I might have posted here 3 months ago looking for help on how to schedule a print job for every month I was gone, so my inkjet printer heads wouldn't dry out. I spend over an hour the night before I left trying to write a bat file that woudl do this, but I failed^^. So I was very happy when I...

Hello. My client would like to know if it is possible to connect his very old parallel HP LaserJet 6P printer to his MacBook Pros since inkjet printers' inks are expensive compared to old reliable and cheaper laser. I assume it would require an USB+parallel adapter to physically connect. Also,...

We are using the Canon i860 desktop color printer. This printer comes with 5 color ink cartridges. Last few months, after we installed new Canon 3e - the large black ink cartridge, ink will be empty within few hours, even without printing anything. So far, we went through 6 new ink cartridges. We...

It is a Canon MP450 about 2 1/2 years old. It just will not turn on, I have done all of the obvious checking of plugs etc. No disc for this as it is a plug and play. With the low prices of basic home printers these days is it even worth getting someone out to look at it?

As I did when I started on my BCI6 refills, I tested them again. Unable to get hold of 'claimed' cli8 ink from resellers, I spent a few hours arguing and getting transferred around, talking to inktec and ausink, who claim to have cli8 inks, and after getting to someone with some knoledge in...

Hi all I've been getting Ridisc and/or Datasafe ink cartridges from SVP (blank disc shop) in the UK for about £1.35 each for my R300. Having just gone to order some more I see that SVP have suspended sales of all Epson compatibles, with no information why (and they ask you not to email them about...

I have a fairly new R300 which has non-Epson carts installed. It has worked for a while (obviously thru' the supplied Epsons carts) using these cheaper carts. No it is displaying the message "Service required. Parts inside your printer are at the end of their service life." Can anyone say if this...

I do a lot of printing. Far too much to resort to OEM cartridges. Could you lurkers out there suggest where I might acquire quality bulk inks for my Canon and HP printers? I would appreciate you help. Thanks in advance.

Hi! I have an Epson 890 Photo which i am having problems with. Each time i print an A4 sheet of pictures (contact sheet) the printer dumps a line of black ink across the page (roughly 2cm into the print) which then gets dragged all down the page and ruins the rest of the pictures. The ink dunped...

I am considering Canon printers this time around for the following reasons: I want the option of changing cartridges myself and being able to visually see the levels and individual color cartridges seem a positive change from my Epson 740. I hear the Canon Printers are fast and I want fast. I...

Is there anybody out there who knows if pigment ought to work in a die printer ? I'm in all sorts of trouble. At the outset I wanted to avoid the many cleaning cycles when I refilled my cartridges so I bought a continues ink system and at the same time I changed to pigment ink to avoid fading...

I would like to make up calling cards at home using 8.5x11 sheets of Avery precut cards. Templates are provided for Word & Word Perfect. 1. How well do people find the translation of the templates to Framemaker? Is the positioning of the business cards correctly preserved? 2. I'm using an HP...

Hi, I run a detal prtice and i am begining to digitize my x-ray system, somebody told me that i should buy an inkjet printer over a laser printer because inkjets have better quality greyscale images. Is this true?

I have a Canon MP730 printer and it's started to print colored documents really bad. I've done the cleaning, head alignment and nozzle check, with no positive effects. The printer gets easy use, just occasional printing at home. I would like to remove the printhead, (I have it in my hand now),...

My ip4200 keeps leaving a fairly wide streak (1/8" maybe) down the back side of my printed pages. On subsequent pages it keeps getting a little lighter until it's almost gone and then it starts over again. Obviously ink is dripping on the roller somewhere. I have taken both black cartridges out...

Hi, I've been using compatible cartridges with my canon i850 for economy. I need to print something that looks as perfect as possible so have bought some original cartridges. Is the only way to move through the previous noncompatible cartridge ink to print lots of test pages? Any advice welcome...

Host OS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Guest OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 (via VirtualBox) My laptop prints to a printer connected to a Win98SE desktop on a home network. The print dialog is very sluggish to open (from the guest OS). What is the likely cause of this problem? And, how can it be fixed?

I have a gadget that resets the chip on the cartridges for my Epson C62 and it works fine. However the heads seem to clog up. The cartridges in question have only been refilled once. Headcleaning works for a while but then it happens again. What I'm saving in ink I'm wasting in paper. Any...

What is dye based ink anyway. What is it made of. Has anyone made this stuff at home?

According to the 1985 edition of Adobe's Postscript Language Reference Manual (the red book), "A human user can interact directly with the LaserWriter's POSTSCRIPT interpreter from a terminal and use the LaserWriter as if it were a personal computer." It then goes on to explain a little about how...