A script to print a page every day?

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Andrew

Since the ink nozzles on my Epson R300 seem to plug up all
the time I thought that printing a colour page daily would
help to prevent this. Is there any way I can program my
computer to print a basic colour patter daily? Lets say a
small jpeg image or even the test pattern supplied with the
printer software.

Thanks,
Andrew
 
Since the ink nozzles on my Epson R300 seem to plug up all
the time I thought that printing a colour page daily would
help to prevent this. Is there any way I can program my
computer to print a basic colour patter daily? Lets say a
small jpeg image or even the test pattern supplied with the
printer software.
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Print the job you want to repeat to a file (ie redirect printer output to
a file) then use Task manager and a batch./script file to copy that file
to the printer port on a daily basis.

eg.

copy /b file.prn lpt1:

I'm assuming you are using Windows since you posting with the Windows
version of Thunderbird. The principle should be the same whatever the OS
you use. eg a cron job under *nix. Not sure about Macs but there should
be something.

Dave
 
Since the ink nozzles on my Epson R300 seem to plug up all
the time I thought that printing a colour page daily would
help to prevent this. Is there any way I can program my
computer to print a basic colour patter daily? Lets say a
small jpeg image or even the test pattern supplied with the
printer software.

Thanks,
Andrew
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Put a sticky note on your monitor.
 
stewy said:
Switch to Canon
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Try some decent inks - ones that don't clog up overnight. Almost any would
do; with the exception of whatever cheap shit you are apparently using now.
Are you sure it's ink and not cooking oil or something? Nobody else has
reported problems with the R300's clogging up in the way you are claiming
yours do.
 
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