The aluminum tape can be purchased from your local hardware store. The HVAC people use them to seal the air duct in your house. Sometime, I can even find them in dollar store for $1/roll.
Since you have the setup for the iP4500, you can get another iP4500 at your local Kijiji or Craigslist. Part of your production time is changing disks between printing. You can streamline the production with two or more printers.
This brings back my memory of my old HP printer. At the time, I can't figure out why. After I switched to Canon i550, I came across an article telling people to use masking tape to cover up one contact at a time. Put the cartridge in the printer. The printer will record it as a new...
No, a resistor in series with the battery will only limit the current and will not reduce the voltage down to 3V.
For the causal user, it is cheaper to buy button battery on eBay - 10 for couple of dollars.
Sorry, I don't know anything about MAC. I hope the printer GUI is the same as the Windows.
Windows OS:
Click on the property on the printer display. On the main tab, change the print quality to draft or fast.
Sometime, it takes a long time to clear the clog. Just flood the left purge pad with Windex every night. You have nothing to lose. This will not getting any worse.
But in the mean time, you can use the photo black for your printing. Select any photo paper for your normal printing. The...
My HP Laserjet 6P was streaking, 1" wide column, on the left side last week. The problem was the fuser film sleeve in the Fuser assembly. After I took the Fuser assembly out, the fuser film sleeve is not complete with the left side missing which corresponds to the streaking on the left page...
Sound like cross contamination of yellow color to other color.
Is the printing return to normal after doing a cleaning cycle?
Search this forum with keyword "cross contamination". It depends on the cause of the cross contamination. You may need to replace the printhead.
Use the upload link from the top menu to upload file. After upload, it gives you a link to your file. Copy the link and paste it on the compose message box. Highlight the link and click on the Img button.
Please upload a picture of the tire-mark nozzle check.
There are two type of clogs in inkjet printer:
1. Actual ink in the nozzle prevent ink from going through.
2. The purges system is clogged at the exit tubing.
If the purge system is working properly, doing head cleaning will unclog the...
Please follow the instruction. Please ask if you do not understand the procedure.
I did not ask you to take out the printhead or pull the power while the printhead is away from the purge pads. Doing so will cause more ink dried up in the nozzles overnight. All inkjet printers park the...
Select cleaning for PGBK for your case because you do not want to waste your color ink. I seldom use deep cleaning because I do not want to waste more ink than necessary. Unclogging is a slow process. Wasting more does not mean you can get it unclogged faster.
I do not like a straw because...
After re-read your post, I am not sure which black ink that you are talking about. - pigment black or photo black?
Do you get black when you are printing text only page?
Do you get black when you are printing photo?
The left purge pad is for the pigment black and the right purge pad is for the...