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Ink drying up

  • 27-07-2010 10:13pm
    #1
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭


    The ink in my printer keeps drying up because i barely use it. how often do i have to use it to stop this happening?


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  • #2
    Domscard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭Domscard


    Bob Z wrote: »
    The ink in my printer keeps drying up because i barely use it. how often do i have to use it to stop this happening?

    I find it depends on the printer itself. I had a Dell that I could use only very infrequently (once a month on average) and it was fine. I had a Lexmark that dried up if it was more than a week.
    Sometimes a dried up cartridge can be 'revived' with a bit of alcohol on a Q tip ;) If you're using the cartridge very infrequently, it might be worth sealing it up outside of the printer between uses?


  • #3
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,284 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Domscard wrote: »
    I find it depends on the printer itself. I had a Dell that I could use only very infrequently (once a month on average) and it was fine. I had a Lexmark that dried up if it was more than a week.
    Sometimes a dried up cartridge can be 'revived' with a bit of alcohol on a Q tip ;) If you're using the cartridge very infrequently, it might be worth sealing it up outside of the printer between uses?

    Some printers don't like the cartridge being removed and put back in, I think.


  • #4
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    IT'S an Epsom printer c62 or c64 i think. I hardly ever use it maybe every couple of months or less and each time I do because the ink I dried up I have get a whole new set so it would be cheaper to get it done down in a shop

    if I take the cartridge do I wrap it in clingfilm?


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