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Changing cartridges is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Most likely one of two sources of this problem: 1. The park pad is full of gunk. Either dust and hair have built up on it, or for some reason the peristaltic vacuum pump under it is not working. Do you have pets? Especially...

Nicely done! I think I can offer some slight corrections and explanations. Yes, the white with blue lines is a filter that lets air pass while not letting anything else in. The valve that opens it to the cartridge is so ink doesn't leak out when the cartridge is not in the printer. It would...

I guess I was responding to the BobPowell.net link that just squirts some ink in the bottom. Your method looks fine. I figured out my method when I was refilling for a Cartridge World, it had to be fast and no mess. I rarely have any ink to clean up and it takes literally seconds for the...

Yes, I think that round thing is a regulator valve meant to lower the virtual pressure at the ink outlet. Make it so the print head must draw ink out, as if it were at a lower level than the head. Without a vacuum: Refilling from the bottom, upside down will only refill the lower compartment...

I must admit I'm attracted to the lower price of their pigmented inks. I have an R200 I'd like to convert to pigmented inks, and the place I normally buy pigmented inks has gone up to $120 for a set of 4 ounces each (110ml) of 6 colors. Anyone used Inktoo? Quality? Service...

ICM is for 3rd party profiles. The stock drivers come with OEM profiles that are specific to the paper. Mostly I've not noticed huge color shifts on my Canons. However, on an Epson R200 I found that when using Kodak Glossy Photo, with the Epson driver set to Epson Glossy paper, everything was...

Oh, yeah, it's great! I've used Canon printers for years, when I got an Epson it was a rude awakening having to waste lots of sheets of paper doing manual alignments.

CX6600 having 5mL lost at startup is a bit of a stretch, unless you mean each time the carts are replaced. I think that class of Epson only holds about 14mL in the cartridge. Although 1ml lost during an automatic cleaning is not unexpected. Shocking, sucks, but not unexpected.

Actually they don't want them for their dye sub, they want them for thermal wax printing. Primarily for decals. And somewhat less demand for the metallic/foil printing. Alps only use wax thermal, not resin. Although technically the "wax" ribbons are really a softer, lower temp resin. Alps...

I will say that I use a -very- fine and light mist. The droplets don't gather together on the nozzle plate, looking more like a fogged mirror. When does the ink drip? Before or after applying tape or clip? After I wrote my above emails, I went to Ink Process USA's site and read his articles...

That's me, overkill.

Here is what I'm talking about: http://www.inksupply.com/seal_direct.cfm I have also been using the blue tape under it. Maybe overkill. I also prefer to use a fine mist of water onto the nozzle plate, rather than a drop of water.

Drop of water, blue tape down so it's not touching the nozzle plate, silicone square taped down onto blue tape which pushes it onto nozzle plate. The silicone squares are very soft (almost Jello consistency but tough) squares of silicone on a piece of Scotch tape. You can also use the HP...

Here, here, Jackies35. When you sell the print for $10 for an 8x10, it makes little difference if the ink cost was 25 cents a page or 75 cents a page. Back in the late 90s I was going to sci fi conventions and doing photocomposites and special FX for people in costumes. We charged $35 for an...

And you may find that there is no perceptible difference between the highest setting, and the 2nd or 3rd highest setting. But those lower settings will print a -lot- faster. This is especially useful when printing large prints, as large prints generally don't require as high a resolution as...

I do a drop of water or misted spray, blue tape, quickly tape a soft silicone square over it. I do -not- pull the blue tape tight, nor do I press it down. I stick it over the head so it is held up slightly out of contact with the nozzle plate, and I let the silicone square press it down. I...

Widening the air gallery? Perhaps the vent hole is not clear. If no air can get in, ink cannot get out. I would not have let the heads dry for 24 hours. Leave them full of distilled water, install the carts and run cleaning cycles and test prints to flush the water and refill with ink...

Another reason why I 1. use only very dilute ammonia and 2. use a container with a very small mouth that I keep shut when not drawing cleaning fluid out.

Yes, this is a good method to clean HP print heads. Works to empty them, too, if you leave it there too long. ;') Patience is definitely a virtue when cleaning any print heads. It's strange how different our countries are when it comes to finding "common" chemicals. Any grocery store or...

Why not just monitor the LED, and only check the phototransistor when the LED is powered?