Cant print I didnt use the printer quite a long time.Yesterday i bought a new black and colour ink cartridge and replaced it.Startly i still able to print,but in low quality...so i cleaned printer head for several time.After that it shown some improvement but still not so not satisfied.So i tried to take out the cartridge and replace it again,however after i doing that the red maintenance button keep on,i unable to print already...

When printers sit for a long time, the ink in the cartridge dry-up as well as the ink in the printer orifices.
Since you replaced with new ink, then safe to assume the ink is dry and clogging the orifices.
You can pay for technician to attempt to clean but new printers are fairly inexpensive. Best bang for the buck would be to purchase a new printer.

Yes sounds to me like one of your ink cartridge is empty. Replace and try again.

Many printers especially Photo ones also use colour even when printing Black. so you do need to replace the spent colour cartridge.

If you only need to print in black get a B&W printer not a colour one.

Hi!

I'm afraid that most printers nowadays simply refuse to print unless you have ink in BOTH cartridges. No workaround. At least with an
Epson you have the possiblily of buying much less expensive generic refills...If you do this always try and find reviews of the brand of refills...caveat emptor! (buyer beware)

Sorry..

Yup that's Epson for you. I had the same. bought the black one but to get it to work you must have ALL the ink cartridges full. no way around it.

I got a new print head @ "staples" office supplies. It didnt cost me anything!!! Kodak had probs with the head, & gave a bunch to staples.....i changed the head, put in new inks, again...got a calibration to run...& things printed np!!! 

Hi, this is not a solution because I don't think there is one apart from buying new inks. Epson and all other inkjet printers do this to prevent the coloured print head nozzles from getting blocked. If they are not used for a long time the ink dries up and blocks the nozzles. Epson recommends printing at least once a month with all colours to prevent this. Printing in black only option will only work if the colored inks are OK. Whenever the printer is turned on it performs a head clean, this is why the coloured inks get used over time even though they are not used for printing.

take the cartridges out and clean them also clean where they go with a lint free cloth then replace them.

yes you have to have both of them then everything should be fine.if you have the color cartridge that is empty put it in for now and see if it will work it will let u know that it is empty but at least you will be able to print in black

Ref: our live chat - Definitely worth replacing the colour one with a new one - some other people had identical problem and that cured it - they really don't survive not being used very well. :)