[H-GEN] Printer advice wanted

[Snowy Angelique Maslov aka 'Snowpony']

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Greg Black wrote:

> Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:42:17 +1000
> From: Greg Black <gjb at gbch.net>
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> To: general at lists.humbug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Printer advice wanted
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> I've been told by a printer sales creature that I should avoid
> Epson printers if I'm not going to use my colour inkjet pretty
> regularly as, according to him, they are prone to getting gummed
> up nozzles if allowed to sit for a few days.  He also claims
> that this is not an issue with HP printers.
> 
> My use would likely be a few pages or photos at a time, followed
> by two or three weeks of non-use.  Is that sort of use likely to
> be a problem for Epson or other inkjet printers?

I have a lovely Epson which I must say suffers from that problem - it usually
clears up running a couple of prints and some premaintainence (clean the
cartidge and do a couple of print tests) though.  For quality work - they
can't be beat but you have to be prepared to pay for it.

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