HP offers free shipping, and free return in 21 days if you don't like it. I usually order from Amazon, but HP looks pretty good to me for this printer. The drivers for the printer do not enable all functions to work (did you notice that in the reviewer's comments?). They say the drivers will be updated by end of this month. Do you think that's anything to worry about? The 1007 is out and they are still calling this one "new?" Wow they move fast! Where in Canada...would that be an online vendor? HP product or wannabe? As for the cable, I'll compare HP's price with cablestogo.com. Thanks for your comments.

You probably need to clean the contacts inside the printer. Unplug the printer without turning it off (this is to prevent the cartridges going to the idle position). Now remove the cartridge being careful to not touch the copper contacts with your skin. You will need a stack of paper towels or something to place the cartridge on to avoid staining anything with the ink. To clean the contacts, use either q-tips or a bit of coffee filter and some distilled water. You will need to scrub at the copper contacts inside the cartridge area with a slightly dampened q-tip or coffee filter, being careful to not drip water inside the printer or touch any of the contacts with your skin (don't want to spread oils around). Wait 5-10 minutes before reinstalling the cartridge, then plug her in. Just an FYI...HP does support their cartridges even if the printer is out of warranty and would probably walk you through the same steps before replacing the cartridge again. Best of luck, Pam

I only test if I'm making up a color of grout..nothing elaborate. Last one I mixed up two colors of grout with thinset and tested different ratios. I was using only teaspoons and spreading on a paper plate and putting some of my main colors next to it. I did that because I was sure how much lighter the thinset would make it dry. Not that you asked but I don't think I would use black on your piece. I think your darker areas like pebbles and buttons would just show up like big dark areas from afar. Maybe I'm wrong; you'd know better. I also don't use much black with a lot of china. Love it with brighter glass. I use either a yellowy tan or a beige tan quite a bit.

Here is another close up picture of my test tube next to the pH color card. I think the color matches the 3rd one from top which corresponds to pH = 6.6. Most (if not all) garden veggies will do fine within 5.8 to 7.2 pH range, with 6.8 being optimum. In other words a slightly acid soil is the best. If your soil pH happens to be low, now is the time to correct it, by applying lime. It takes months for the chemical action to work and raise pH . Sey