00:00So your Epson printer just flashed the dreaded service required message,
00:03or your prints are coming out with lines through them and the repair shop wants more than the
00:07printer's actually worth. Yeah, been there. I've spent the last couple weeks digging through
00:13parts listings and I found 5 replacement printheads in maintenance boxes that thousands
00:18of people are already using to bring their Epsons back to life for pocket change.
00:22These are the top 5 Epson printhead in maintenance box parts,
00:25and the deals on these are honestly ridiculous. Starting off with the T3661 Waste Ink Maintenance
00:32Box. If you've got an Expression XP6000, XP8500, XP8600, XP970, or the XP15000, this is the
00:42little cartridge your printer's been begging for. What I really like here is how genuinely simple
00:47it is, you pop the old one out, slide this one in, and your printer stops complaining.
00:52No tools, no disassembly, no YouTube tutorial with a guy whispering. It's $6.
01:006. Almost 5000 people have bought it and it's holding a 4.7 rating, which tells you it just works.
01:07Compare that to what Epson charges for the genuine box and you'll see why this one moves so fast.
01:13Next up is this 10-pack of porous maintenance pads for the L3100 and L3110 series, that's your L3110,
01:21L3150, L3160, L5190, and a whole bunch more. The big deal here is the quantity.
01:28You're getting 10 pads for $11 and change, so you're basically set for years, or you can look
01:33like a hero and sort out everybody else's printer in the office too. The absorbency on these is what
01:39people keep mentioning in reviews, they soak up the wasting properly instead of leaking everywhere.
01:444.9 stars from nearly 4800 buyers. That's about as close to a sure thing as you get with printer
01:51parts. Then there's the L3110 maintenance box, which is the complete tank assembly rather than just
01:58the pads. So if your wasting tank is genuinely saturated and messy, and you know if it is,
02:03this is the cleaner swap. You get the tank, the sponge, and the absorber all as one unit,
02:09so you're not fishing soggy pads out with tweezers. It fits the L1110, L3100, L3150, L3165,
02:18L5190, and the rest of that family. $6.16, 4.9 stars. Honestly, for the time it saves you,
02:27it pays for itself in the first 5 minutes. Now let's talk printheads.
02:33This is the original XP600 printhead, the FA09050, and this one's a bit of a workhorse in the wider
02:40printing world. Yes, it fits Epson XP600 machines, but it's also the head a lot of people use in UV
02:47printers, eco-solvent setups, and DTF machines. That's why it's got such a following.
02:54$26.11 for a printhead is genuinely surprising, these things used to cost several times that.
03:00Rating sits at 4.5 with over 4,500 sold. If you're running a small printing business and you
03:06keep a spare on the shelf, this is the one to grab. And rounding out the list, the L3150 printhead,
03:13and check the compatibility on this one because it's massive. L360, L365, L375, L380, L3110,
03:24L3116, L3250, L4150, L4160, L5190, L1110, and more. So if you've got one of those tank printers and
03:33you're getting missing colors, banding, or lines that no amount of head cleaning will fix,
03:37the printhead itself is your culprit. 3471, 4.8 stars.
03:43Look, a new printer is 150 bucks minimum. 35 to make your current one print like new again is a
03:51pretty easy decision. Alright, that's the 5. I've dropped links to every single one of these down
03:57in the description, so just click through and double-check your printer model against the
04:01compatibility list before you order. If this saved you from buying a whole new printer,
04:06do me a favor and hit that like button, and subscribe if you want more repair and parts
04:10videos like this one. Thanks for watching, and good luck with the fix.
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