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Update: Decided to buy the logic board (QM7-2696-000) from CRC-Tasktron. Followed a printer teardown on youtube and swapped it out. Printer is now running like new. I only decided to do this after I had already spent money on the new head and there was no stock for the printers I liked.

I don't have it anymore, threw it out. CRC-Tasktron has got back to me and confirmed most of yur suspicions of it being an issue with the main board. They've given me a repair price, unfortunately it doesn't make economic sense to go ahead with it. I'll use up the remaining ink I have and...

Just tried some new carts. Still not working 😔

🤔 Thanks, I will!

The old printhead did have the splitting into two, with the warpped nozzles. I used the photopaper work around for quite a while, but then decided to just buy the head. I don't have the old printhead. The new work around is to print plain paper in standard settings. High or photo paper...

Thanks! I want to move away from inkjet as I dont use it enough, it dries up and I end up with problems. Maybe I get a simple document laser printer and get photos printed at a shop.

Looks like I might need to replace a printer. I'd like to move over to laser. It's only going to be for light household use. But I would like to print photos with it. Is there a brand that does better with photos, or a particular printer, or is there a feature I should look out for? Thanks

Thanks for the replies I bought the Printhead from CRC-Tasktron Ink is OEM carts refilled with Octoink I've rescanned and cropped the nozzle check. I fitted the new head as I was getting blurry lines on the PGBK. So if this is a logic board issue that could also have affected the printhead...

I've just put in a new printhead for my MX925 and the middle magenta and cyan aren't firing on the nozzle check pattern. Could this be a mechanical or electrical fault? Any help appreciated on where to look. Thanks