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    ip4000 slowish printing

    Hi, I have a Canon ip4000 for about 11 years. Overall it has not had lot of use. Over the years I've maintained a practice of printing a nozzle pattern out to keep things from drying out. The usage could be described as fairly consistently minimal, if that makes sense, but the last year has seen...
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    My trusty ip4000 still lives on!

    Hey guys! Its a loooong time since Ive been here. Just been perusing the boards last couple of days because I wanted to look up stuff on cleaning printheads. This was always a neat place to come and it looks like that hasn't changed. What a great resource :) A week or two ago my printer started...
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    Change Contrast/Brightness on Monitor Via Software

    Hey guys, I have a CRT Philips 107E5 about 4 years old. Monitor is still excellent to use except the front panel buttons are becoming tetchy through a lot of use. :( ( Daily I have to adjust my monitor between huge variations between daytime and nitetime. My room is exceedingly bright during...
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    Getting double sided printouts to line up.

    Hey guys, Just thought Id share this bit of info as a matter of interest to anyone who may find themselves in the same or similar situation. That is, where they are printing out (as in my case) a CD booklet (for lyrics). Youre basically wanting to get the opposite side to line up exactly or...
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    Power Cuts when printer is working

    Hi all, Lately I am experiencing numerous powercuts, ( I live in a rural area about 6Ks from town) and so far I've managed not having the printer working at the time. At this rate its only a matter of time when I'll get caught out. Soooo, What my concern is, is how long have you got to get the...
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    "Paper Output Tray" question

    Hi, Now and again the Paper output tray on my IP4000 just falls down on of its own accord, which I don't particularly like. It did it some time in the nite last nite ( and no I wasn't having nightmares :) ) Anyone else have this happen to their printer? Any suggestions for a fix/workaround...
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    Resetter for 4200 ???

    Hey Guys What do ya'all think of this...that is, if you can understand the language !!! http://www.resetters.com Music Image
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    Question about nozzle test pattern

    Hi, Can some one explain to me why the vertical squares or more correctly, oblongs are all in various shades of black. Which ink tank actually prints these.? Thanks Music Image
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    What is normally expected when replacing ink tanks.

    Hi, I was tossing up whether to put this question in the general section or here, because it applies to both 3rd party carts as well as OEMs, though I think it leans more to this subforum. Is it normally just a case of popping them in and away they go with no need of intervention, or can you...
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    Looking for the ISO/JIS-SCID N5 pattern

    Hi, Ive looked for this on Canons Website and cant seem to find it. I managed to find Niftys reference to this image as well as a few others after a google search, but they are all really small, so small that if you try and resize it, it is extremely blurry. Maybe we are not supposed to print...
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    Calculation of 5% method?

    Hey all, Just interested to know if anyone actually knows how the 5% coverage is equated with so many characters per page, for example, these are the figures (pasted from a canon pamphlet, below) for the ip4000. In my natural way of thinking Im just wondering if they somehow have a way to count...
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    Anyone know of this manafacturer

    An excerpt from Macworld.com "In June it settled a case with Multi-Union Trading Co. Ltd. that saw 75 of Multi-Unions cartridge models barred from being imported to the U.S., Epson said. Multi-Union, in Hong Kong, sells its products in the U.S. under the PrintRite brand. A few days later Epson...
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    3rd Party suppliers

    Guys/Ladies, Can anyone tell me... why it is that suppliers want to get all secretive on you and NOT disclose who manafactures their 3rd party inks .... that is, IF theyve got nothing to hide. Maybe Im missing something here. Right now Im scratching my head as to why a supplier would go to all...
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    Looking for supplier of decent ink in New Zealand

    Anyone here got any recommendations? Im hoping to refill and want MIS or Formulabs or Hobbicolors. You folks in the USA/Europe etc wanna be soooo greatful you have choices at your fingertips!!! Finding decent, easy to obtain, stuff here is rarer than hens teeth. :/ Ive been googling and...
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    Help to expand/open IP4000 service manual

    Ple-e-ease can someone help me get these rar files to open. This is what Ive done so far. Followed Panos' link but I'm not ready to fight yet another learning curve, this time with filesharing apps, eg Emule. Googled and followed links which all in the end ended up here ...
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    Inkjet Stuff Forum flys !!!

    Hey all, Im stoked with Inkjet Stuff. I love the basic outlay and the way things load soooooOOOOOoooo fast here compared to most other sites you go to on the net. Makes me feel like Im on BBand :). Believe me, this is no small issue on a dial-up connection. I sincerely hope it stays this way...
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    Ink usage and text printing.

    Hey guys, I just bought my IP4000 yesterday, and my Hubby is going to install the printhead and carts for me tonight, and then I'll do the driver installation and the various setup tests to get the ball rolling. Can hardly wait !!!! :) Wish us the best. Remember this is our very 1st printer...
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    Wow, I ve just popped in here.

    As I say, Wow!!! Ive just been here about 10 minutes and this looks like a good site. JUST WHAT IM LOOKING FOR IN FACT !!! Ive been researching buying a printer and I could have done with coming here earlier. No harm done though as I havnt made my choice yet, and I will most certainly be giving...
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