David Shakun wrote: > Any recommendations for area businesses that perform printer (inkjet, > laser) repair? An inkjet printer is essentially a sales vehicle for ink cartridges. If you put environmental concerns aside, I would expect it to almost never be cost-effective to repair an inkjet printer unless it is a really high-end unit, or you can find someone who repairs a lot of inkjet printers so can do it at a lower cost. I wonder if any manufacturers out there are taking back old printers and trying to recycle them or anything, that would definitely be a good thing and I'd like to hear about it. Beware of Dell inkjets though, they are cheap plastic junk and poorly supported in my opinion. If the printer is out of warranty, it looks like something is clogged up, and you won't cry if it ends up trashing your printer, you might be able to do something with swabs and high purity isopropyl alcohol (97-99%). I used to do that myself when inkjets were more expensive. The best swabs are foam-tipped, the ones I got were sold for cleaning the heads in magnetic tape drives. Cotton swabs can leave fibers that will leave streaks on printouts. Jonathan