My Epson C62 refuses to print. I took the ink carrier that has the print head foil on the bottom out of the machine, I soaked it in Isopropyl for a week I then flushed the three ink ports through until they ran clear. I fitted new cartridges then put it through the head cleaning program 6 times and on inspection the overflow reservoir was soaked with ink. (Before this it was bone dry) I took the cartridges out and looked on the bottom and all the ink outlets on both cartridges showed signs that the ink had been flowing. After doing as described above it still goes through the motions of printing but the paper still comes out blank

My Epson C62 refuses to print. I took the ink carrier that has the print head foil on the bottom out of the machine, I soaked it in Isopropyl for a week I then flushed the three ink ports through until they ran clear. I fitted new cartridges then put it through the head cleaning program 6 times and on inspection the overflow reservoir was soaked with ink. (Before this it was bone dry) I took the cartridges out and looked on the bottom and all the ink outlets on both cartridges showed signs that the ink had been flowing. After doing as described above it still goes through the motions of printing but the paper still comes out blank
My concern is how you flushed the isopropyl alcohol through the printhead or rather, the pressure with which you flushed it through. The printheads on Epsons are very delicate due to the piezo crystal mechanism they use and you may have damaged them. When doing a cleaning cycle, ink is sucked through using a vacuum pump which would explain why ink appeared in the pad afterwards. Also, check the signal cable as this may have been damaged or incorrectly attached after removing the printhead/carriage.

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