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First thing to try is different paper type settings until you find one that is better suited to the brand of paper you purchased.

I like the idea of the drilled 2x4 to hold all the bottles, but the easiest and most readily available way of preventing an ink bottle from tipping over is to set the opened bottle in a flat bottom coffee mug. We've all got them and they work great. Just don't drink any ink if you get it in the...

Tape will work fine. Be sure to fold over one end to make removal easier. There are other ways of sealing the outlet port for storage. The other day a new member posted about using a damaged or obsolete printhead. If you have one available it would be great for that purpose. Last summer I posted...

And who said chivalry was dead?

Ghostbear, All of the comments posted about HobbiColors is very accurate. In a word, both their product and service is - excellent. You had also asked about the ink status indicator and refilling procedures. In addition to what Osage already posted, the ink status indicator isn't significant...

HobbiColors cartridges should easily last for at least 8 refills and probably more, but that's almost a moot point since the refill kits include new cartridges. Even the price of extra cartridges is so low that purchasing more shouldn't be a problem. The screw threads should last for the life of...

Alotofthings.com is the primary seller of bulk Formulabs ink and if Joe says that Procolors are indeed filled with Formulabs ink you can rely on his assurances. I believe you mean Image-Specialists instead of Imaging Systems. If that's the case, MIS (inksupply.com) sells their bulk ink but I'm...

Mccoady, I've been a long time user of Formulabs ink from Alotofthings and more recently have been using HobbiColors ink and have done a bit of comparison testing between those two inks, Canon OEM and some very inexpensive no-name generic cartridges which I purchased mainly as a way of getting...

Interesting article and it did address some of the issues we see on newsgroups about refilling HP and Lexmark cartridges. I've had reasonable success refilling my old HP tanks many years ago, but I never could get a Lexmark cartridge to work very well after a refill. What the article didn't...

On my ip4000 I've already tried using thumbscrews instead of a round head screw. It seemed like a great idea until the first time I tried a set. They sealed just fine, but they were a little too tall and jammed against the flange on the top inside cover. No damage was done to the printer, but it...

I agree that Canon may be on thin ice in trying to tie in usage of OEM only supplies to receive warranty coverage. Even Hyundai/Kia with their 100K warranties tend to emphasize the fact that very expensive maintenance checks need to be done at 30K intervals and that the work needs to be...

In regards to the ink indicator level question, the answer is that it works just as you described. The printer doesn't keep any kind of accurate count of droplets ejected. Instead it relies on the IR sensor and prism in the cartridge to give a first warning when the ink is running low. As you...

If you are dealing with Canon printers prior to the latest level using the chipped cartridges, no tweaking is necessary. While there a are multitude of aftermarket BCI-3/6 tanks available for these models, the advice you've been given about refilling with any one of the three bulk inks mentioned...

With any desktop publishing application (MS Publisher, PagePlus, Quark, etc...) you can import and resize or crop at will. Since they are page layout applications you can position the photos anywhere on the sheet. It isn't difficult to do, but it is somewhat tedious. Qimage might also be the...

When you ran the deep cleaning cycle a suction was applied to the print head which draws ink out of the cartridges and primes the head. That's why the first few photos printed OK, but once the supply of ink in the head was depleted it was back to the green cast. It sounds to me like you have an...

I haven't tried Gimp, but I've read some positive reviews. I have no firsthand knowledge of how well it works. It's available from numerous sites which can be found with a Google search. Another great source for free software (DTP, photo editing and graphics) is...

Neil, I've been refilling Canon tanks for ages with various methods for sealing up the refill opening - hot melt glue, duct tape, making a hole on the side of the tank and covering with duct tape, etc... All will work if done properly, but they all have drawbacks in one way or another. I think...

There is a notice on their web site that from Jan 14-23 they are moving from the San Diego area to Oregon and are closed during that period. If their move is anything like the one I'm still working on it'll take longer than that. Normally they are very good at answering their emails and phone...

www.weink.com or their other online store at http://www.getinkexpress.com/forcanon.htm has ink for the new Canon models.

Ron