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    My realy working Cleaning Printhead "sandwich" method

    Interesting method I might try on an Epson. How thick is the plastic plate? Al
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    MP250 ink

    Thank you for the link to the test ghwellsjr did. It was very interesting reading. Al
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    Good Result

    Wil, was the ink that was still in the sponges also OCP ink? I will be opening my Christmas gift (Canon Pro9000 MK2) the 25th, and I am interested in using 3rd party ink. Al
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    Canon 19100 amber light blinking

    i just bought a Canon i9100 at a thirft store for its cartridges. I plugged it in to see if it might work, and I get a green light and then amber light blinking seven times and then green then amber blinking seven times, etc Would anyone know what the amber light blinking seven times means...
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    Shot a new video on Refilling Epson OEM carts.

    Yes, I enjoyed the video, and very nicely done. I was thinking that my Epsons could not be refilled. Al
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    New printer for decals

    Your comment about Alps printers reminds me of buying four recondition Alps 1000 printer from Alps many years ago. I think I still have three unopened boxes that came from Alps. How time flies, and interests change. Al
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    Am I being shorted on ink?

    My bottles are marked 4 oz, but on their website the picture of the bottles says 2 fl. oz. http://home.eol.ca/~mikling/Inks.html Al P.S. Please give me some examples of liquids being bought and sold by weigh. Examples of liquids being bought and sold as volumes are gasoline, milk, water, etc.
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    Am I being shorted on ink?

    If an item is sold as volume, the buyer expects the stated volume or a little more, NOT LESS. On your $18 ink purchase, you were short 7ml out of 59.147ml or 11.8% or $2.13. If the purchase I just made of 8 ink 4 oz. bottles for $43.88 was shorted the same percent, that would equal $5.18. We...
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    Am I being shorted on ink?

    How are you measuring the two oz.? Pour one of the containers of ink in 1/4 cup to see if you are short of ink. i think you will find you were given too much. Al
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    1400 two bandings in one picture

    It looks like a printer design flaw. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1003&message=34119670
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    1400 two bandings in one picture

    Is it possible that the Epson 1400 wide format printer doesn't handle 4" wide paper very well? I would try wider paper. You might have a feeding problem with 4" paper. Al
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    Refilling empty cartridge?

    Almost? It looks perfect to me, good work. Al
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    Plastic or Glass picture frames

    The idea of putting a second copy behind the original is a good idea, thank you. Al
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    Nozzle check on Canon iP6000D printer

    Well, I went ahead and put the questionable print head in the perfectly working printer, and the print head was bad. Then I put the good printhead back into the printer that had been working perfectly, and YES I still have one perfect printer. I was thinking of taking the bad print head apart...
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    Nozzle check on Canon iP6000D printer

    Yes, I was thnking of trying that, then I thought I might then have both printers not working. Could the good print head be damaged by putting the good head in the printer that is not working. Al
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    Nozzle check on Canon iP6000D printer

    http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/uploads/1302_printer_test.jpg The above is a scan of a nozzle check on a Canon iP6000D printer (calling it #2 printer). The nozzles are clean and ink cartridges are not in question, because they came from a perfectly working iP6000D printer (calling it #1...
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    Plastic or Glass picture frames

    Which is better in picture frames for fade resistance, plastic or glass? The plastic I am asking about is- Acrylite OP-3 P-99 which is an Ultaviolet Filtering Museum Quality non-glare matte finish. I would think that the plastic would give off gases that would harm the photo, where the glass...
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    MX850 making horrible clicking sound when attempting to scan

    I am not sure if the complaints were about quality of Canon printers as much as complataints about smaller cartridge size and harder to refill. Al
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    How to store a print head?

    I'll ask my question in a different way. The backup print head (Canon iP4300) has been totally dry for over two months. Do I just leave the head in the condition it is in, or do I-----? Al
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    How to store a print head?

    So, are you guys saying that a backup print head that I cleaned, dryed, and put in a smaill box two months ago, is now damaged? Al
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