How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble an Epson Printer

Do you need to upgrade or repair your printer? Here is a collection of free take apart instructions, disassembly pictures, cleaning advice, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for Photo, Stylus printers and for ink or toner cartridges. If you have written a hacking guide yourself (or if you know of a maintenance tutorial not linked here), please submit a new entry.

Epson CX5400	Fixing the 'Prints Blank Pages' Problem.
Epson Photo 700	Complete disassembly a cleaning instructions with pictures.
Epson Photo 780	How to take apart and clean the printer.
Epson PM-970C	Ink Cartridge Decomposition: How to take apart the ink cartridges, an illustrated step-by-step guide (in Japanese).
Epson PM-970C	Ink continuation supply system III: how to keep the original cartridge and extend it with an additional ink tank.
Epson PM-970C	Another approach to keep the original cartridge and extend it with an additional ink tank.
Epson Stylus	How to disassembly the printer and unclog the print heads.
Epson Stylus	How to refill the ink cartridge.
Epson Stylus 740	An illustrated tutorial about printing head cleaning.
Epson Stylus 740	A method to clean to clean the printer heads.
Epson Stylus C66 (C64, C84, C86)	How to change the maintenance ink tank, which is used to take the ink from the cleaning routine (in German).
Epson Stylus Color 460/580	Print head repair and cleaning.
Epson Stylus Color 640	An idiot's guide to making a CD printer from an Epson 640.
Epson Stylus Photo R340	Drain mod: This mod is to prevent the waste ink ending up in the bottom of your printer. Every time you start up your printer, change your cartridges or do a head clean it needs to prime them. This basically means a small amount of ink gets used up and ends up going into the bottom of your printer down the pipe.

Manufacturer Information, Customer Service

Hardware Maintenance Manual, User Guide, Service Manual

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