Man, I used to be sure feed problems were always clogs or dying heads. I would pull the head, soak it, run a dozen clean cycles, and pat myself on the back when the test page looked fine. Then the bands came back on big prints and I would just repeat the whole thing. It never once crossed my mind that a cracked line could let air in and starve the head the exact same way. Now I check the tubing first before I touch the head, because 11 hours versus 5 minutes is a rough lesson.

Two blues at the same lightness? Bold strategy, printing as one flat block.

Used to roll my eyes at the outline crowd. Figured they were scared of the blank page and the planning was just stalling with extra steps. Then my nephew asked me to look at his first short story and it was all vibes and no bones, guy had a cool opening image and then three pages of nothing happening. He showed me his notes afterward and there was a whole map in there he just had not typed out yet. Made me eat my words a little. Now I tell the new folks to do whatever gets them to a finished draft, cause the outline was never the enemy, I just wanted it to be.