Ink drying?

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Repeating Rifle

In another post, I indicated that I am upset by the cost and fuss of ink jet
printers.

Considering that there is little I must print in color, how can you keep ink
cartridges from drying out during long periods of non-use?

Bill
 
Repeating said:
In another post, I indicated that I am upset by the cost and fuss of
ink jet printers.

Considering that there is little I must print in color, how can you
keep ink cartridges from drying out during long periods of non-use?

Bill
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Simple. Use a printer that doesn't require pigmented ink. My SC900 bit the
dust a month ago after about 10 years good and faithful service, and for two
of those years it was shelved. Got it off the shelf, hooked it up, switched
it on and the first test wasn't perfect. Did the Windolene trick and that
was that. Worked perfectly until the paper feed died last month and I
couldn't afford to have it fixed - it was cheaper to buy a new unit. So I
now have a Pixma 8500 as my 'workhorse' and I couldn't be happier (well
that's not entirely true - the duplex is hellishly slow).
 
While I like the Canon Pixma line of printers the best for your
circumstances are the models of the HP line that integrate printheads in
the cartridges. I have never had a problem over 4 years with my HP990
of any kind. If the printer does clog just get a new cartridge. The
carts themselves have never dried out.
 
The HP cartridge with the printhead in the cart is the good news (They may
rarely clog, but if they do you buy a new cartridge and the print head is
new and unclogged) and the bad news (carts with the built in print head are
expensive.) If you don't need color printing you should probably be using a
laser printer. Consumables are cheaper per page and there is no problem
with letting it sit idle for an indeterminant time.
 
Burt said:
The HP cartridge with the printhead in the cart is the good news (They may
rarely clog, but if they do you buy a new cartridge and the print head is
new and unclogged) and the bad news (carts with the built in print head are
expensive.)
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For the infrequent users it really does not make much difference.
 
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