How to change ink cartridge on Epson d120 - Epson Office Equipment & Supplies

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I would expect you used a refilled cartridge.
The epson cartridge needs to be reprogrammed to say its full again.
You can get the reprogrammer of ebay very cheaply. you just hold the re programer on the contact pins for a couple of seconds until the light flashes.
Several printer manufactures are now doing this to lock you into their ink cartridges.

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Yes I understand that, I think your proilem maybe that there is dirt/ ink on the slide bars. ( Sublimation ink ias notorious for imparting a residue)

So take a cloth and clean those metal rods that the cartridges slide along. They should reveal a lot of dirt on the rag. Then use some wd 40 or light sewing machine oil on another rag and wipe on wipe off. They only need a very slight amount.

I hope that is of help to you.


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Usually when this happens the printer fails to goes through the motions of the printing process, kind of stands still with indicator lights just blinking away. This could be as a result of either of these scenarios.
i.                     Ink cartridge has developed incompatibility or is incompatible
The Solution is to try an older/another cartridge (doesn’t matter if ink is finished. You must replace cartridge one at a time). If lights stop blinking it confirms that your cartridge has become incompatible or developed incompatibility. Also if your printer is the type that can work with only one cartridge, remove one after the other (closing back the lid/cover) to determine which in the set (black or color) has become incompatible. At the instance the incompatible one is removed and you close the lid, the blinking will stop (for printers that can print with one ink cartridge only). Just replace the incompatible one and start printing again. In most cases the issue is always with one cartridge. But if both are affected, you have to replace both. Because of this type of problem, always keep used cartridges somewhere safe; they come in handy for this type of troubleshooting.
ii.                   The Cartridge electronic panel  is dirty
The electronic panel on the cartridge that makes contact with the cartridge carrier inside the printer is dirty and needs cleaning.  This electronic panel is front part of the cartridge with copper “dots”.
The Solution is to try to clean this panel with a piece of folded tissue paper soaked in a bit of methylated spirit. Also try to clean the area in the cartridge carrier/holder that makes contact with the cartridge’s electronic panel (Usually this is more difficult). If you cannot reach it with your fingers, use a stick or something with tissue wrapped around it. Allow to dry well and return the cartridges, close the cover. The blinking should stop if the electronic panel is the issue. Once the blinking stops the printer will print.

If you replaced with "genuine" ink-cartridges, then it should report "full".

If you replaced with "refilled" ink-cartridges, then the company that refilled forgot to "reset" the electronics inside the ink-cartridge, in order to report "full".

Or, perhaps, the software "toolbox" that came with the printer has a button "I have installed new cartridges, please re-verify the ink-levels" ??? Click that button.

Check nozzle, do head cleaning procedure. Wait for 30 minutes. Check nozzle again. If there are no difference betwen to output of nozzle check, you have to cleaning head manually. Check for it at aicaxz solutiuon.

there is a software that would reset the chips...... try to ask the manufacturer where you purchased the ink cartridges for a software needed to reset the chip

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.

Are you sure there is space for 5 cartridges? You are using T0711-714 right?
Check this link, it might help:
http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Inkjet/Epson-Stylus-D120/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=1312#toc5

http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Inkjet/Epson-Stylus-DX6050-all-one-printer/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=2085#toc3


Hope that will help solve your problem!

Normal 0 Driver could be corrupt.
Normal 0 Disconnect the printer or at least be sure it is turned off. I'd do both and reinstall the CD software program that came with the printer. When the software program asks you to connect the printer to the USB port, do so and it should again work properly.
Hope this helps. Bud