An Easy Guide To Clean Kodak Printhead 2021

Kodak printers are popularly known for their high printing quality and beneficial features. They provide you with amazing photos and text at excellent printing speed. No matter how robust the printer is, the capability of the printer depends on the innovative design of the print head. These tiny parts are also prone to failure, so if you are not using your printer for a very long period of time, the printer’s head may be clogged with dried inks and, especially when it gets clogged due to some technical error, the printing quality also gets degraded.

So to get the Kodak printer back to its functioning, there is a need to clean clogged print heads of the Kodak printer. If you don’t know How to Clean a Kodak Printer Head, we suggest you read this guide till the end.

Steps To Clean Kodak Printhead

Follow the steps mentioned below for Kodak printer cleaning print head:

1. Firstly, turn on your Kodak printer and then open the top cover. After opening the top cover, wait for a couple of seconds.

2. Now, unplug the cord from the back of your Kodak printer and remove the cord from the wall. After unplugging cords, turn your printer off to keep the print cartridge in an appropriate location.

3. Next, lift the printhead latch that houses the print cartridges and pull the printhead out of the slot.

4. Take a soft cloth and wipe the contact pads on the printhead. Remember, there is no need to wipe the nozzles present on the bottom of the printhead because doing so can cause damage to the printer.

5. Now, you need to take some distilled, filtered water and dip a cotton cloth in that water. By using that wet cloth, you have to wipe the contact pads again because ink residue can present there.

6. Place the Kodak printhead gently on a paper towel and make sure that nozzles are not touching the paper.

7. Move to the printhead slot and clean the contact points using a cotton cloth. Now, wait for 5 minutes for everything to dry out completely.

8. After cleaning everything, plug the power cord back into the wall outlet and another cord into the backside of the printer. At this time, the control panel can display a “printhead is missing” message.

9. Just put the printhead in the correct slot and gently press down. You must confirm that you have placed the printhead at the correct location.

10. Now, apply some pressure and close the printhead latch. Also, confirm that the printhead latch is engaged.

11. Lastly, close the printer cover, and now your Kodak printer will initialize the printheads.

So these were the steps required to clean the Kodak printhead. By following the steps mentioned above, you can easily clean any Kodak printhead such as the Kodak 2170 Printer Head, Kodak 5500 printer head, Kodak Hero 3.1 Printer Head, and so on. We hope you find this blog helpful and informative.

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