canonfodder
Printer Guru
My iP4200 isn't really that old, but it is no longer in production. That qualifys it for being called old by some.
I find that this printer truly is the most clog free that I have owned. It has never failed a nozzle check test print. It has withstood a couple of 5 week idle periods and several week long idle periods and still run a perfect nozzle test every time. I have never put on the software that prints pages periodically to prevent clogs. Seems I don't need it.
Canon has obviously done a great job of the parking and sealing up of the printhead. Those light cleaning cycles which are built in to the printer's routine probably help too.
Two prior printers, by a different manufacturer, were always a problem due to clogging. They could never stand a week long idle period without requiring a large amount of heavy cleaning. I think I used as much ink cleaning the head as I did printing on the last one. Eventually they clogged permanently. Thanks to this forum, I now know that I might have been able to clean those heads. But why keep doing that, when my iP4200 will do so much better and may not require nearly so much work to keep it happy.
Some day, when my iP4200 is truly old from printing a very many pages, it will probably require a head cleaning. But when that time comes, I expect that after the cleaning it will again run a great many pages and withstand long idle periods without clogging up.
Your comments and experiences are certainly wanted.
Canonfodder
I find that this printer truly is the most clog free that I have owned. It has never failed a nozzle check test print. It has withstood a couple of 5 week idle periods and several week long idle periods and still run a perfect nozzle test every time. I have never put on the software that prints pages periodically to prevent clogs. Seems I don't need it.
Canon has obviously done a great job of the parking and sealing up of the printhead. Those light cleaning cycles which are built in to the printer's routine probably help too.
Two prior printers, by a different manufacturer, were always a problem due to clogging. They could never stand a week long idle period without requiring a large amount of heavy cleaning. I think I used as much ink cleaning the head as I did printing on the last one. Eventually they clogged permanently. Thanks to this forum, I now know that I might have been able to clean those heads. But why keep doing that, when my iP4200 will do so much better and may not require nearly so much work to keep it happy.
Some day, when my iP4200 is truly old from printing a very many pages, it will probably require a head cleaning. But when that time comes, I expect that after the cleaning it will again run a great many pages and withstand long idle periods without clogging up.
Your comments and experiences are certainly wanted.
Canonfodder
