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I'm accustomed to transparent cartridge sides, but lately cartridges have opaque sides making identification difficult. Plus, some of these carts come from three different 3rd parties and identifies the contents with only a code such as TO79520 in very fine print. I only know now what that code...

I used to free up my cartridge carriage on my 1430 by using the buttons in a certain way. I didn't need to pull the power cord. Now I've forgotten how I did that. Can someone help me recall that technique?

My Nikkor 55-105 has a very narrow metallic strip around the lens that's beginning to come unstuck ... only about an inch for now. Part of me says it's ok to intentionally pull it loose the rest of the way. After all it appears to be primarily decorative. An alternative would be to find the...

The title here is "Everything Else"... would that include scanners? Maybe I got lucky and ended up at THE place to ask about some problems with scanners. Here I find the proper use of irreverance! At least here they could tell me the proper spelling of "irreverance". Here's hoping...

I have two printers, #1 is an Epson 1430 and #2 is an HP Deskjet 932 (my old workhorse!). They take turns using a USB cable to the computer and hence to their respective printer. When a workflow starts with the Epson connected via the USB, the printer puts out and the fonts behave as they...

I recently bought a Canon iP8720 and have made some very satisfying b/w prints. I'm using EZink cartridges because that's what the printer came with. For the present, am using Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matt and Red River Aurora Art Natural. Both papers are 2 sided. The Epson paper is very...

I'm a newbie, just got an iP8720. I did some searching the forum for an answer, but I may have missed it 1) About how long does a slow blinking cart take before it switches to fast? 2) and how long does the cart's fast blink take? 3) Say my computer's cyan cart is on the slow blink phase...

I've used QTR for years, with carbon ink. Been very happy with the results. When I tried to use iP8720 ink with QTR I ran into a block: I couldn't fill in the blank on QTR's "Printing Model", although I did fill in the preceding blank marked simply "name", filled it in with "Canon iP8700...

This question could also fit with my Epson printer so I hope I'm in the right place. The problem is that the cards don't maintain their position... as you go down the page, the carts overlap more and more. As many of you know, an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet usually fits ten business cards to a page, two...

I'm new to the Canon world of printing b/w. I've been using 6 cartridges, 5 variations of Eboni black, and 1 toner. Today I printed an iron truss bridge (lots of black and dark rusty red!) with my new Canon Pixma iP8720 using EZink. I was quite happy with the results except for the tone of the...

Just got a Canon iP8720 last Saturday and the installation went rather smoothly. I got it for doing b/w prints, and the first print was beautiful. However the printer puts out a very loud and sharp noise. It's a single shot, almost like a .22 rifle. Loud, I'm telling you, loud! Not only loud but...

What do the numbers below (sometimes above) nozzle check on my Epson 1430 mean? Mine are: AO25G2 QP100A73 After a trip to my tech guy for a cleaning, the nozzle check was darker, and the number now is: AO051C QP100A73 I did a pretty thorough search here, got four pages of hits but I...

Am using IJM carts loaded with various mixtures of Carbon ink. Everything was running along smoothly until I got to carts 5 and 6 position, ie Magenta and Cyan, left to right. At this point I must have gotten careless - I loaded these carts in reverse order, ie Cyan and Magenta, left to right...

I'm using an Epson 1430, it has six cartridges. In my case, a few yellow position dashes are at the same level in the nozzle check. Doesn't seem to affect results, but I still would like to have the dashes behave themselves. BTW, am not using color carts but do use the carbon 6 cartridges...

I have a 1430 which I got a few months ago, very low mileage. Perfect nozzle checks. A small blot is starting to appear, see photo. I make two notecards on a sheet of 8.5x11 paper, the photo shows half that size for one notecard. The paper moves from left to right, the left edge being the last...

I got this ink from InkJetCarts.us but of course now that they're closed I can't contact them. I'm setting up my carts to use Paul Roark's Carbon 6 inkset. I bought these about April of 2020 so they should still be usable. I've opened and used the carbon ink bottle and it printed fine. Four...

When I do an Internet search for such a print head I get all kinds of hits. How's a body to choose? I thought maybe those who frequent this website would have some good experiences to help me find a reliable and trusting dealer. I will not be installing it, we (partner and I) will hand the...

I bought a Printer Potty for my 1430, it's my fourth. It's a quality product and my previous three printers use them with great success. The tough part for me was removing the 1430's shell and this time I took the lazy way out and asked my local tech person to install the Printer Potty. However...

I have a fresh color cart installed. The printer itself is old, but very clean at a local thrift shop. It had only printed about 30-40 prints. Has printed faultlessly the past few years. Was trying to print using the various buttons, but anything involving pressing the left button will not...

(Two posts in a row... I've been taught no more than one issue to a post!) I'm using Paul Roark's excellent formula for b/w printing in my 1430, consisting of black, a blue/cyan toner, and four dilutions of the black. I've been using 100% carbon ink in the black position, so aside from the...