Recent content by jhoulden

Thanks, I thought I searched before I posted but obviously not that well. Sorry about that and thank you for your patience and quick response. Here is a link to the faq's that also contains information just in case anyone is reading this... http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=316

hi there, I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to store my canon mp830 for about a year and a half? I am traveling and it really doesn't fit in the luggage well. Thanks j.

I have by no means as much experience as the guys here who helped me get my cyan working again. Buts heres what worked for me: It took a few days of trying about 5 cycles of: taking out the cartridge, putting a few drops of windex on the circular filter in the slot, Place ink cart back, run...

I was wondering if anyone here uses the printer software (driver) to make any enhancements on their photos. I have a Canon mp830 and I have been using either Picasa or Photoshop to make all adjustments. I have assumed that the printer software is probably not worth playing with. The other...

@Trigger37 thanks for all the details. I have a few clarification questions... REFILLING 1. OEM Carts - How do you tell an OEM cart from a compatible? is the only way to ensure its a OEM cart is to buy a Canon cart that is still in packaging? 2. Refill Carts - I have seen these...

Thanks for the info guys. I emailed Precisioncolors.com and he mentioned that the resetters should be coming in a few weeks. I'll ask whether its a Sudhaus or not. @Trigger37, thanks for the other post in regards to maintenance of the mp830. Just what I needed to get me started.

Now that I discovered this forum I want to get into refilling my own carts. I found a few on eBay and was wondering if there are any differences between chip resetters or do they all work the same? Additionally if anyone is in Canada (Toronto) and has any suggestions on where to buy them I...

Well I cleaned everything last night and then went to bed. This morning I got up and did another round of windex then printed the nozzle pattern. And YES ! the light cyan is back, albeit very light and streaky but its there. I will continue with another 4-5 rounds of windex today. In the...

I received a response back from Canon that I have added below. Do you recommend that I do the cleaning as they stated below?

I have some progress to report. I followed what embguy said below regarding the 'windex cleaning' and now the pattern check has a very faint light cyan line. While I am doing this with the cyan would it be a good time to do the same to the PGBK because it showed some missing lines in the...

ghwellsjr thanks for explaining the details on the Nozzle Check for me. OK I did the test 4 or 5 times, here are the results with a few scenarios... 1) BASIC - in this scenario, i flood the pads, then close lid and wait for a sound of the printhead moving back into place (approx 2secs) then I...

embguy, thanks for your quick response. I appreciate your help. So this is what I did. 1) I wasn't sure what the purge pads were but I found a pic (one rectangle and one square) and added the windex as you suggested. (http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=26517) 2)...

Hello, I was hoping someone could help me with my canon. The color while printing photos is too yellow. I think it has something to do with the cyan color. When doing the NOZZLE CHECK PATTERN the light cyan line does not show up at all although the dark line does. (the cyan and magenta have...