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Re: Are Clogs Common? (was Jon Cone's new B/W system)

2003-03-01 by Peter Nelson <peter@studio-nelson.com>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mh <mh@t...>" 
<mh@t...> wrote:
> Is their anyone on this list that leaves their epson printer on all 
the 
> time? I believe the "turn your printer off or they will dry up" is 
an 
> old wives tale now probably based on drivers from days of old. I 
think 
> epsons nowadays always have their pads parked when not printing. 
But I 
> would be happy to know for sure if anyone can tell me.

All I can say is that ever since that time, I always turn
off my 870 except when actually printing - and I print 
even less frequently that ever on it because I mostly use
my 2200) and I've had only one small clog, that
cleared with a single cleaning cycle, since then.

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