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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: enduser on December 03, 2015, 07:48:39 pm
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The new Epson 24 7070 has the following heartening statement in its specs list about the head: "New scheduled print head maintenance cycles
- Ideal for intermittent usage environments".
This is new data for users, I think.
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All this means is that the printer is designed to waste ink at regular intervals so you don't have to waste the ink all at once prior to printing. ;D
This is more than likely essentially what the Canons already do anyway. They wake up every so often, agitate the inks, and I've even seen my run a nozzle check all by itself after it woke itself up.
The best thing I have found is just make sure to do a print every 2 days. If I wait till 3, it sometimes wants to do a clean cycle which just wastes more ink than the amount I would use to run an 8x10 or so through. Of course if you are going to be away, then this is hard to do, but othewise, load up a 10 inch roll of paper and just run a print through every 2 days and you will be much better off.
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The automated cleaning cycle sounds good...but it really depends on how much ink it wastes with each cycle. Knowing Epson...it won't be a meager amount.