What does a windows 10 printer test page look like ?

Another very exciting adventure. :-o

Figuring out what's wrong with Dad's printer with help from Dad & Graham & the internet . . . 

End of last year several times the computer stopped printing.

Removing the printer and adding it again solved it.

Tricky to debug problems and do that remotely.

Did it with Dad pointing his phone on video call at computer screen partly! 

This time something was printing but things were printing out weirdly. Report that headers and parts of documents were printed. Should have figured out earlier ink problem.

TLDR; A sequence of printing test page, printing ink test pattern, clean print heads, deep clean print heads solved it.  

Printing A Windows Test Page Using Windows 10

1. In the Search box on the taskbar, type Devices and Printers.
2. Touch or click Devices and Printers (Control panel).
3. Touch and hold or right-click your printer.
4. Touch or click Printer Properties.
    Be sure to select Printer Properties and not Properties, or you will not see a Print Test Page button.
5. Under the General tab, Touch or click Print Test Page.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-ie/000123918/how-to-print-a-test-page-in-windows

We first printed a test page. Which looked ... a bit minimal but fine? Lovely blue "Windows test page" and Blue printer icon. But what should it look like?

  <--- This is what printed

This is what it SHOULD look like --------->

We actually couldn't find a picture on the internet of this example . . . but found this on youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvMwo6hf3us

Anyway, . . black text missing, therefore we have a problem with black ink.

This printer canon G3000 comes with ink cartridges that stay in place. You refill them using bottle of ink. This had been recently done for the black ink.

Canon G3000 manual:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/lit_files/375177.pdf

1. Print ink test pattern (hold down power button until led flashes once).

2. Clean ink jets (hold down power button until led flashes twice).

3. repeat step 1.

4. repeat step 2.

5. repeat step 1.

6. Deep clean ink jet heads (hold down power button until led flashes three times). 

7. repeat step 1.

Finally the ink test pattern shows correct pattern for all colours and for black ink.

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1229859/Canon-G3000-Series.html?page=141#manual

Us too. Same same. Black ink nozzle gummed up. 

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/my-printer-prints-windows-printer-test-page-and/80b4285d-78fc-40d0-8360-f7cdcb582950

Som Tam Papaya salad, without papaya (swede and carrot)

For teatime our plan was chicken caesar salad supplemented with pasta something.

However someone had had the caesar salad for lunch!

So a quick google for swede and carrot salad turned up swede & carrot coleslaws and a papaya salad . . only without the papaya. Quite exciting. We simplified the recipe and it was quite yummy. And we had pasta with pesto, tomato puree and fried tomatos and fried spiced chicken (turmeric, ginger, curry, lemon juice) with garlic.

Som Tam Papaya salad, without papaya

Ingredients

4 carrots, shredded

2⁄3 swede (about 200g?), peeled and shredded

1 green apple, diced

lime juice on the apple

1⁄2 bits of yellow/red/green peppers, sliced & diced

1 red onion, sliced thinly

Bunch of mint/coriander/... we didn't have any :-7

For the dressing

more lime juice

salad dressing

sweet chilli sauce

fish sauce and/or soy sauce and/or worchester sauce

Method

Shred the big stuff in food processor with vegetable noodle making attachment.

Put all ingredients in a salad bowl, pour over the dressings, mix well and serve.

Options 

Add shredded smoked salmon or . . . . 

Thanks to this recipe: 

https://www.rosasthaicafe.com/recipes/som-tam-salad-swede-thai-dressing

SOM TAM-STYLE SALAD WITH SWEDE AND THAI DRESSING

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Serves: 2

Cook time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Pretty Easy

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Som tam, a salad made with green papaya, is a really popular dish in Thailand. I don’t know any Thai who could live without it. When I first came to England, I lived in Jersey for a while and there was only one shop on the island that sold Asian produce. Green papaya had to be ordered in (it would take around a month to arrive!) and was really expensive, so I started experimenting with local produce. After a bit of trial and error, I found that swede worked a treat in this dish. If you are feeling adventurous, chop up a packet of lightly smoked salmon and add it to the mix.