Great reminder! Thank you! I agree and should have mentioned that in my video. I’ll pin your comment so hopefully people will see it as a word of caution and proceed once they are aware of the risk. I also want to note most people watching this have already voided their warranty by putting in 3rd party sublimation ink. Or their printer is headed for the trash because of an issue and this is the last attempt to save it. I am not a trained technician and my printer is up and running and working great so the risk paid off for me, but it also could have ended with my printer being toast!

@KarleyHall Thank you for this info. My printer warranty was voided as soon as I put sublimation ink in it, so it's no big deal if this doesn't work for me. I might as well try it since my printer is just a paperweight right now. 🤣🤣🤣

@@LorraineCastellon-Rowe did itwork

So if there is regular ink it it now, couldn't I just print and print till it's as empty as possible, then put in my sub ink and run it through til fully filled with the sub ink? I know that would be quite wasteful, but seems easier in theory??

What happens if I go through the whole process and still clogged? I have eco solvent ink in and my magenta clogs ALL THE TIME

Thank you so much!! This is great info that I (obviously) didn’t consider!! I appreciate you taking the time to comment and hopefully this will help additional viewers who are trying to complete this process :)

@@KarleyHall You are welcome. Another little tip if you need to clean the printhead nozzles, simply fold a piece of paper kitchen towel 4 or 5 times about 1.5 inch wide, to be able to fit under the head on the platten, the bit over which the head travels, so that you are able to slide the head over it. Before sliding the head fully over, spray the towel with cleaning fluid, Windex glass cleaner is ideal, and then gently pull the paper through. Do this 3, 4 or even 5 times depending on how it is looking. It will not necessarily remove all ink at this stage. Then repeat with a dry folded towel. Then you should see a marked difference. Dry towel only once or twice. Also, If the foam pad & the area where the print head parks is also in need, then simply clean this now with the same fluid. Spray it onto the foam directly and the little tray it sits in along with the rubber wiper strip which sits just to its left. It will drain into the waste tank. Then do 3, maybe 4 nozzle clean cycles, with a nozzle test print between each one. I suggest that you don't do a power clean as this shortens the lower ink pad's life. If any bits of the nozzle print test are missing the odd segment or two, try printing a small, say 4 x 4 inch, test print of multiple colours. You can find these to download free on the Internet. These processes can all be done individually or together without having to dismantle the printer! I have revitalised at least 6 printers using these methods, all with 100% success and about to do another tomorrow. Have fun & all the best - Ken.

It worked for us. I had just filled all the tanks before it broke down. Just wanted the sublimation ink for my new printer. I did disconnect the plug when the print head reached the middle. Thank you so much @@KarleyHall

could you give an update regarding the banding?

The black is still banding pretty badly. I did a purge sheet three times and it fixed the yellow but not the black. Haven't figured out what to do yet @@thebookonthegoat8068

I am almost positive I did 3!

I actually don’t think it’s necessary if you decide to do a power clean! Which I would recommend to flush the ink and air!

I'd like to know this too bc I put regular ink in mine and we ended up buying a more expensive Epson tank printer so I wanted to use this cheaper one as a sublimation printer instead but I'm not sure if it's worth doing all this if the sublimation ink will just mix with the regular ink and not work as intended

I was very skeptical! That's why I filmed it without talking and added a voice-over after I knew it worked haha

That sounds like a really good theory! Wish my past self thought of it 😂

Did you ever figure out how to fill the tanks? I’m having that issue now. TIA @jerritanner275

@@StarsHallow no. I ended up buying a new one. 😡

@@jerritanner275 oh no! There are so many people doing this and I’ve done if before to charge the ink but it’s not working this time. You hold the ? Mark button down for 5 seconds and it’s supposed to go into a different mode but idk why it’s not working this time. I tried priming the lines with ink using a syringe and then I filled the cartridges but it’s still not printing correctly. I may have to buy a new one too! So frustrating

It’ll be very similar! Once you open it up- you will be able to see all of the same things I’m showing here- but how they are connected may be a little different.

@@KarleyHall Thank you so much for this tutorial! I was hesitant to try but I did and it was really easy to do! Actually, my steps were a little easier than yours, I had less things to remove! I'm so happy that it worked!

There are already holes to fill it up so I’m putting the syringe in those :)

It would take a really long time and you’d waste a lot of paper. But theoretically- yes.

Thats exactly what i was gonna do too seems alot easier lol😂😂

Did you do a full power cleaning? That was the same situation I got myself into and had to do the power cleaning to push the ink back through!

@sharonchapko7527 did you ever get yours to print again? I’m having that issue now. TIA

Is the tank just stained? My tank was pretty stained so it appeared as if it wasn’t empty.

@@KarleyHall No unfortunately I don't think that's the issue. When I pull the syringe while on the blue there's a a pull that's preventing me from fully extending the syringe. On the others that are already empty is easy to pull the syringe.

It’s from Amazon! There is a link in the video description :)

@@KarleyHall aah I’m in the U.K. & they are unavailable but thank you for your reply x

Yep! You may have to run a few print head cleanings!

@@KarleyHall once I put the new ink right?

@@wendysworld6584 yes!

Are you using the syringes I linked? With the little attachment? You need to make sure there is a good seal or else it won’t work.

@@KarleyHall I didn’t use your exact ones because they sell out quick. So I bought needle nose with different sized tips.

@@beautybybeth8689 sounds like you may of forgot to lift the tank colour lid up while trying to remove the ink if it is not lifted up it will most likely not work because it is trapped air locked you need it all the way up or can not get the air to flow through it while pulling the plunger to remove the ink

Think it is better to pull the power plug (rather than use the button) when the printhead is away from the corner

Yep. That’s what I’m doing in this video.

@@KarleyHall i got the et2810 so esy to work on but just wating on new inks from ebay

Sounds like you’re an expert! Thanks for the comment :)

Did you run a cleaning/ power cleaning to force the ink back through the tubes?

@@KarleyHall I did. The first three pages had broken lines while the fourth and fifth one were blank. Now the maintenance box is full and I’m waiting for it to come in so I can replace it.

Sounds messy, did you try it??

I did! That’s what the power cleaning does :) it pushes the old ink into that tank I changed out.

@@KarleyHall How much is the new tank?

Oh no!! It sounds like something may have leaked and caused something to burn out! I found this video that may help kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aJmDq6d9sLXVlI0.htmlsi=l1bWaIKAJ1TjCtYX

? I needed to empty out the ink. I’m not sure I understand the question. There is nothing to see when it’s cleaning.

@cathycruz2366 Because she needed to remove the old ink first before adding the new ink that use to be used for sublimation not regular printing she removed the old ink to now be able to use the printer for regular printing , and in order to do that you need to remove the old ink from the printer first , before performing a complete head cleaning on it . once you perform several cleaning it fills up the back tank you then need to replace it once it gets full and it does not take long to fill up on those espon echo tank printers ., and some echo tank printers you can not get replacment tanks for them so have to then jsut go out and purchace a new printer .

It totally was! I wanted to film it in case it worked 😅 and it did! So now I’m sharing it to give you more confidence than I had ❤