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Message: [QUOTE="Malentine Bentley, post: 212266, member: 11721"] Hello to all those on these forums! I have a problem. A big one. (Note: I apologise if this is a duplicate, I'm terrible at finding things at the best of times. Just direct me to a solution and please forgive me if it is.) Since my laptop and my XP-322 don't exactly want to work properly, I dug up my old SX200 from the garage. It worked fine for about 2-3 weeks, but today it's got a problem. Using [URL='http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-1668672/fixing-clogged-epson-print-heads.html']this[/URL] guide (first method on cleaning heads), I tried to clean my heads (since black was barely working, and yes, new cartridge), I used some cheap unbranded J-Cloth type cloth and some window cleaning fluid. I did this once, closed the lid and switched it on. All was well; I printed a test page and it helped a little. So, I repeated the process again, this time using a bit more fluid and a more dense cloth. When switched on, I was greeted with a strange sound as the printer tried to go through the sequence of starting up. Then, the printer flashed an E on the tiny little LCD screen and all the lights were flashing. Odd, I thought. So, I unplugged it and plugged it back in and tried again. I was greeted with a terrifying sound of the head whizzing to the right and then slamming into the left hand side of the printer, making a horrible grinding noise. Of course, I unplugged that immediately. As I have a little bit of overexaggerating my writing (I'm a writer), I tried hard to Google it but nothing came up about this problem. One thing I noticed is that there was a long plastic strip that had come off that hooked onto the left side of the case. I hooked this on and tried turning it on again. Nothing. I know that if there's a mechanical problem, there's usually a way to fix it and am not afraid to get my hands down and dirty with mechanics of things. I USED to have a printer identical to this one which I can't remember why it broke, but it got chucked out a while ago. Oh well, hope I can get this hunk of Orium fixed. Any suggestions appreciated as long as they're useful! - Malentine Bentley [/QUOTE]

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