l_d_allan
Fan of Printing
Q: What's the best way to store printers / cartridges / print heads?
A: see thread id=1543
The thread above seemed mostly applicable to Epson printers that use pigmented ink. With my die-based PIXMA 9000-2 printer, I was wondering whether I'm much less likely to have problems.
I anticipate that my typical printing pattern will be heavy use for several days, and then little or no printing for weeks and perhaps months.
Suppose I anticipated that I wouldn't be doing any printing for 3+ months .... is the 9000-2 likely to be ok if I leave it plugged in with power on and enough ink in the cartridges so it didn't run dry doing cleaning cycles?
I'm also wondereing how much difference it makes based on the different head technologies used by Canon, Epson, HP, and others. My uninformed impression is that Canon and Epson heads are separate from the cartridge, whereas HP heads are typically part of the cartridge.
This newbie would appreciate storage guidance that was specific to a printer that used die ink, unless there really isn't that much of a difference between the two technologies. My speculation is that such guidance would vary between Canon, HP, and Epson mid-level, non-wide format inkjet printers.
A: see thread id=1543
The thread above seemed mostly applicable to Epson printers that use pigmented ink. With my die-based PIXMA 9000-2 printer, I was wondering whether I'm much less likely to have problems.
I anticipate that my typical printing pattern will be heavy use for several days, and then little or no printing for weeks and perhaps months.
Suppose I anticipated that I wouldn't be doing any printing for 3+ months .... is the 9000-2 likely to be ok if I leave it plugged in with power on and enough ink in the cartridges so it didn't run dry doing cleaning cycles?
I'm also wondereing how much difference it makes based on the different head technologies used by Canon, Epson, HP, and others. My uninformed impression is that Canon and Epson heads are separate from the cartridge, whereas HP heads are typically part of the cartridge.
This newbie would appreciate storage guidance that was specific to a printer that used die ink, unless there really isn't that much of a difference between the two technologies. My speculation is that such guidance would vary between Canon, HP, and Epson mid-level, non-wide format inkjet printers.
