Article:		Tired of Inkjet Snapshots? The Canon CP-220 to the Rescue
Subject:		intermittent use?
Date:		2004-12-09 11:52:50
From:		Obbie_Z
I read somewhere (I think it was here) that ink-jet printers do not like to be left idle for days at a time, as the ink jets get clogged if ink does not flow regularly. Since my printer needs only require intermittent use, I see this as a big down-side to ink jets. Are dye-sub printers free of this down-side? Do you find other similar down-sides? Thanks for a good run-down.

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• RE: intermittent use?
  2004-12-09 22:09:36  Derrick Story | [View]
  
  
  I've had the same "head clogging" problem with inkjets, which means a few more minutes spent unclogging them before I can make my simple snapshot.
  
  The dye subs use colored "ribbons" instead that are much less prone to clogging. Another plus!
• RE: intermittent use?
  2004-12-10 11:26:02  sjk [View]
  
  
  Thanks for another interesting and informative article, Derrick.
  
  My ancient Epson Stylus Color 800 had troubles with clogged jets and even needed repair once (fortunately while still under warranty). It hasn't been an issue with my +year-old i860 after sometimes going 2-3 weeks without printing. I have auto power off/on set and it takes about half a minute to get warmed up. And there are some occasional delays while it "self-adjusts" during or between printing, typically short enough not to be frustrating.
  
  I do more "general purpose" than photo printing with the i860 but am quite satisfied with the results using iPhoto and PS Elements 2.0 (haven't tried 3.0 yet). I'm already curious about the print quality of images from my wife's new Canon SD200 digicam (that she doesn't know about yet :-)).
  
  Oh, one thing I'm still baffled by is why CUPS doesn't save information to /var/log/cups/page_log like it did when I used an i850 for awhile. Serious attempts to figure that out about six month ago came up empty. I've wanted to have a page count record to help track media consumption.