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    Cleaning a ET3750 Printhead

    Thanks Ink stained Fingers ! I found a video showing the damper and will do as you suggested. I appreciate your assistance and I honour the help in the past !
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    Cleaning a ET3750 Printhead

    I did the deep cleaning a few times on the printer and the colours are still spotty, so I decided to take it out and clean it. I saw a few YTs and then took it apart. Not too difficult, so I ran some rubbing alcohol through each colour. Still not much improvement. Is the colour function just...
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    Getting a colour laser duplex

    Thanks thebestcpu ! I had not considered duplex scanning. Not sure I have ever seen that. The Brother aftermarket toner is about 1/2 or less the price. My page volume per year is not huge, but never really checked. Funnily enough if I had bought the Brother the day I posted, it was on sale for...
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    Getting a colour laser duplex

    I am looking for a color, duplex printer that can do wired connected. My initial guess is to start with Costco.ca who sells ; Brother MFC-L3765CDW Digital Colour Multifunction Printer - 630 CanD HP 4301dw Wireless Colour LaserJet Printer - 640 CanD Any thoughts on which or any of these who...
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    Epson ecotank problem

    How are your ink levels? My 3750 starts printing light when below 50%. I've Gotten in the habit of always selecting 'best quality' as my machine has a few miles on it
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    Replacing the printhead

    i have done the print head deep cleanings on my 3750 a number of times and still my nozzle check is not great so i was thinking about changing the printhead. What are the opinions on doing this myself. I tend to fix most things myself. I mainly print small books for myself and the workaday...
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    Print-head gone rogue. Is it useful to remove it and do a cleaning?

    The print-head has gone bad and i am wondering if that is a cleanable or replace item.
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    Selecting colours during printing

    It was actually nicer than when i did an OCR version which had a lot of artifacts. Speaking of genealogy, i believe that i have found someone who will go back 7 generations.
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    Selecting colours during printing

    Wow, thanks ink stained fingers, thehat. thebestcpu and PeterBJ for your kindness ! thebestcpu, i just put my computer in the signature. i also tried your method and it worked very well. The first page was a bit of a dog's breakfast but the rest were fine. For some reason one page didn't come...
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    Selecting colours during printing

    i periodically want to print long out of print documents/books/PDFs that have yellowing from age , without the "age related yellowing". i am wondering if it is possible to dial out everything but black when printing? i have an Epson ET-3750. TIA ALan
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    Artifacts printing occasionally , after head cleaning

    I found the likely answer with a search, Thanks In Stained Fingers !!! i also found more on the same topic. Thanks Dr Kam Boosha !!!
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    Artifacts printing occasionally , after head cleaning

    i recently decided it was time to do a head cleaning on my very reliable little workhorse printer, so after a deep cleaning, i noticed artifacts. So i did all the processes over a few times and did the big deep cleaning which still showed issues. So i decided to just it leave it as i do not need...
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    Should I buy an EcoTank to replace a failing Canon?

    Hi GrantCee, I've had a Epson ET3750 for probably a 3-4 years or more ?? and no complaints. i use it for household printing for the two of us and occasional book printing/scanning, legal also/ photocopy/. I like the ecotank especially, no lockdown if the cartridge runs out at an inopportune...
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    Getting rid of yellow background in vintage document

    Thanks very much Ink Stained Fingers ! I will keep that in mind. I apologize as i thought i had posted this last night. I answered my own question. I brought it into PDF Studio Pro, then searched online for the manual and found a video that described how to and voila problem fixed. Previously...
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    Getting rid of yellow background in vintage document

    Hi, i have a PDF of a vintage document circa 1840 and am about to print it. There is a yellow colouration on otherwise B&W pages. Is there a way to eliminate it during printing? I have an Apple computer BTW
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