My printer says one of the print heads is not installed right or not right for my printer. I have checked them again and again but nothing. please help

Hi,
1> Please check it color setting. Go to Control panel and printer option choose and right click go to printer property and color section check it only other color setting or not, better default setting and save it.
2> Printer cartridge removed and clean soft hand and proper connect again.
3> Have you printer driver then old driver removed and again reinstalled printer software.
4> Installation before removed infected virus in PC.

Thanks,
HP Printer Support

Hi

Head cleaning is mechanical process, printing is electrical process. If nothing at all ink out/spray from head in printing process, problem with electricity. Damage board or short circuit at head cable. Check board first, may be some component "burn". It is suggested to contacted Epson customer support before further damage occurs.

Please check this bellow tutorial for more details of print head cleaning:-

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/How-to-Unclog-Epson-Print-Heads/178/1

http://ftp.epson.com/htmldocs/sc880_/sc880_u1/MAINT_2.HTM

However check the link bellow for the user guide to your printer, kindly go through it where it gives detailed instructions of various problems along with cleaning of printhead,may be you have performed something wrong to assemble/install the printer after cleaning the print head or some connection problem.

http://files.support.epson.com/pdf/r1800_/r1800_ug.pdf

Please get back to us if you have further query else please accept the suggestion.

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Please check your ink levels, If they are fine then check that the printer is installed correctly. Do the following:

Uninstall your printer drivers and all software related

Restart your computer

Re-install all the drivers using the original driver disk that came with your printer

Restart again

Try and print a test page.

Failing this try to do;

Head clean ( within the software options )
Make sure there is nothing jammed in the printer

Kind Regards

Garry

I dear nex time you transport equipment of any kind ensure you pack them nicely in original packages if you threw them away look for something ideal.

So your problem could be print head is not in position :1.check print head drive belt it could be off the the drive gear.2.check also the shaft is in right position.

Have you tried a cleaning cycle? If not, try one (right click the little printer icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and select head clean). Now run a nozzle check (right click the little printer icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and select nozzle check). Is there any sign of ink on the paper. Try up to three cleaning cycles. If ink is now flowing, but not yet perfectly, don't carry out any more cleaning cycles. Just leave the printer for 24 hours (to allow any air in the print head to disperse). Then repeat the cleaning cycle/wait process. It may take a while to restore a perfect nozzle check print.

If you have already done lots of head cleans with no result, are you sure you have good ink cartridges properly installed? The printer determines the amount of ink left in the cartridge by counting the number of ink "shots" when printing, head cleaning etc. This information is stored in the "chip" on the cartridge. Thus, it is not an actual measurement of the ink left, but an estimate calculated by subtracting the total shots from the original full ink quantity. This estimate can sometimes be grossly in error, usually due to a cartridge replacement not being carried out correctly. To eliminate this possibility, buy a new set of compatible cartridges on E-Bay - they're very cheap. You can always re-use the old ones later if it turns out they DO have ink in them.

If none of the above works, then you may have blocked print head nozzles. You can try soaking the print heads for 24 hours (or more), as follows. Turn the printer on, and as soon as the print head moves out of its parking position, pull the power cord out of the back, or turn the printer off at the mains. You may now carefully move the print head by hand over to the left hand side out of the way. Look inside the print head parking area on the right and you will see a small rubber cup that comes up to cover the print nozzles when the head is parked (to stop it drying out). Use a syringe or dropper to fill this cup with head cleaning fluid or distilled water. DO NOT USE TAP WATER. Carefully push the print head by hand fully into its parking position so that the cup full of fluid comes up over the print head. Do not turn the printer on at any stage in this process. Leave this for at least 24 hours, then turn the printer on and try a head clean/nozzle check again. If you get any black ink on the nozzle check, then there is hope! Repeat the process until you get a full black nozzle check. If nothing, repeat the process once more.

If still nothing, post a new comment detailing what you have done and the results.

Have you tried a cleaning cycle? If not, try one (right click the little printer icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and select head clean). Now run a nozzle check (right click the little printer icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and select nozzle check). Is there any sign of ink on the paper. Try up to three cleaning cycles. If ink is now flowing, but not yet perfectly, don't carry out any more cleaning cycles. Just leave the printer for 24 hours (to allow any air in the print head to disperse). Then repeat the cleaning cycle/wait process. It may take a while to restore a perfect nozzle check print.

