Epson Artisan 810 printing head

[MY3Ayu]

Hi, I have Epson Artisan 810. After manually cleaning a print head, my printer prints just some lines on the page, and when I try to check ink level, it says "Communication error". What could be wrong?
Thank you, Julia.

 

[thatmoney]

Check the obvious first. Make sure all cords are correctly plugged in. I don't think it could be a issue with drivers because all you did was clean it.

 

[azaran]

When you say "manually cleaning" what exactly do you mean? Depending on how you cleaned the printheads you could have damaged something. Communication error, provided its not the software acting up, could mean you damaged a sensor or disconnected a ribbon cable in the process. The fact that its not printing could be from a number of sources even including material used in the cleaning got jammed in the nozzle.

 

[MY3Ayu]

I manually took out a printing head and cleaned it with solution, don't think I damaged anything, maybe just not eniugh. I tried to do automatic head cleaning after and it got better, but still not perfect. And still doesn't show ink levels...
I did another automatic cleaning and it got better, just few broken lines, so I think it is fixed. Thank you for help.

 

[azaran]

You took the head assembly off, not just removing the ink cartridges? I'd go through and recheck everything you had to disconnect.