A Lot Going On

Sorry I have not been blogging on a regular basis. I have way too much going on right now and can't seem to find time for it. Nothing has been interesting enough to write about anyway... that is until yesterday... If nothing else I learned a valuable lesson and I would like to share it with those of you reading this. Never, and I do mean NEVER, remove a new ink cartridge from your printer and shake it. I had been working on a project that I needed printed in brown. It was working well then suddenly the brown was printing out hot pink! WHAT??? Well I knew the color cartridge was almost empty and that tends to happen when it is time to replace it. So off I went to the store and purchased a new color cartridge. I came home, installed it and continued printing. All was well and a nice shade of brown. Then suddenly one came out hot pink again. I couldn't believe it. I removed the cartridge, gave it a little shake then replaced it and tried again. Brown! Yes! Every so often hot pink would show up again and I was getting frustrated. I kept removing the cartridge, shaking it then replacing and it would work fine for a while. Finally I had enough of this so I took out the cartridge one last time and this time I shook it with vengance! I was going to make certain the ink was distrubuted and would come out like it needed to. To my surprise I noticed pretty color ink drops all over the place... all over me, my clothes, the laptop, my camera, the wall, the floor, the carpet, the desk and all over some of the things I had printed. OH MY GOSH! I couldn't believe it! I just stood there for a few seconds in disbelief. I tired cleaning it up but that only smeared the ink. I finally got my project completed but I think my hair became even more grey from all the frustration I experienced in the course of the day. So please learn from my experience and never, ever, remove an ink cartridge and give it a good hard shake unless you want colorful ink droplets all over everything.