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Please note this is not a political post but a heads up that if you're in the USA and you order anything from outside the USA you need to be aware of some pretty important changes.. https://www.avalara.com/blog/en/north-america/2024/11/de-minimis-exemption-changes-coming.html In direct terms...

You beauty!! I tried and tried to get the original method to work but that's subtly different because the process for turning on requires the "black" button to be held down with the power button, then release "black" and press the "stop" button 4 times to get into service mode, then press...

This video shows an Epson wiper blade but you get the idea:

ZX Spectrum 48K... *wistful faraway look... promptly erased* Good grief but typing out the bug ridden code from computer magazines was such a bind and then the ruddy tape stretched and you lost ALL that work... but only after an hour of 10-15 minute attempts to get it to record only to get an...

Well that's obviously a fake... I mean... there's no tape player, pencil for rewinding the tapes or a big old CRT tv screen. Flat screens were a dead giveaway...

...and I made the mistake of looking up some historical references... ...in dusty archives... ...after fighting off things that looked a lot like dinosaurs!... ...and I realised how long I've been doing... *waves vaguely at all the printer stuff* ... this! Should I return to my dusty crypt...

*pats pockets*... Shucks... I appear to be 51 million short...

Okay... based on what I can determine from the photos I think there's a dual issue at work here. The Magenta cartridge in use probably has a build up of pigment sludge on the internal filter mesh that sits above the outlet sponge and this is restricting ink flow. Given that the use of OEM...

Thought I'd just record this error and the fix we worked out today on a Canon iP8750. Printheads was moving back and forth fine but the printhead would stop about a little out from the right side with error flashes and an error code of 6A81. The error normally indicates some kind of paper jam...

So, it's likely, on balance, that the newer service tool is the one to get so long as it's a genuine release and not someone getting cute with malware... The bit you @PeterBJ, mentioned about changing the hardware seems to be key to keeping it functioning though. Any change and the app won't...

If you have some old refillable cartridges those use the 4mm plugs you need. I'm guessing you're in the US given the imperial measurement or I'd say I've got them on OctoInkjet too.

*dusts off account and taps the mic'*... "Hello? ... Hello?... Is this thing on?..." Yes, dear folks I have returned from fighting demons**, climbing great heights and smiting the evil doers who brought us Brexit and Aunt Bessies frozen yorkshire puddings (Heretics all!) and I seek your help...

Well, he could ... just sharing that 7zip is a really useful utility for decompressing a lot of different compression file formats... Winzip is the devil incarnate though... Evil, nasty developerssssss. We hatez them don't we preccioussss ;)

You can open it with 7zip.

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