If you have already done lots of head cleans with no result, and you're sure you have good ink cartridges properly installed, then You can try soaking the print heads for 24 hours (or more), as follows. Turn the printer on, and as soon as the print head moves out of its parking position, pull the power cord out of the back, or turn the printer off at the mains. You may now carefully move the print head by hand over to the left hand side out of the way. Look inside the print head parking area on the right and you will see a small rubber cup that comes up to cover the print nozzles when the head is parked (to stop it drying out). Use a syringe or dropper to fill this cup with head cleaning fluid or distilled water. DO NOT USE TAP WATER. Carefully push the print head by hand fully
into its parking position so that the cup full of fluid comes up over the print head. Do not turn the printer on at any stage in this process. Leave this for at least 24 hours, then turn the printer on and try a head clean/nozzle check again. If you get any black ink on the nozzle check, then there is hope! Repeat the process
until you get a full black nozzle check. If nothing, repeat the process once more. If still nothing, post a new comment detailing what you have done and the results.

Have you just fitted new cartridges? Are you confident the new cartridges are full and in-date? Can you confirm that the old cartridges were not removed until immediately before the new cartridge was installed. Did you remove the yellow tape from the new cartridges before you installed them? Were the cartridges changed properly such that an ink charging cycle occurred?

Have you carried out any head cleaning cycles? If not, do it. Have you done a nozzle check print? If not, do it. Any sign of ink? Yes, but not perfect? If so do a couple more head cleans and nozzle checks. If still not perfect, let it rest for 24 hours to disperse air bubbles. Then repeat. It may take patience to get things back to normal.

If you have already done lots of head cleans with no result, and you're sure you have good ink cartridges properly installed, then You can try soaking the print heads for 24 hours (or more), as follows. Turn the printer on, and as soon as the print head moves out of its parking position, pull the power cord out of the back, or turn the printer off at the mains. You may now carefully move the print head by hand over to the left hand side out of the way. Look inside the print head parking area on the right and you will see a small rubber cup that comes up to cover the print nozzles when the head is parked (to stop it drying out). Use a syringe or dropper to fill this cup with head cleaning fluid or distilled water. DO NOT USE TAP WATER. Carefully push the print head by hand fully into its parking position so that the cup full of fluid comes up over the print head. Do not turn the printer on at any stage in this process. Leave this for at least 24 hours, then turn the printer on and try a head clean/nozzle check again. If nothing, repeat the process once more. If still nothing, post a new comment detailing what you have done and the results.

It seems likely that either your magenta cartridge is faulty (or empty - the ink monitor doesn't show how much ink is actually left, only the amount used subtracted from a presumed full cartridge when new). The first thing to be sure of is that you have a good cartridge - install a new one. You can save the existing one for later use once things are OK again. If this produces no results, you can now be reasonably confident that you have blocked magenta nozzles. Note that putting in a cartridge and taking it out again several times will aggravate the situation by getting air into the system.

You can now try soaking the print heads for 24 hours (or more), as follows. Turn the printer on, and as soon as the print head moves out of its parking position, pull the power cord out of the back, or turn the printer off at the mains. You may now carefully move the print head by hand over to the left hand side out of the way. Look inside the print head parking area on the right and you will see a small rubber cup that comes up to cover the print nozzles when the head is parked (to stop it drying out). Use a syringe or dropper to fill this cup with head cleaning fluid or distilled water. DO NOT USE TAP WATER. Carefully push the print head by hand fully into its parking position so that the cup full of fluid comes up over the print head. Do not turn the printer on at any stage in this process. Leave this for at least 24 hours, then turn the printer on and try a head clean/nozzle check again. If nothing, repeat the process once more. If still nothing, post a new comment detailing what you have done and the results.

The red light is not on or flashing, is it? You did, of course, remove the yellow plastic tape from the cartridges before installing them, didn't you?

OK - the first thing we must ensure is that you have good cartridges. The printer Status Manager (SM) does not actually measure how much ink is in them, it merely estimates it by counting the number of ink shots used and calculating what's left. There are many reasons for getting this wrong. So we must start from a known good position i.e. new cartridges. Put new ones in, but you MUST use the proper cartridge exchange procedure so that an ink charging cycle is carried out. Now try a nozzle check. Any sign of ink? Yes, but not perfect? If so, or if nothing still, do a couple of head cleans and nozzle checks. If still not perfect, let it rest for 24 hours to disperse air bubbles. Then repeat the head clean etc. Patience is required here.

Still nothing? OK - let's try cleaning the nozzles. Turn the printer on, and as soon as the print head moves pull the power cord out of the back, or turn the printer off at the mains. You may now carefully move the print head by hand over to the left hand side out of the way. Look inside the print head parking area on the right and you will see a small rubber cup that comes up to cover the print nozzles when the head is parked (to stop it drying out). Use a syringe or dropper to fill this cup with head cleaning fluid or distilled water (available from you local car accessories store). DO NOT USE TAP WATER! Then carefully push the print head fully into its parking position by hand so that the cup full of fluid comes up over the print head. Do not turn the printer on! Leave this for at least 24 hours, then try a head clean & nozzle check again. You may get some strange colours to start with - don't worry about this. However, if still nothing, repeat the soak procedure. If still nothing after this, report back.

i have the same problem and im clueless as how to fix it :(