Evening all. There seems to be diametrically opposed views here.
On or off. Is there a definitive answer? I can understand that Epson engineers when designing the bit of kit decided that when switching off, the heads park onto the pads etc thus stopping them drying out. Seems to make sense to me. (Although, whether has this anything to do with additional ink being spent as the machine goes through the restart cycle when switched on thus requiring you to visit your cartridge supplier on a more regular basis & get yer cheque book out - who knows?) So,out of idle curiosity and not knowing the mechanics of the printer, what is the basis Nigel's recommendations for chipped cartridges / CIS systems being left on and how do they differ from the OEM ones? Regards to all David Preutz >On 12/2/04 17:48, "Michael Wilkinson" wrote: > I do not know what the good reasons are to leave an Epson printer on when not > in use ! > I do know that when switched off the heads go to the park position, doing > exactly what the > manufacturers designed it to do. > I presume that Epson know what their kit does, I do as Recommended and switch > off. > When I left the printer on I had problems with ink leaking out and causing > serious > smudging,with it turned off I no longer get the problem. > I used the printer yesterday ,the first time since before Christmas and it > worked > perfectly,what more needs to be said? > > Regards > Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 > 5DJ > 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk > For Negatives & transparencies from digital files > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "nigel @ MWORDS" < > >>> Michael Wilkinson wrote: >>>> The printer needs to be turned off when not in use,I had a similar > > Francis Newman wrote >>> I'm not sure I agree with that. I have an 1160 and a 1290. > >>> Both printers are on all the time - as is my G4 (running Panther). As >>> long as I make sure I use each printer every couple of days, >>> I have no >>> problems >> Nigel Rheam wrote >> There are good reasons to leave printers on all the time - particularly with >> the chipped printers - and this is what we recommend t our CIS customers, >> >> Best Regards, >> Nij > > =============================================================== > GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
