Epson ink smearing how to resolve

Epson ink smearing how to clean
Epson EcoTank ET-7700 A4 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Photo Printer
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00:00 Intro
01:27 Paper thickness settings
02:11 Ink smearing
05:40 Print test
07:10 second print test
07:37 Outro
09:28 Credits

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[belishnikof]

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO I was about to give up on my ET-7750, I had just replaced the maintenance box, done a power clean and everything else in between and was still getting these awful black smudges that were wet and ended up getting black ink everywhere! I was trying to print stuff for my daughter's birthday next week, and was about to give up and pay to have them printed at a print shop. But this has COMPLETELY FIXED IT! You are an absolute legend, thank you so much for sharing this!!

[DavidAddarioTheMosaicGuy]

Every time I get smudge marks on my prints, I come back to this video and it solves the problem every time. . Ill say it again, your brilliant.

[russlegge]

Wow! My ET7750 is like new again. Kitchen paper and cotton buds have done the trick and a nozzle check performance came out absolutely perfect on the first attempt afterwards without any problem whatsoever.
Many thanks to this man in the video and to anyone having smudge problems, give it a go but be careful and gentle when you do!!

[dw]

34 minutes on the phone with Epson got me nowhere. This video helped me fix it in seconds. Thank you so much

[mdjstevens]

Great video. I started printing important photos and the first print that came out was covered in black smudges (I had not used the printed in a bit). Worst I have seen in over a year. Was almost ready to send the printer flying across the room when I found your video. It worked like a charm and cleared the black smudges however in the process of doing this 3 other colours stopped printing fully. A print check did show that 3 colors were spotted and the prints were now missing colors. So here is how I finally fixed that. After 3 cleaning cycles there was some improvement but still the 3 colours were not printing fully (I have 5 ink colors for this model). I got this idea off of another video many months ago. I removed the cover to the top of my print head to expose the print tubes leading down to the print head. I grasped the tube for each color that was acting up and gave all three tubes some serious squeezes or pinches (as close to the head as possible) to try and force air or ink through the head to clear the nozzles. Restarted and bingo. All 5 colors were printing perfectly and thanks to you - no more black smudges. Oh and by the way, the printer forced me to repace the maintenance box before it would allow me to print again so I did that with no problems (it told me the maintenance box was at the end of its life cycle).
So... thank you Yorkies Bits and Bobs and hopefully the tip I included on fixing my other colors not printing properly helps others as well.

[crazymomcraftsalot]

Can I just tell you THANK YOU!!! I have literally been fighting with this printer for I have tried multiple how to videos to clean. I still can't get the power cleaning setting to work despite following the "hold down power, ok and down button" after turning the unit off. But either way I have NO MORE black lines smearing all over my documents, photos etc! SO Happy! Thank you again for a wonderful video and I love the time stamps as well! Super quick to find just what I need!

[mkmannyc]

You solved weeks of anguish trying to fix this darned printer. Working perfectly now. Thanks much

[anneriley]

Great video. I've looked at several videos to address my black ink streaks problem and this was the best one and easiest to understand for those of us who are intimidated. I was starting to consider just buying a different printer - but today I found this video and it was doable! Problem solved. Big thanks!!

[meg.k.jensen]

I have an Epson ET-7700 US printer and your advice fixed my ink smearing problem. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video.

[jessicacanales]

Thank you oh so dearly for this video. I was at my wits end and was throwing away every other print, or every third print and thought it was something I couldn’t fix. Because of you, I’ve been able to successfully print out my sisters quinceañera invitations & now know how to fix this issue in the future. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[PJ-eemc]

As helpful as your first video was I am glad you updated it. First, for your suggestion to unplug the machine in order to move the print head and also to focus on that 1 inch square black surface. That is clearly the spot that accumulates all of the excess ink as sits there under the print head when parked and soaks up all the spillage. If I just dab that area once a month with paper towel and get the bulk of the wet ink off of it I continue to get perfectly clean prints. I am trying you idea for the 'thick paper 'setting which does seem like a good idea in theory. Thanks, Bob! You're a good man and we all appreciate your valuable information.

[Cindy-gqxi]

YOU ARE AWESOME! My printer started leaking so much black ink and I had a sticker order to fill the next day. I was panicking but I’m SO GLAD I found your video. As soon as I cleaned it the ink leaks were gone in 2 prints. THANK YOU!!! SUBSCRIBED ✅

[lms]

Hi Yorkie! I just wanted to let you know that I was at my wits end with my ET-7750. It seems every time I try to print something there is some sort of issue. I did a power cleaning recently and then several head cleanings today before I turned to Google for advice. I found your video, did exactly as you illustrated and ... it worked! Thank you so much.

[AndrewMarshallZen]

Very helpful indeed. This has solved a problem that has caused me considerable difficulties from time to time and a lot of wasted quality card. The problem has occurred for me on other printers and eventually i got rid of them. The ET-7750 has been brilliant until the black marks started appearing on greetings cards I print for an art group. I had no idea of the existence of the mucky pad but the method has done the trick. Incidentally the printer drive on my iMac has a setting for thick paper but now I discover that it does not affect the setting on the printer itself. All sorted. Thanks, Bob!

[James]

My ET-2750 was printing a chunk of smeared black ink in the top left corner for goodness knows how long. Thanks to your video, I've got it working the way it should!

[catherinetierney]

Brilliant! No more smears on my documents, tables, hands, clothes - everything. I will clean regularly as you advise. Thank you so much.

[GC-vxdz]

You are a real star I purchased a refurbished unit from Epsom for $400 and after about 9 months it started having black lines on photos. Many hours on the phone to Epsom later they agreed to replace with a brand new printer. 18 months later the same issue with the new printer. Did the cleaning as you showed and now absolutely perfect. As a bonus I still have the old printer as it worked fine with text, did the same with that and that is now perfect too. So a big thankyou. Just think of the money you could save Epsom to stop them having to replace units under warranty. Cheers from Canada Graham

[julianfoulkes]

Great video! Resolved the problem straight away. Unbelievable that Epson don’t cover this in their support notes, just stuff about the print rollers. Maybe they’d rather charge us a fortune for repair.
Once again, many thanks!

[superlani]

I thank you immensely! I have the same Epson model and I wasted so much time intermittently nozzle and power cleaning for months, to no avail. The printer works like it is brand new.

[gillianblack]

Fantastic. Sorted ink smearing and thickness of paper. Epson need to add tips like this. Straight forward when you know what to do. Brilliant. Thank you.