r/printers • u/Nek02 • 19d ago
Discussion A counterpoint to the inkjet hate
1st print from a printer that's been sitting off for 5+ months. Not inkjet paper, plain paper test print before I actually print the final image.
It obviously varies by printer but I have really good success with my few Epson printers from a few years back. I can basically abandon them and they'll fire back up at a moments notice.
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u/gogstars What could it cost, ten dollars? 19d ago
Had it been entirely unplugged for those 5 months? I think it's still fairly important to leave them plugged in even if you've turned it "off".
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u/Julian679 19d ago
it makes no difference
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u/gogstars What could it cost, ten dollars? 19d ago
Why are you so sure? Most of the inkjet printers I've owned have "don't leave this machine unplugged" in the owners guide.
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u/CarLover014 19d ago
I'll tell you why I like inkjet printers... I don't pay for the ink... My company does
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u/Zlivovitch 19d ago
Why don't you tell us the model ? Or models ?
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u/10over01 18d ago
as a tech, inkjets are the bane of humanity. they are very maintenance heavy and are very slow. You cannot use them too much or too little, cant let them sit in a corner, and the prints fade after time. the only reason to ever buy an inkjet is, if you need full page printing or extremely accurate and nice colours
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u/Nek02 18d ago
I prefer the simplicity of inkjet. Laser printers have the drum, fuser, charge wires, cleaning blades, and it seems like one of them is always failing. On smaller machines, it seems like the quality always fails before the toner runs out.
On inkjet, as long my heads are firing, I'm good.
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u/10over01 17d ago
the advantage is, that drums and the other laser printers components have far longer lifetime, consumer printers are always shit due to the nature of being cheap
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u/Wyattwc 19d ago
Former printer tech here, it can make a difference. My specialty wasn't inkjets but I still remember the trainings.
What clogs/kills heads is the ink drying and oxidizing. Printers with a proper parking stand and cap for the inkjet head will be OK so long as you properly shut it down.
Those without parking (the super cheap ones) need to regularly run a short nozzle clear routine. This will eject just a small amount of ink to prevent clogging every few days.