[riscos-printing] Re: which ink? which printer? (Re: Gutenprint 5.0.0)
- From: Ross McGuinness <farmstay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: riscos-printing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:17:09 +0900
In message <4e55ac009dsmartgroups@xxxxxxxxx>
Tim Hill <smartgroups@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> In article <d3f0a9554e.nebailey@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nick Bailey
> <nebailey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Are you using Canon inks? (I've had trouble with Tesco inks in my
>> Epson after only a few weeks of use :-/
>
> I used to have trouble with Canon inks in Canon and Epson inks in Epson
> and decided years ago never to buy either brand of printer again. At
> least with HP I get new and better-than-canon nozzles with each
> cartridge, and colour lasers don't dry out.
>
> I am sure Canon and Epson have made improvements but it's good to see my
> age-old decision still seems well founded but unfortunate that some
> printer manufacturers still appear to believe in accelerating
> obsolescence and to my astonishment people still buy Epson and Canon.
>
> I was told by an engineer who claimed to be an expert in such things that
> frequent (at least daily) print jobs are necessary to keep ink- and
> bubble-jets alive and un-clogged, particularly in hot weather. I imagine
> that the recent heat-wave will have blocked a few printer nozzles for
> good.
FWIW here in Western Australia (albeit southern) I have no problem
with inks drying out in either of my Epson photo printers despite
there sometimes being weeks between print jobs.
>
> YMMV
>
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