Design Flaw Fix: Can't Scan Or Fax When Canon PIXMA MP530 InkJet Printer Is Out Of Ink

"I'm sorry I can't send a fax because I'm out of magenta.", I say sheepishly. There's no reply on the other end of the phone line. Just an eerie silence like the line had gone dead.
"Um, Ok. But the page I'm sending is in black and white." the other voice finally replies.
"Yes, but my fax or scanner doesn't work when I'm out of any color of ink."
"Wow, that must be an old machine what is it a dot matrix machine?", the other voice remarks sarcastically.
"Nope, its a Canon PIXMA MP530. In fact I just bought it last year!"

Well, this was how the conversation went and I was not to happy about it. Not very professional for a consulting company.

I knew it wasn't right and I had not yet read any reviews on the printer saying it was a design flaw so I figured I was doing something wrong. So after much careful thought and trial and error (read aggravated pounding) I found the solution!

The Canon PIXMA MP530 InkJet Printer Ink Out Fix:
Step 1) Turn the printer off.
Step 2) Turn the printer on.
Step 3) While the printer is turning on hit the "scan" button like you were playing an old Atari video game. Quickly and constantly until the printer stops "booting up" and the light is off of "Copy" and on the button you were hitting.

You should now be able to get into the menu and switch between all three of the buttons (Copy, Fax, Scan). I haven't test all the functions but I could now successfully scan a document into the computer and fax!

This is what cannon customer support has to say about this issue to use the above trick wisely and only when needed.

Thank you for writing to us. We value you as a Canon customer and appreciate the opportunity to assist you. I am sorry that the MP530 is not normally usable when out of one of the ink.

Of course you can turn the ink detection off, but then you must monitor the ink manually and there can be damage done to the print head because all of the cartridges do not have ink.

The printer performs cleaning cycles whenever the unit is on. The nozzles have heating elements which is part of the printing or cleaning.
This is why it will stop all functions if there is a cartridge error or out of ink to prevent damage to the print head.

Think of it like a car out of oil and the person saying, well I won't put it in gear I will just use the heater or air conditioner.

We hope this information is helpful to you. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with your Canon MP530.

Thank you for choosing Canon.

Removing double spaces in dreamweaver

I've been having a problem with Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3 adding double spaces (an extra line) to files I download to edit. I made sure my FTP program (FireFTP) and Dreamweaver are sending the files binary instead of Ascii, but that didn't help. I could not use Commands>>Apply Source Formatting - because it is a php file.

As it turns out that end of the line characters can be formatted differently for different systems; i.e. Unix (Line Feed), Windows (Control Break & Line Feed), Mac (Control Break). My Dreamweaver setup was formatting the files with a Windows line end character while the files were from Unix thus adding the extra line.

So to remove the double spaces I set: Dreamweaver>>Edit>>Preferences>>Code Format>>Line Break Type to "LF (Unix)" ... problem solved!

P.S. I also learned during that in Dreamweaver you can use Shift>Enter to create a single line (
) instead of Enter which creates a double line (

).

Vista: Access denied error while trying to delete files

Sometimes in Microsoft Vista, simple tasks such as deleting files is not an easy thing! After my gateway system crashed I created a backup and restored with the Gateway Recovery Center. It worked great. All the files of of system, including the Windows directory, were backed up under C:\Backup. After picking through my old user files and moving them to the new install I was then ready to delete all the useless C:\Backup files as they were taking up about 20gb of space! However, whenever I tried to delete the files I got a "Access Denied" error. After hours of trial and research here is what worked for me.

I took ownership of the files . Using the link is easiest and shows you how to create a registry key and take ownership of the files through a simple shift + right click menu. Deleting the files was possible after I ran this however I did have to run it twice on stubborn files that did not want to delete. Also, run the command on a single folder instead of multiple-selecting folders because you will have to click Vista's lovely "continue" prompts for each folder.

If you don't want to install something permanently in your registry you could also use the command like to do this. You have to use the takeown and icacls commands. Make sure you start the command window with "Run as Administrator" or you will run into problems.

Here are the commands to use:

• takeown /f "C:\yourdirectory\" /r
• icacls "C:\yourdirectory" /grant administrators:F

If you get error messages and need to chose Skip then retry the commands on the subfolders until all the files are deleted.

In certain cases on you may get a "Destination Folder Access Denied". You can get around this by holding Shift while you drag the folder to the Recycle Bin. This will delete the files directly without moving them to the Recycle Bin.

