Recent content by jmmatlock

An update to my first post. I used some Windex on the pad where the print head parks. This worked slightly - the pgbk line on a nozzle check came out about 50% (just the top 1/2 printed). I figured I'd let it sit over in the parked position and see if it helped, but when I tried to print...

Is there a tutorial on how one does this? I'm assuming this involves refilling a blank cartridge with a different ink that it normally takes? Again, I will definitely need to be walked through this step. What I probably should have disclosed is that I am a buy-it-off-the-shelf ink user...

PS - When I print the nozzle check pattern, the top line (which the manual says should have black vertical line, PGBK, black vertical line, then a graph-like pattern) is completely missing. No white stripes in the C, C, M, M, Y, or BK lines, but the top PGBK is not even there.

Hi there - Brand newbie here, so please bear with me. 2 days ago, my PIXMA MP830 was printing just fine. I print 95% of the time in grayscale/b&w (using the large black cartridge), saving the colors for photo printing. I had several cartridges showing low ink levels, but I always ignore the...