Hi, I have a Kodak ESP 5 printer which has been printing fine for around a year. The quality of my printing has decreased significantly lately. I have done all of the maintenance routines. The test page appears to be missing one line when compared with the test page I kept when the printer was new. I removed the print head and noticed a lot of ink collecting around the copper head (more than I would have thought was normal) which I cleaned withhout success. Both black and colour ink cartridges has been replaced, again without success. Presumably the next step is to replace the entire head? Any help much appreciated.
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Here are the things you will be asked to try if you call support. They may fix the problems as well. Taking the printhead out and putting it back in is the big helper.
Remove the black and color ink cartridges.
Right above where the black ink cartridge was, in the top left hand corner of the printhead, push up towards the ceiling and you should be able to push a button that releases the printhead.
Place the printhead right back into the printer and push straight back on the back wall.
You should hear a loud snap.
Replace the ink cartridges which should snap as well.
Close the printer.
After about a minute or so the printer will ask you to do a calibration.
Insert a paper and press start.
Scan the calibration sheet.
After that, in the menu, do a printhead clean.
(If this is a 5100, do it in the home center ->? in the top right ->Maintainence ->Clean Printhead.)
Do one basic and one deep.
Print a demo sheet to see if anything has changed.
If the picture looks better, continue to do cleans.
In the event that it does not, the printhead will need to be replaced and since the printer is still under warranty, Kodak specialists will try to overnight you a printhead.
The whole process is short and free.
The number for Kodak AiO Support is 1 800 421 6699.
SOURCE: new ink cartridge but not printing green on esp 5 kodak all inone
you need to use the head cleaning tool in the printer properties, youll
need to keep running it untill it runs clear and it uses alot of your
ink while it does it.
youll find the cleaning option if you go to your
start/settings/printers and faxes, right click on your printer and go to printer preferences then maintinence
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Open the kodak all in one home center on your desktop and click on [?] on top most right hand side.
choose maintenance under general links and choose printhead cleaning. if this does not solve the issue,
call kodak @ 1800 421 6699 and they will replace the printhead for you free of cost.
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