I'm not sure about the alcohol, but are you sure that you aren't running low on ink? My i860 seems to run low more frequently than I anticipated. If the flesh color is looking pink, it may be that you are low on cyan, or possibly just have a faulty cyan cartridge. On Aug 31, 2005, at 5:28 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Is it allowed to clean the ink heads of the i990 with alcohol on a > stick with cotton? > The colors aren't what they where a few weeks ago. I didn't change > anything. I was used to nice prints. > The flesh color (light brown) is more pink.