Whoops...
Should have done that, but I didn't...apologies, and will remember next time.
Anyway...pulled the cover off, took one look, and said "no way". Sprayed contact cleaner on the board, fiddled with the three ribbon cables going into it, and while it was open, did a little cleaning...
Welll...
Just finished the surgery, to no avail :(
Pulled the entire printhead off, forced hot water through each of the print pickups, soaked both the print head and the pickups in iso alcohol, reinstalled (said a prayer that I didn't get overzealous with the Dremel), and bang, same exact...
Grandad...many thanks for your help. When I pull the carts off of the printhead, I do see the "bubble" of colored ink I've heard mentioned, so I don't believe it's being startved by the cart. I also checked the electrical connections, and cleaned them, and that didn't work.
I will try the...
Here they are...
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/img/files/printalign.jpg
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/img/files/nozzlecheck2.jpg
The nozzle check on the 6M and 6PM have a distinct line halfway through them...hard to see in the scan. The rest seem OK.
FYI...This is after replacing my carts with...
Will do this tonight...don't have a scanner, but can upload jpg, if that will suffice...
If not...or if a scanner is better, I can probably track someone down who can do this for me.
TIA...E
Hi...just found this forum, and the wealth of info has been great, so thanks in advance...
Wondering whether someone can help me here. I have been refilling OEM carts for this printer since I got it 2 years ago, with no issues, until now.
Now, I can't get a decent photo print, and when I run...