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Post by alexham36 on May 25, 2015 15:57:25 GMT
I just heard on Puppy forum that leaving printers on all the time saves ink. Is that right? Will the ink jets dry out if the printer is left on, or does that apply only to very old printers?
Many thanks,
Alex
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Post by jojo on May 25, 2015 17:14:36 GMT
I can't speak for puppy but I turn mine on as and wehn I need it.
The ink tends to last as long as it lasts.
As an indication, I buy my ink from Amazon. I last bought any in Oct 2013.
I printed out a colour doc a few days ago, it came out as good as it ever does.
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Post by alexham36 on May 29, 2015 19:53:58 GMT
A man on Puppy Linux forum says that he turned his printer on about 5 years ago, when he bought it and it has been on ever since. He has a point in that every time a printer is turned on the nozzles recharge and that uses up ink, but I don't know how much. Anyway, his nozzles have not dried in 5 years, so I will give it a try and report back when I have something positive.
Alex
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Post by jojo on May 30, 2015 7:25:09 GMT
So sorry, I misread your original post. (Buries face in palms, shakes head and find it rather funny) I really wouldn't know. It seems a lot of expense to go to. As for keeping the nozzles clear. I know some printers, the nozzles are part of the cartridges. As I previously implied, I don't do a lot of printing. Needless to say, I don't leave mine on. Sorry I can't help and so very sorry about misreading your original post.  |
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Post by mikkh on May 30, 2015 11:22:44 GMT
Seems a bit over the top to leave it on for 5 years, especially if he means overnight too.
I guess it depends if you're using expensive original ink or not which can cost £40 or more, but even then it seems a bit extreme
It also depends on how much actual printing you do. The only way I can see his scenario being beneficial is if he does lots of printing every day - which would negate the nozzle drying fear anyway
Printers vary on how much ink they use in the start up process and he's obviously got one of the greedier ones or he's just made a big assumption and is blindly sticking to it.
Whichever way I look at, it seems pretty much nonsense and bordering on OCD (penny pinching wise)
Printers have built in obsolescence of maybe 3 years (assuming fairly high usage) and if you're unhappy with your current model, it's cheap enough to get a replacement
Thinking about printers I've had through the years, I immediately look for compatible ink to cut down on costs and have never damaged one by doing that - despite the dire warnings the original manufacturers invariably try to scare you with. They're virtually selling printers at cost price and rely on ink sales for profit, so they would say that.
My last printer (now gathering dust but still usable) cost me £7 for 5 lots of colour, 5 blacks and a couple of spare blacks post free. My current printer is not exactly breaking the bank at £6 for two lots of colours and 2 blacks either. And they're larger capacity than the originals too. So I don't leave mine on, and wouldn't consider doing so unless I was printing at a very high volume on a daily basis
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