipes are blocked this happens a lot with that type only was I have heard of a fix is to take it to a printer shop and they will flush the color tubes out or replace them. Unless you do a lot of printing I would buy a normal type printer using disposable cartridges or indeed cartridges you can get refilled or refill yourself.

[Kwasaki]

Did you let it go empty ?  Printers with refillable cartridges sometimes you need to take out the print head in the printer and clean and check if the ink is flowing onto say a tissue because when not used they can dry out causing blockage.

I use to take mine to a computer workshop, l was always told to use it everyday which l did but not all day and it would still block up.

Don't need to print much now so l use other peoples printers.

[lostinisaan]

Please check if the thingy has a clean head option. That might do the trick. Look for a menu.

 

        Then Ink management and cleaning, chose all colors and do it a few times. Then try some scans and it might get back to life. 

[chrisinth]

You might have air-locked the system.

 

If you can, release the vent caps to the ink containers.

[lemonjelly]

All the colours not printing?

are you getting an error/warning message in the app?

have you made sure the locking mechanism on the ink tank is open?

[lungbing]

Go to Control Panel

click on 'Devices and Printers'

click on ' EPSON L555'

click on 'Printer'  (top left of page)

click on 'Printing Preferences'

click on 'Maintenance' tab

click on 'Nozzle Check' and following instructions to print a small test print

if nothing or blotchy then

click on 'Head Cleaning' which you can repeat a couple of times.  If still not printing then

click on 'Power Ink Flushing'  this uses a lot of ink and should work.  If not after a couple of times then it needs stripping and cleaning at a shop.

[muzmurray]

5 hours ago, lostinisaan said:

Please check if the thingy has a clean head option. That might do the trick. Look for a menu.

 

        Then Ink management and cleaning, chose all colors and do it a few times. Then try some scans and it might get back to life. 

 

How would doing scans help with an ink or inkjet problem ?

[ghworker2010]

22 hours ago, lungbing said:

Go to Control Panel

click on 'Devices and Printers'

click on ' EPSON L555'

click on 'Printer'  (top left of page)

click on 'Printing Preferences'

click on 'Maintenance' tab

click on 'Nozzle Check' and following instructions to print a small test print

if nothing or blotchy then

click on 'Head Cleaning' which you can repeat a couple of times.  If still not printing then

click on 'Power Ink Flushing'  this uses a lot of ink and should work.  If not after a couple of times then it needs stripping and cleaning at a shop.

This was excellent advice and sorted the problem. I wasn't aware of this functionality. thanks

[lungbing]

You're welcome.  It happened to me, so it's from  personal experience.

[lostinisaan]

On 9/25/2016 at 7:23 PM, lungbing said:

Go to Control Panel

click on 'Devices and Printers'

click on ' EPSON L555'

click on 'Printer'  (top left of page)

click on 'Printing Preferences'

click on 'Maintenance' tab

click on 'Nozzle Check' and following instructions to print a small test print

if nothing or blotchy then

click on 'Head Cleaning' which you can repeat a couple of times.  If still not printing then

click on 'Power Ink Flushing'  this uses a lot of ink and should work.  If not after a couple of times then it needs stripping and cleaning at a shop.

 

 

Dude, you really made your homework great.