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Thank you all for your help. I think I am getting there. Sadly, the core problem persists (see pic of market veggies I posted at the start): Photos on Canon and Kirkland inkjet photo paper have a deathly green hue about them. :( I used to print gorgeous photos using this paper. I have tried...

I understand I have POd my helpful masters and that a good grasshopper listens and follows through. I am not sure what advice I am ignoring but I will try harder.:/ Yes, The Hat, I am working on replacing all the carts with OEM/German method. Yes, the nozzle check shows that the PM is off but...

You are too humble and funny;), Guru Rodbam. Your wisdom will be studied and emulated. :cool: My perilous printer pains aside for a moment, this forum seems a generally healthy community I have stumbled on! Interesting, thoughtful folks generous with know-how and ideas. Thanks and will report...

Oh no...Guru Rodbam...Dinky respects you! Your nozzle check print is in fact very helpful. Let me explain. For whatever reason (poor scan/color repro) my nozzle check image that I posted is inaccurate. On paper, BK is very light grey (not magenta) and the other colors are all fine when I check...

Thanks The Hat. I am off to get some ammonia (not a drop at home: we use white vinegar to clean windows (my next project!). Anyone can kindly send me links to pics of the purge unit, how to access and clean it and anything else I should clean in (carefully!) there? I read you soak the PU in a...

Yes Rodbam, all hobbicolors in OEM carts. I doubt this will help but hey... I trust Stratman's range of probable causes to be spot on but it's hard to easily determine which applies to me. ...my gut says it's something simple that is just not quite apparent yet.

I was careful refilling and the ink colors look correct in each cart . But I'll recheck. Yes, possible...as are your #3 and #4. It's not easy for me to diagnose though. The purge pads? Also, no error messages from the printer. Just poor nozzle check colors and crap photos. As for ink I use...

Thanks The Hat and Stratman for the excellent tips. Progress: I changed the refills to Canon carts. I wasted a few dozen cc of ink in the Chinese carts but that's OK. The nozzle check now works (attached below). On plain paper, the image seems fair as does the nozzle check pattern and...

Thanks rodbam, but I guess I am not going close enough to the outer wall of the bottom of the cart to see the needle's path even though I puncture less than a mm below the outer wall. Practice may help so I am not too worried about it. What will keep me up is that the messed up color has no duh...

OK Ink Warriors, my progress report and issues I'd love you help with? Finding the path into reservoir with a 2 inch Hobbicolors needle is not easy! There's resistance in the foam so to break out into the reservoir it feels like you're hitting solid plastic. You sometimes are hitting the...

Thanks for your kind Irish offer The Hat! Let me first see what Amazon can do.

Thank you inkjet hackers extraordinaire for all the great advice. I'll report any surprises/frustrations if they merit sharing. I must say the syringe thing makes it feel so illicit! Hopefully, I won't prick myself in the attempt to be a smart consumer!

The Hat: Fair enough! Stratman: Yes, good point, I should. Would a cheap Chinese $8 one from Bisontec (search "Canon Chip Resetter for Canon CLl8 and PGl5" on Amazon) do for personal use? Or do I definitely need get the $20-30 one (which I believe is also China-made)? I guess I can always...

Thanks Stratman. Excellent tips with new info I didn't come across despite my searching on this forum. I guess I am now leaning to getting the 4 oz 8 colors from Inkjetcarts (Image Specialist Inks) for $62 including ship). That should get me roughly 8-9 refills per color (120 ml/13ml=9...

Thanks for the tips.

I am about to apply to join the wise tribe of refillers for my Canon pro9000II. I have read more posts and watched more videos than I can keep track of and amazed and grateful for the open sharing of so much knowledge (and opinion) by all of you. I loved the one about the science of a Canon...