Darkoshi

So after that last post, I took out the color ink cartridge to shake it. I seem to have forgotten to cover the holes though, as ink immediately splashed out onto the floor and the wallpaper. (!!!!) This amused me no end, truly it did. The god is not without mercy, as I was surprisingly able to clean some of the ink splotches off, and there are only a few spots visible now, plus the color ink is working again now.

I was trying to finish up my taxes, but had to print another form.
My printer indicated it was out of black ink, and refused to print.
Suspecting that the black ink wasn't truly empty, I took it out, shook it, and put it back in.
The ink-out light went off and the printer printed, but without any black ink.
I ran the head-cleaning utility and tried again, but still no black ink.
Caving in, I went to Staples and bought a new ink cartridge.
I also disposed of my old keyboard and zip-drive to be recycled while I was there, hurrah!
Back home, I opened the new ink cartridge package and prepared to do the switch.
I did some more head-cleanings and test prints, trying to spur the ink-out light to come on again, since replacing the cartridge is tricky otherwise.
The black ink started working again, without me having replaced the cartridge.
Argh.
Fine.
At least I didn't pull the sticker off the top of the new cartridge yet.