my epson wf-2860 is printing with streaks and faded colors, i just replaced the ink but it still looks terrible. what do i do?

— asked by Alex

Clogged print head nozzles. You need to run a cleaning cycle. First, load a few sheets of plain paper.

Fix from the printer control panel:

  1. Press the Home button.
  2. Select Maintenance.
  3. Select Print Head Cleaning.
  4. Select Start.
  5. When finished, select Check, then Print to run a nozzle check pattern.

If that didn't work: You can also run the cleaning from your computer. On Windows, right-click the printer icon in the taskbar and select Head Cleaning. On a Mac, open System Preferences, go to Printers & Scanners, select your printer, choose Options & Supplies, then Utility, and open the Printer Utility to find Head Cleaning.

Heads up: Never turn off the printer or open the front cover during a cleaning cycle. If quality doesn't improve after 4 cleaning cycles, wait at least 6 hours without printing and try again. If it's still bad, contact Epson.

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