Why does Printer head carriage refuse to work on Epson XP-200 after removal (for cleaning) and refitting of printer head. Panel lights keep blinking.

It may be a paper jam error. I find when you use an old or rough page in your printer, it don't properly go to its way and cause to displace a sensor that is situated at under the Head carriage of this printer which can be seen in following pictures.
Solution: check if this problem is occurred after paper jam then check the sensor is on its proper place or not if not then open the printer upper cover, open the lock of carriage rod from both sides. Set the sensor at its proper place and then check it.

Epson printers have a lock to keep the print heads/carts over on the right side. The lock can get stuck and covered in ink. There is a lever under the edge of the heads that should unlock the carriage so you can get to the "cleaning station" under the heads. Unplug the printer while the heads are moving, and you may be able to move them over and clean. Often the bar the heads run on can be lubricated with light oil, like what you use on a sewing machine, too.

Are the lights still blinking? because that should indicate you did forget to put something back in the correct way. I would place back the old head. put a few drops of cleaning fluid in the nozzles and gave it a few pages in full colour to print on normal paper. At first nothing will appear, but after just a few pages, some nozzles will give cleaning fluid and a little later you will see colour again. Did the same with an older Canon last weekend and it only took 4 pages and not one nozzle is refusing to work.
Be aware, if you did remove the head, you have to put everything back as it was. Because the alignment of the head is very critical. Make sure nothing is in the sensors, that check the end of carriage and so on.

Hi there maximum time we found it is a the head problem. The print head is what the cartridges sit in inside of the printer. For resolve the problem please follow these.

Open the printer and wait for the carriage to slide over. Some how if its not come then Unplug the printer & Manually slide the carriage. Now Remove the ink cartridges from the print head & Use wet warm cotton swab or use alcohol to thoroughly clean the print head. Repeat this until there is no ink residue coming off on the cotton swab. After finished it make the head dry then fix it back. Now Try to print something now
If that does not work then follow the next step.

Remove the printer data cable & restart the PC & printer. Then fit back the data cable & turn on the printer. Hope that's start working , if no luck then Uninstall the printer driver & restart the PC & Printer both again. Now install the driver of the printer and connect it with PC ,Turn on printer & go for a test print from the printer preference. Thanks & waiting for your reply.

Hi there maximum time we found it is a the head problem. The print head is what the cartridges sit in inside of the printer. For resolve the problem please follow these.

Open the printer and wait for the carriage to slide over. Some how if its not come then Unplug the printer & Manually slide the carriage. Now Remove the ink cartridges from the print head & Use wet warm cotton swab or use alcohol to thoroughly clean the print head. Repeat this until there is no ink residue coming off on the cotton swab. After finished it make the head dry then fix it back. Now Try to print something now
If that does not work then follow the next step.

Remove the printer data cable & restart the PC & printer. Then fit back the data cable & turn on the printer. Hope that's start working , if no luck then Uninstall the printer driver & restart the PC & Printer both again. Now install the driver of the printer and connect it with PC ,Turn on printer & go for a test print from the printer preference. Thanks & waiting for your reply.

Try to turn on your printer without the ink cartridges. When the printer starts and ask for the cartridges, put them back in.

(To remove the cartridges turn on the printer, watch the print head carriage move, when it is at the center quickly unplug the power cable, move the carriage by hand to a position where you can remove the cartridges, after removing the cartridges push the carriage to the right where it should be parked.)

maybe need to replace a new cartridge or chick you ink if not empty
and din check inside your printer possible have a paper jump inside,,
or try to remove completely the printer driver using the (ad and remover program) how to this go to the start menu din control panel you can see the ad and remove program,, and click uninstall your printer driver and din restart your pc to take effect and din install gain,,


thank you i hope i can help you.. have a good day!!!!!!!!!

my printer epson r230 is not working. the two red light are blinking. is it my counter reset is end?

Blinking wit general error message : head carriage error. It cause by head cannot move to parking position or chip at ink tank not good connected. Try to use another chip. Just turn off printer for a moment for clearing epprom.

I use a bulk ink system which is not Epson so printer did not recognise the ink supply.
I 1) Turned printer off
2) Removerd bulk ink suppy tanks
3) Fitted Epson ink tanks [ dont matter empty or full ]
4) Turn on printer and let it go through it's start up prcedure
5) Do not turn printer off but do ink change procedure and refit bulk ink tanks
6) Do Nozle Check/Clean/Realignment
Bingo sorted