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howardm

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Re: Do you leave your 3880 on? Why?
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2014, 06:16:00 pm »

Fairly simple to do w/o involving the Calendar, esp. if it's repeated on a regular basis.

All Unix systems (ala OSX in this case) use 'cron' to allow you to schedule events on regular basis.  For you GUI lovers, you can use Cronnix
which is a frontend to the cron system.

The OSX printing subsystem can print out images via command line ala something like........

lp  -P epson3880   some_image_to_keep_your_heads_unclogged.jpg

So, all you do put the correct 'lp' command into cron and you're all set.

That just saved you from buying Harvey HeadCleaner  ;D

When you say from Calendar, are you referring to something connected to OS X calendar?  Are you scheduling a calendar event to trigger a print job?  Sounds useful ...

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Re: Do you leave your 3880 on? Why?
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2014, 08:06:59 pm »

I was leaving it on until two weeks ago. Then I watched this video and decided to start shutting it down and watching if there is any difference. It hasn't been long enough to make any conclusions.

I wonder if one followed this procedure of wetting/cleaning the pad with Windex, if this would help prevent clogs if the printer was turned off for a few weeks,?
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