Loki, Thor’s wily half-brother nemesis, sabotaged the new printer. Less than a day after setting it up, there was striping.
A test print revealed a problem in the blue nozzle. I ran the nozzle cleaning maintenance process on the printer, thereby defeating the Norse god of mischief.
I can’t imagine being able to control the scanner from my phone is an option I’ll need often, but it’s nice to have.
This is a painting I bought from Colleen a long time ago. That’s Kovar, a character in her graphic novel series, ‘A Distant Soil’.
Here’s how the scan looks after a bit of tweaking that I wouldn’t have bothered doing with the old scanner. The adjustment overdoes the lighting a bit.
This is the first scan I have made on the Epson ET-2985.
Everything is working now on the printer. I like the ink tanks. Initializing the printer draws down the ink a bit, but Epson leaves enough in the bottles to top off the tanks. That’s a nice touch.
My only problem during setup was both unexpected and stupid. The opening for the USB Type B connector is too small. Fortunately, rummaging through my large and varied collection of cables, I found one with a plug that fit. Wi-Fi was easy to get going with WPS.
My tax return PDF’s were a good test for 2-sided duplex printing, and I was pleased with the output quality and speed. Scanning is a disappointment, however.
Canon’s automatic adjustments for optimizing scans were almost always spot on. Epson’s images are rather dim by comparison. They remind me a little of the UMAX scanner I had before the Canon. So, I’ll probably be doing a lot more post-scan processing.
Also, it’s very annoying that I can’t specify what part of an image I want to scan with Epson’s software. Microsoft’s own scanning program can do this with the Epson driver, but then I can’t select de-screening or any other advanced option.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/fed-interest-rate-decision-april-2026.html
The blog has outlasted my Canon all-in-one inkjet printer. The printhead, that was never changed, has died.
The error says it’s the wrong printhead, but it’s a dead head. I’ll spare telling you everything I tried, both official from Canon and unofficial from users.
What gets me is the error prevents scanning, and I could live with it for now as just a scanner. My Samsung ML-1710 laser printer, that’s even older than the Canon, continues to chug along, and I have a spare toner cartridge for it.
Duplex printing is a must for a replacement. Consumer Reports had me leaning in the direction of getting an Epson EcoTank. This expertly produced video clinched it.
The least expensive model, the EP-2980, is good enough for my purposes. I’ll get the EP-2985 variation that comes with an extra bottle of black ink and costs ten bucks less at BJ’s than the EP-2980 does at Best Buy.
This was the final scan I made on the Canon MP600.
Trump has a single view of interest rates, and that’s to lower them. As if doing that would return us to the era of free money without inflation. Neel Kashkari explains why he sees the possibility that rates will need to be raised again.
I will point out that I haven’t been comfortable with every view that Kashkari has ever expressed.
