EPSON SX600FW I CAN NOT PRINT BLACK HAVING CHANGED THE CARTRIDGE 5 TIMES

Black ink head clogged/cartridge empty. Go to Printer Utility and do a Nozzle Check, Print a Pattern. If Black pattern lines are missing/broken then do another cleaning. Don't forget to try a new cartridge if the cleanings do not work. Refurbished Epson printers are great and can be purchased at www.epson.com/clearance. I have used them for 15 years.

The problem is either with the black cartridge or with black printheads.

First test a new black cartridge, possibly original, to ensure it is not the cartridge.
Perform a print head cleaning procedure using the printer tools in Winsdows, do this a couple of times.
If it did not work you will need to replace the print head or to take the printer to a repair shop.

You need to clean the print heads first - if they are blocked they won't print.

Clean them several times - then try the print check.In Case You Still Having Problem Then Follow Us For On : Epson Printer Support

You might need a reset as the B&W cartidge has not been detected. So to reset remove your printer from the PC and uninstall the printer software. Now reinstall the printer software and then connect the Printer to be detected and installed. Check printer properties to see the ink levels.
Use head cleaning before a test is taken . It is possible that the head is not reacting to the need of the command , can be an issue with ink drying , can also be poor ink cartridge contacts

Have you recently changed the black cartridge with a non-standard or remanufactured cartridge? I'm having the same problem with my deskjet and it started when I changed my Black cartridge for a non-HP refill.

The black catridge is depeleted. Some cartridges have a chip which is resetted after power up so you won't know how much ink is left.

On the other hand never mix orij. and compat. carts together.

pls. vote for better service... Thank you

We took ours to a local repairer who used a special program to blast the heads. We had tried head cleaning ourselves and this didnt work. It has had to go back two or three times but it does work for several week after.

Had same problem with my SX600FW. Changed all cartridges umpteen times because head cleaning process empties working cartridges. Ended up with none of the colour cartridges working! Paid Epson repairer £20 for them to tell me the print head was clogged and repair will cost as much as a new printer!! Problem started just after warranty expired!! I shan't be buying Epson again even though it was a great tool when it was working.
Tom

did it happen after physically cleaning/flushing the head? I've had this a couple of times and clearly no jam. I removed the cartridges again, ran the rollers backwards and forwards a few times using the white gears, and powered up .... it recognises no cartridge present so went through the replacement again and the fault then clears. I think the s/w gets its knickers in a twist Printer is a heap of poo, and clearly designed to use asmuch ink as possible as it needs cleaning far too often. Wasted too much time on gettingit to print

Here is how you fix it
http://www.inkmagic.com/epson_clogged_printhead.htm