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    Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    I am considering buying a new printer for home use, with a small amount of printing. Major manufacturers (Canon/Epson/HP/Brother) are constantly improving their systems, but I'm mainly interested in drying nozzles. Among other things, the cartridges price, original or compatible. Will anyone share the experience? Or look at a color laser, no photo quality printing?
    Does anyone know a good sites/blogs with verified opinions on printers?
    Thanks for answers
    Peter

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    Quote Originally Posted by bluenite View Post
    I am considering buying a new printer for home use, with a small amount of printing. Major manufacturers (Canon/Epson/HP/Brother) are constantly improving their systems, but I'm mainly interested in drying nozzles. Among other things, the cartridges price, original or compatible. Will anyone share the experience? Or look at a color laser, no photo quality printing?
    Does anyone know a good sites/blogs with verified opinions on printers?
    Thanks for answers
    Peter
    brothers dry out the least

    epson next

    how long between print jobs?

    DO NOT USE COMPATIBLE INK.

    you'd have to give more info:

    how many prints per week.

    how long between jobs.

    what are you printing.

    what size of paper.

    print quality expected.

    printer budget.

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    Look for an inkjet that has separate ink tanks for each color. So when you run out of one color, you're not throwing away the rest of the other three colors. I have had 3 or 4 Canons and have been overall happy with then. They are very flexible with media. The straight through path allows a wide variety of media to be used.

    Do not plan to have them fixed if you have a problem. They are disposable. The cost of the service call exceeds the replacement cost. =^..^=
    If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
    1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
    2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
    3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
    4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
    5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    Quote Originally Posted by blackcat4866 View Post
    Look for an inkjet that has separate ink tanks for each color. So when you run out of one color, you're not throwing away the rest of the other three colors. I have had 3 or 4 Canons and have been overall happy with then. They are very flexible with media. The straight through path allows a wide variety of media to be used.

    Do not plan to have them fixed if you have a problem. They are disposable. The cost of the service call exceeds the replacement cost. =^..^=
    hey BC how do the Canons handle airflow on top of them?

    Had Epson surecolor that would dry out and it was from ceiling air vents blowing directly down on it. moved it a few feet and all was good even if they only did one plot a week.

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    I've never had that particular issue. Interesting.

    I used to print manila envelopes, cardstock, non-standard sizes ... just about anything. And though I usually discourage refilling ink tanks, this was just a clear plastic box that held the ink ... no printhead. It was a simple matter of prying out the nylon ball, squirting in 0.25oz of ink and popping the nylon ball back in. =^..^=
    If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
    1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
    2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
    3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
    4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
    5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

    blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    Quote Originally Posted by blackcat4866 View Post
    I've never had that particular issue. Interesting.

    I used to print manila envelopes, cardstock, non-standard sizes ... just about anything. And though I usually discourage refilling ink tanks, this was just a clear plastic box that held the ink ... no printhead. It was a simple matter of prying out the nylon ball, squirting in 0.25oz of ink and popping the nylon ball back in. =^..^=
    yeah I did on old hp's

    but on the newer carts w/ chips that isn't as easy.

    the surecolor has large tanks.. larger print heads a larger field of ink being put down, even the desktop 12x18 had great quality and some even have large tanks of ink.

    the ones that use smaller carts are POS's IMHO

    yes brother does use the multi color and separate black on most models

    one trick I learned for most inkjet's

    'clogged heads'

    fold paper towel so it fits in head path.

    wet w/ Simple Green...

    park the print head over that towel for 30-45 mins

    clean parking/wiper station down while head is parked.

    move head back to parking area

    remove paper towel

    test print

    works on epson-hp-brother& canon(these are the most stubborn)

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    You might want to keep a full set of cartridges on hand. That could however get expensive. If all you are going to do is printing a couple of pages every now and then compare the cost of a full set of cartridges against a low priced printer such as a Canon TS202 $78.00 from Amazon. Keep a new one in the box for when the current one quits.

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    Quote Originally Posted by bluenite View Post
    I am considering buying a new printer for home use, with a small amount of printing. Major manufacturers (Canon/Epson/HP/Brother) are constantly improving their systems, but I'm mainly interested in drying nozzles. Among other things, the cartridges price, original or compatible. Will anyone share the experience? Or look at a color laser, no photo quality printing?
    Does anyone know a good sites/blogs with verified opinions on printers?
    Thanks for answers
    Peter

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    I think inkjet printers (most of 'em) are the biggest ripoff known to man. The price per copy is ridiculous. Laserjet is much less expensive. There are some inkjets that are less expensive than others. You better do your homework. Stay away from HP...unless you like spending money. And like blackcat said, when something goes wrong, just throw it in the trash and buy another one. HP and most brands sell the printer at cost and get you on the cartridges.

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    Re: Inkjet printing - drying of nozzles issue

    Quote Originally Posted by BillyCarpenter View Post
    I think inkjet printers (most of 'em) are the biggest ripoff known to man. The price per copy is ridiculous. Laserjet is much less expensive. There are some inkjets that are less expensive than others. You better do your homework. Stay away from HP...unless you like spending money. And like blackcat said, when something goes wrong, just throw it in the trash and buy another one. HP and most brands sell the printer at cost and get you on the cartridges.
    HP has always been short for, "High Priced", in my book.
    Last edited by copiertec; 01-24-2021 at 07:05 PM.

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