Epson Workforce 545 Printer Error Turn Power Off And Then On Again

The WorkForce 545 brings your home office the World's Fastest print speeds in its class1, plus all the tools you need to take on any project. It boasts a 250-sheet paper tray. And, you can save on ink with available Extra High-capacity ink cartridges — up to 40% less printing costs than color lasers1. You can even save time with fast print speeds of 15 ISO ppm (black) and 7.2 ISO ppm (color)1. If you connected the product to a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) phone line or Terminal Adapter, turn off the Dial Tone Detection setting. 204: The recipient's fax machine is busy. Wait a moment, then try again. 205: The recipient's fax machine does not answer. Wait a moment, then try again.

Once the printer is disconnected, press the power button as if you were trying to turn on the printer. This will discharge any residual current in the printer; Now reconnect all the USBs and power cable; Turn on your printer and check for the error; Method 2: Unplug and Plug-in (Alternative) This method is a variation of the first method. My Epson Artisan 1430 worked perfectly for about a year then stopped. The Ink and Paper Feed lights are both flashing and the Epson driver/software says I have a paper jam. Here's the message I'm getting: 1. Cancel all print jobs. Open the printer cover and remove any jammed paper. Close the cover and turn the power off and then on again.

Epson Workforce 545 Printer Error

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Hello, and thanks for reading my post.
I have an Epson workforce (WF-2540) printer that is refusing to print or do much of anything. Problem began last night after manually cleaning my print heads with an alcohol solution. It'd been printing very poor quality after being in storage a while and my wife needs it for school. Money is very tight at the time so I didn't want to burn through a dozen ink cartridges to get it to print clean.
I got some better but not perfect prints out of it, but after opening it up for a second cleaning I can't get it to power on without an error. It first complains about a paper jam, and after hitting ok to close that error it tells me to close the scanner (which is closed) then turn it off and consult the manual (which says nothing about this situation.
In addition to the messages on screen I am seeing flashing lights that I suspect may be an error code. The power button, Wi-Fi light and ADF (automatic document feeder) light are all flashing green in sync with each other.
It was late at night and I was exhausted so I don't have perfect recollection, but I think what I did that may have aggravated it so much was moving the print head to the unload position manually instead of using the change cartridges command from the maintenance menu.
Really hope I haven't done something to brick this thing. My wife needs it for school and we're cash strapped trying to get housing assistance to get us out of our overpriced energy hog apartment.
Any help you can provide is very much appreciated, thanks in advance.
~Keith
Edit: forgot to mention that I did try sliding the print head back into position before powering up, no luck. Also realised I left out the actual model number.