Hi, Are you sure that after a zero the tare weight should be zero? Usually the zero command zeroes the NET weight, not the tare

I too was initially disappointed by this Instant Ink policy, but after a couple of years I have to say that it is really cost-effective, if you know how to take advantage of it. The key fact is: with Instant Ink you **pay per page**, not per cartridge. If you print a full-page color photograph it will count 1 page. If you print a black dot in a white page it will still count 1 page. So use your HP inkjet where you expect to use a lot of ink, and get a monochrome laser printer for normal text printouts. Furthermore, all the ink wasted in clean cycles (a lot of ink!) will be paid by HP, not by you.

I absolutely agree. I have already used KiCad for several professional project and every time I obtained a perfect PCB at the first attempt - which was not always the case when I used Eagle. I admit that initially the name KiCad made me think of a hobby-oriented software, but KiCad is much more than that (its development was supported by CERN, and now it is a really powerful CAD).

A couple of years ago I bought an HP inkjet printer and when I read the label suggesting to subscribe to their "Instant Ink" service I said NO THANKS! But then I changed my mind and it turned out to be the cheapest possible solution, let me explain why: with Instant Ink you switch from a "pay per ink" model to a "pay per page" model. If you print a full color A4 photograph it counts 1. If you print an empty page with only a small black dot, it counts 1. So the strategy is simple: use the HP printer for ink-dense printing work, and send simpler pages to another printer (in my case an old Samsung laser printer). With my previous color printer a lot of ink was wasted in cleaning cycles. Now cleaning cycles are paid by HP, because you pay the pages, not the ink cartridges. This really made a difference! I suggest to subscribe to the lowest fee plan (i.e. the plan with less pages per month), unless you really print a lot. If you exceed the monthly pages you will be charged for a "packet" of 10 additional pages (1 euro for 10 pages here in Europe), but if this happens infrequently it is still better than having a higher constant fee. Of course all this works if you have a second printer available.

A couple of years ago I bought an HP inkjet printer and when I read the label suggesting to subscribe to their "Instant Ink" service I said NO THANKS! But then I changed my mind and it turned out to be the cheapest possible solution, let me explain why: with Instant Ink you switch from a "pay per ink" model to a "pay per page" model. If you print a full color A4 photograph it counts 1. If you print an empty page with only a small black dot, it counts 1. So the strategy is simple: use the HP printer for ink-dense printing work, and send simpler pages to another printer (in my case an old Samsung laser printer). With my previous color printer a lot of ink was wasted in cleaning cycles. Now cleaning cycles are paid by HP, because you pay the pages, not the ink cartridges. This really made a difference! I suggest to subscribe to the lowest fee plan (i.e. the plan with less pages per month), unless you really print a lot. If you exceed the monthly pages you will be charged for a "packet" of 10 additional pages (1 euro for 10 pages here in Europe), but if this happens infrequently it is still better than having a higher constant fee. Of course all this works if you have a second printer available.

My wife has an Asus laptop that got very slow after the latest Windows 10 updates. I decided to clone the HDD to SSD but I had not much time to spend on it, so I tried a free utility (Easeus Todo Backup Free), plugged the SSD to a USB port with a SATA adapter and let it go with the default settings. I saw that the HDD had special Asus partitions so I was expecting trouble, but to my surprise, after swapping the internal HDD with the SSD it booted perfectly. Not sure that an emergency recovery could still work with the cloned partitions, but Windows 10 is working perfectly and much faster. You should give it a try (unless this utility is one of those that you already tried!)