As to the possible clogs: Bad clogs must be dissolved from the inside of the tiny nozzles. There is a small cleaning blade on most of the older epson printers that wipes off the bottom side of the print head assembly, but does not do any in-depth cleaning or scrubbing. There's really not much actual cleaning being performed. Jnabney.Just to let you know: Runnning the printers "Print Head Cleaning Cycle" & "Nozzle Test", is basically the printer trying to force out the old ink in the tiny nozzles, by flushing it out with new fresh ink. There is a REVIEW of the "Printhead Cleaning Solution", as well as general "Printhead Cleaning Instructions", that is available to view at. EXAMPLE: The printhead assembly in the "C80" Printer sells for around $120 to $130. You can generally buy a new small printer cheaper than you can have your old one repaired for. In some more expensive printers, you may want to get an estimate to replace the printhead assembly, but as a general rule, its not really economical to do in the smaller epson ink jet style printers. Again, if the cleaning fluids don't help, then its generally time to invest in a new printer.
The longer the clog has been in, the worse it is to remove.
Sometimes the clog will never dissolve, or it actually damages the nozzles. Sometimes you might have to use the fluids several times to be able to dissolve the clog in the printhead nozzles. If you have the "Print Cartridge Holder Assembly", positioned away from the home position, then you will need to slide strips of paper towels or coffee filters under that assembly, to soak up any expelled ink and fluids, or it can get all over. Then any ink & fluids that are purged during the cleaning, will normally travel thru the cleaning station hoses, to the waste ink pads. If you remove the Top Cover Assembly, then you can leave the printhead assembly parked in its normal home position, at the far right side. The correct method is to use the syringe to add the fluid into the nozzle and then leave the fluids set inside the nozzle for a day or two, to try and dissolve a possible bad clog. You can see why they can get clogged so easily, or even why the nozzles can be so easily damaged. One individual printhead nozzle is so tiny, that it will not accept a human hair. To much force/pressure can damage the little tubes inside the nozzle assembly and then it will never work again. Damage can even occur when you are using the epson stylus head cleaning solution method, if you actually try to force the fluid thru the nozzle. IF YOU DECIDE TO, TRY THE "EPSON STYLUS HEAD CLEANING SOLUTION", JUST REMEMBER: The nozzles inside the printhead assembly can be easily damaged by using to much force on the plunger of the syringe. It was basically designed by Epson Company for use on their older models of ink jet printers, but people have been using it on the newer models, with success reported. You can try it if you want to and see if you can get the printhead nozzles to open up again, but that will only help if they are actually clogged. This is the same chemical used by epson in their service department. It includes a syringe and some epson printhead cleaning solution, which is designed to dissolve most clogs, especially if you were using epson inks.
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The epson solution sells for around $10.00 plus shipping. When it opens, click-on "Epson Stylus Head Cleaning Solution" thats listed for your particular printer. You might want to try using the "Epson Stylus Head Cleaning Solution", available through, at, but it will only help, if there is an actual clogged printhead assembly. However, normally the most common problem is clogging of the printhead nozzles, especially if you were actually using non-epson ink cartridges. Janet: It's of course even possible that you may even have an actual hardware/parts problem, such as a failing Printhead Assembly.