Showing posts with label broke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label broke. Show all posts

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Epson L13110 Printer Won't Print? Here is the Quick Solution. Get Your L...



Is your Paper Cycling through your printer  but no ink showing up? Epson L13110 Printer Won't Print? Here is the Quick Solution. Get Your L3110  Working Again Fast.

1. Click the "Windows" icon

2. Click on "Settings"

3. Click "Devices"

4. Click on "Printers and Scanners"

5. Click on "Epson" Printer

6. Click "Open queue"

7. In printer queue click the "Printer" tab

8. Select "Printing Preferences" from dropdown

9. Select "Maintenance" in new Epson L3110 Printing Preferences

10. Select "Power Cleaning" and Click "Next".



This worked like a charm for me to get my printer back printing. I was one step away from taking it apart and somehow cleaning the ink receptacle by hand. I probably would have ruined it by doing so and been forced to toss the whole thing. Really glad this worked. The very first thing I tried was to make sure there was enough in the receptacles. It was obvious there was as it hasn't printed since I filled them myself. Just to go through the steps I did a visual check anyway and I could see through the front of the receptacle that there was enough ink (it was almost full). Then I pulled out the Epson L3110 user's guide/owner's manual and followed the recommended steps there which included holding the button with the triangular shaped design in it down for 5 seconds until the power button blinked. This had it run through a cycle of print head cleaning. Once into the printer preferences queue and maintenance (as mentioned above) I tried the nozzle cleaning function, then the head cleaning function and both of these didn't work. I'd never heard of doing a power cleaning before so I was losing hope and had visions of tossing this one into the recycle and having to purchase a new one. Luckily I tried the "Power Cleaning" cycle and it worked!!. It is hard to say if the fact that it worked was a combination of all of the cycles that I ran the printer through or if I could have just gone to the power cleaning cycle. Regardless, it doesn't matter because it works now. What I suspect was the problem was that the ink dried and hardened in the oriface in which it comes out thereby not letting any of the liquid ink pass by. Just a guess. It also could have been the fact that the printer was brand new and there was something from the manufacturing process that was blocking it.



Video on Refilling Ink for Epson L3110: https://youtu.be/d58t0pHiRHg

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

DIY How to Fix a Gas Stove Burner That's Not Working-Simple Fix Using Ju...



If all of your other gas burners are working but one isn't,  it's likely that you have a cleanliness issue in the bottom gas inlet beneath the burner's metal parts on the stovetop itself. It's a very simple fix once you know how to do it. This is a common problem with gas stove burners. If you have a small paperclip handy, this will work just fine. Better yet, if you have a set of torch tip cleaners, even better. If you don't have any, you should buy some. I've provided the link below for a set of these and they are perfect to keep around for when this happens to you. They are so cheap there's no excuse for not owning some, especially when it means not being able to cook.

Before working on this or any other gas system make sure you turn off the gas, even for a little fix like this because you will be somewhat up close and personal to where the gas exits into the "bowl" portion of the burner located beneath the special metal parts. After turning off the gas you can now start removing the components that make up the burner portion. Most of them just kind of sit on top of each other. Once you have removed all the burner parts and set them off to the side you can now take your cleaner from your set of tip cleaners or your small paperclip and ream out the gas oriface in the center at the bottom. Be sure to get a tip cleaner or paper clip that fits just snug as you don't want to force it in there or wind up breaking it off while a portion of it is stuck inside the oriface (then it will never work). Now reassemble the metal parts that make up the burner. Turn the gas back on and light the burner. If it doesn't work at first try the process one more time. If it still doesn't work after that you likely have another issue that is causing the problem and call a professional.



Summary of this DIY fix is as follows:



Step one: Shut off gas

Step two: Take it apart

Step three: Obtain small paperclip

Step four: Clean out bottom gas oriface with paper clip

Step five: Re-assemble burner parts

Step six: Turn gas back on

Step seven: Light burner



Tip Cleaners: https://amzn.to/2osoQ1o