For ink-jets - leave it always on to avoid clogging?

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I bought an Epson all-in-one from DX4800 series. My question is;
because of the clogging problem is it a good idea to leave the printer
always on, so on every restart of the PC the printer gets reinitialised
and print heads go through some cleaning process?


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I bought an Epson all-in-one from DX4800 series. My question is;
because of the clogging problem is it a good idea to leave the printer
always on, so on every restart of the PC the printer gets reinitialised
and print heads go through some cleaning process?
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There are pro and cons.
At home and at work, printers are always left switched on.
We use compatible ink and do not have much clogging.
Some might disagree, but so what?
 
Pure said:
I bought an Epson all-in-one from DX4800 series. My question is;
because of the clogging problem is it a good idea to leave the printer
always on, so on every restart of the PC the printer gets reinitialised
and print heads go through some cleaning process?
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You should search this group. This subject gets rehashed again and
again.

My 2 cents: Leave it on or off, just make sure it only gets turned on
and off by its own power button.

Some claim the heads don't park unless you turn it off. I've had a lot
of Epsons apart, and I have yet to see one that does not park the
heads. There are other factors much more important when it comes to
clogging, like humidity, temperature, dust, pet hair/dander, how often
you print, composition of ink, etc. that come -way- before. For a
variety of reasons I have about 2 dozen printers here (mainly Epson but
also Canon and HP) and most are off at any given moment, 2 or 3 will be
on continuously, a few may be on and off intermittently. I've never
noticed any particular association between clogging and if the printer
has been on or off.

I do have some somewhat bad Durabrite inks are more prone to
clogging. They are a quick drying resin treated ink, and when they do
clog they seem to be more difficult to clear.

Obviously they can't be -that- horrible, or Epson would stop using
Durabrite because everyone would stop using their Durabrite models.

FYI: every cleaning uses a surprising amount of ink. So if you either
turn the printer on and off a lot, or if you leave it on and turn your
computer on and off a lot, you may find yourself going through ink
quite quickly.

Steve Greenfield
 
I'd say leaving it on will save a lot of ink. Everytime you switch it
on it will go through a cleaning cycle, every single time plus the
periodic cleaning cycle.

If you should leave it on you are avoiding the 'switch on cycle' and
it just does the periodic cleaning cycle that it's programmed to do.

Whether it'll stop the clogging will depends on how often its used
leaving the question open either way... you don't use it it won't
flush and cloggity clog.

This would indicate leaving it on and not using it would leave to
clogs, but yet leaving it on and printing a piccy every couple of
days won't... avoiding 'the switch on flush' which saves ink..

Davy
 
Leaving the printer on doesn't prevent clogs. In fact, it may increase
the risk because the all in ones tend to retain heat and may cause more
head drying than one which is left off. It uses a bit of extra
electricity, also.

The printer will go through a short cleaning cycle on a reboot if the
unit sits beyond a certain amount of time.

Art
 
Arthur said:
Leaving the printer on doesn't prevent clogs. In fact, it may
increase the risk because the all in ones tend to retain heat and may
cause more head drying than one which is left off. It uses a bit of
extra electricity, also.
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I have never had a clog in my Canon and have never turned it off in over
2 years.
 
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