I don't print a lot of color images or documents. But I do usually make my own cards for the Winter Holidays and for family birthdays (it is actually quite easy to do in Excel and if anyone wants a general description, I'll be glad to email them).
But I had problems with color printing last December and I am having them again. The Printer Gods seem to hate me! Different printers, but same non-results. I made both Family and Cat cards for this year, but all I get is grey and some pale yellow.
I spent an hour on the phone with a very helpful Canon agent. He had me try everything about the laser toner printer (a Canon 644 Color Image Class) that I could do (short of actual mechanical repairs). Eventually, he concluded it had to be the toner cartridges.
My printer status said they were still half-filled, but I suppose even toner doesn't last forever. I went out and bought new ones the next morning. I put them in today. Black actually works, but no colors. I tried to copy a magazine cover because that is completely within the printer. No luck. I made a Word document that repeated "This should be in X color", repeating it for all the standard rainbow colors.
That just showed black as normal and pale yellow. I'll have to do some research (and find the printer manual). It is quite maddening.
So I have a small box of commercial cards for family and close face-to-face friends (many of whom don't use a computer, so I can't email them e-cards). I'll be sending e-cards to everyone on the Cat-Blogosphere card exchange list this year.
Ann, of Zoolatry, sent me a nice graphic I can use. She does such wonderful work. I'll send out a email with that incorporated into it. But I better do the smail-mail cards first thing in the morning. My fingers don't work very well in the evening (after a long day's use).
I need to mention that my email address on the card exchange list is wrong. I'm sure it was my fault when I signed up for the list this year. But it should be "verizon", not "verixon". If you got an "undeliverable" notice, that's why. Sorry about that...
Hoping to do better next year! 😞
