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"Oh my God!" I've got an ip6000d! Quick. Where's the holy water - me first, then douse the printer. :o

Thanks GH, Your explanation of just how to 'read the signs' in the 'Check Nozzle' print outs was spot-on. Those strips of colored 'mesh' really tell users a lot, if the user knows how to read and interpret what they are reporting. "Hey! Its only taken me three years of reading 'all-over' to...

After my rant on Canon I now feel better. So, in Canon's behalf; I do think that they provide one of the better (on-screen) printhead maintainace, (and testing), utilities. That being their "Nozzle Check", (i.e. test). It first prints out a row of strips, one for each color. Each strip contains...

Hi GH, good points - and thanks for the 'Mikling' link. I notice in your foot notes that you 'vacuum fill' your >tiny< canon cartridges.?. I also use an HP 1220c and have vacuum filled their cartridges but, didn't consider that you might use that method with others, hum. Do you use a homemade...

My S9000 is now on the third printhead, @ $80.00+ a pop. The ink overflow tray was cleaned previously and it did not need cleaning then; the point being- the printer has very low mileage on it. The machine works perfect accept for small sporatic ink blurps from the nozzles which add a lot of...