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Link to the new file here. Google automatically changed the file into its own trash format without asking. New link here. Works as tested with LibreOffice 24 and a Canon G7020*. I chose LibreOffice because it's freely available, unlike Acrobat and MS Office which both require a license at least...

Thank you for the info... I will look into implementing this soon 🫡

No arguments there... I miss Windows 7 :caf Perhaps. It's all in how the printer formats the file that's spooled to the printer I imagine. The next thing is how to automate the print job. Does word/libre have a terminal command to send a file to the printer? I believe my current task scheduler...

Spot on Yeah, word is more predictable but it also costs money and therefore not everyone will have it. Any chromium based browser has at least a basic PDF viewer onboard. Which is why I wonder.

Very interesting... That might explain why it's always the PBGK line that has issues and not the color, when I'm using the purge sheet... Might need to try and find a way to fix that. Would a PDF format also know to use PBGK if it's a text character and not an image element? I would be...

I don't know if that would be true considering the 7020 only has one black. While it is pigment based, does that really leave the printer with the option to not use a black entirely as an alternative?

I'll give it a shot

Laser. But yes, ink tanks are a pain if you aren't prepared to maintain them very actively. If you are, they're very good machines. But if you aren't it can be a very counterproductive issue. Especially when that need for constant supervision isn't adequately disclosed to you, which is 100% a...

I suppose it wouldn't push every nozzle but then it doesn't exactly need to either. The main things are to keep air out of the nozzle and minimize clogs by running the printer thoroughly (a solid block of each primary color) on a daily basis. Hence doing a cleaning and nozzle check every week...

Be advised that when you unplug mid-flush -- while you don't actually spend the ink and waste tank space physically, from what I understand, the printer does the deductions on ink and waste usage immediately. So it will think the ink is lower and the waste tank is fuller than either are. Do this...

Oh I see. I imagine there might be some special formulation in the ribbon to stop it smearing perhaps, or at least a different one to a generic ImageWriter ribbon anyway. Other possibilities are that the Fuji paper backing is specifically receptive to the wax/ink in a way that other papers are...

The DL650 has a twin dot matrix backprint unit, yes. Last I looked, it's also minimum $1k used and takes up a lot of space, and very difficult to ship.

Looks pretty similar to my iP100/110s. That's proven really reliable for me so far. No drying out or air in the head or anything. But then, that's with cartridges. Whether it's the head design or the CISS itself is the question. I suspect that the glorified sponge cart approach is a measurable...

I've never had a problem with my Pro-2000. Granted I also do cleaning prints on that too. I think having a more robust transport would be a definite improvement for sure. I want a GX7021 but I can't justify the cost right now considering the G7020 does everything I need. I wonder if the GX has...

Ink flush is a last resort. Even so, I only let it run one or two rounds of suction and then I unplug it. I normally only do one heavy clean and it's good. As for waste pad, once it reports full I just redirect the tubes out the printer into a retrofit waste collection tank and reset the counter...

Yes I'm speaking mainly through the lens of high volume/intensity printing. As much as I would like to recommend tanks (in principle) to people, I only do if they make it a point they are willing to put in maintenance and will use it to death (essentially being in the same boat). Otherwise, gen...

Ink tank printers are higher maintenance, but are much cheaper to run. The same ink would cost way more in cartridge form and many of us feel it's worth dealing with the quirks. And with a quick waste absorber redirect, it's basically inconsequential to be doing a cleaning here and there at the...

If it doesn't have any way to pressurize the lines even slightly, then it's no wonder it has air intake problems. I know it costs an extra buck-twenty a unit, but I'd have liked to see a pump on each tank, i.e. the purge pump, that would be firmware-controlled to automatically replenish the...

Not 100% sure but it seems pretty arbitrary. The ink will also stick to the walls of the tank during use because of surface tension so that may affect how you perceive the levels changing. I haven't fully disassembled one of these machines yet but I would assume there is something to force ink...

The thread is in fact titled "how to get ink to stick to photo paper backing," not "how to put a sticker on it." I don't know why then it's such a laugh that the people in that thread would prefer a printed surface over a sticker on it.