Bruce Kowal
Printing Apprentice
- Joined
- Apr 23, 2018
- Messages
- 3
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 11
- Location
- Metro New York
- Printer Model
- Canon Pixma Pro-100
Spent some time viewing the Joe Rodriguez videos on Youtube concerning use of Canon Printers, in particular the Pixma Pro-100. https://www.youtube.com/user/cheo1949. He mentioned the Canon self-cleaning cycle of 60 hours, and the amount of ink that is flushed with every cleaning, approx 2 ml. So, the problem is how to keep the self-cleaning function alive, as it prevents clogging, yet not have inks depleted during periods when the printer is idle. One suggestion was to use Q-image software to automatically print something every two days. I wonder if another work around would be to simply keep the depleted carts in the print head, and replace them with new ones when needed. Keep the newer carts in a plastic sandwich bags in refrigerator. Just thought I'd throw that out. Or keep 3rd party carts loaded which cost less, and then replace with OEM carts for printing. I don't print all the time, and when I do it's like going to the Dentist in terms of cost and frustration. Any workarounds out there?