How to make money with your blog! The new PPP "Pay Per Play" way!

Have you been trying to make money with your blog or website? Well, now is your chance!

Making money with your blog couldn't be easier with a new Pay Per Play service offered by voice2page. Don't get left behind like when PPC "Pay Per Click" first came out. I've joined up and have added this new service my websites and blog. (I'll let you know how it goes!) Imagine, a user doesn't even need to click on a link for you to get paid! When a user visits your site a 3 second ad that pertains to your site automatically plays, and you get paid for it. That's PPP! Making money with your blog was never so easy! Sorry if I sound like an ad, but talk about a simple way to make money from every visitor without those annoying popups.

Here's an article from the Wall Street Journal about it.

I thought this was a great idea when I heard it. What an easy way to make money with your blog or website! Anyway, you can check it out and join up at Voice2Page.

Expired Domain Empire Software - Wordlist

I'm not sure anyone can make money out of domains nowadays. However, playing with new (to me) software is always fun so I took a look at the "Expired Domain Empire Software". Searching for nonregistered 2 and 3 letter domain names came up empty (surprise, surprise). So I created a list to look for words ending in "us" and using "E.D.E.S." I checked for any unregistered domains with the extension ".us" . To do this I had to not only come up with a list of words ending in "us" but I had to take off the ending "us" to come up with a del.icio.us type domain.

I had no luck in finding any domains with this but I have included a link to the file in case you would like to modify it and take some prefix letters off.

Words Ending In US Without US Suffix.txt

Firefox Add-ons I Can't Live Without

I have discovered the world of Firefox addons. Not only do they make my everyday browsing easier but they have increased my programming productivity as well. By using addons such as FireFTP I can even get rid of programs like Cuteftp which was once a major tool in my toolbox.

Here's a list of addons that have made my life easier:
Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page...

FireFTP - FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.

WebDeveloper - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

PlainOldFavorites - Use Internet Explorer Favorites directly from Firefox. No need to import, export or synchronize - the same Favorites appear...

Download Them All - lets you download all the links or images contained in a webpage and much more: you can refine your downloads by fully customizable criteria to get only what you really want. It also includes a speed accelerator.

NoScript - It stops JavaScript, Java and other executable content from running when you don't want it to.

Tab Mix Plus - Adds a lot of functionality to your tabs. Including multiple lines, duplicate new tab etc..

Tree Style Tab - This provides tree-style tab bar, like a folder tree of Windows Explorer. New tabs opened from links (or etc.) are automatically attached to the current tab. If you often use many many tabs, it will help your web browsing because you can understand relations of tabs. Use this in combination with above "Tab Mix Plus" for extra functionality.

Dual install of Microsoft Office 2003 and Office 2007

You thought it would be easy. You thought Microsoft would have all the kinks out of the system since having to deal with "multiple-version" install issues since the first version of Office. But alas, you are wrong, and so was I!

PROBLEM #1:
After installing Office 2007 I noticed that my Access and Word 2003 now come up with a install dialog. Well after a little research I found the fix to stop the install window from popping up again.

SOLUTION #1:
Just go to the run box (or hit the windows key+r) the type

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1

reg add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Access\Options /v NoReReg /t REG_DWORD /d 1


PROBLEM #2:
I now get the error:

"Run-time error '430' Class does not support Automation or does not support expected interface."

when I try to run Access 2003 code which worked perfectly before!

SOLUTION #2:
Create a shortcut to run each msaccess.exe as an administrator. This allows each version to register itself on start-up.

To set up this workaround:

1. Delete any shortcuts created by installing Office. (These lack the Run As Administrator option.)
2. Create shortcuts to msaccess.exe from each version of Office. (Right-drag them from the folder in Computer.)
3. Right-click the shortcut, and choose Properties. Click the Advanced button. Check the Run as Administrator box.

Each time you start Access, you will need to click the Continue button in the User Account Control warning dialog.

For Access 2007, you can use a normal shortcut, i.e. Run As Administrator is not needed for this version.

See http://allenbrowne.com/bug-17.html for more detailed information about this bug.

PROBLEM #3:
After uninstall of Excel 2007 I get the error message of

One of your object libraries (stdole32.tlb) is missing or damaged. Please run Setup to install it.

SOLUTION #3:
Ran the Repair option of the MS Office 2003 Setup.



If you think this fixes all of your problem then think again. According to Information about using 2007 Office suites and programs on a computer that is running another version of Office
there are other problems you may deal with. For example only the latest Outlook version can be used.