turning off ink jet printers (Page 4): Pegasus. I love flying, so I love your icon. Canon's website seems to be lacking when it comes to searching. They could solve that by purchasing...

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Pegasus. I love flying, so I love your icon.

Canon's website seems to be lacking when it comes to searching. They could solve that by purchasing Amazon's search engine.

But do NOT give up on Canon. They have the best of live phone support. I've never been asked to pay a penny, and yet they have always solved any problem I would run into, which was very rare. Example: when a new Apple OS was on a new iMac that I purchased, it initially made my Canon i9900 printer useless. Well, I bought it back in 2005, if memory servers me correctly, so perhaps I should just accept that. A door stop? Anyway, I called Canon, told them what was happening, and while on the phone, the Canon rep went out on the Internet, found me a generic driver. He even told me how to load it onto my computer and stayed with me until the first sheet of photo paper came out of my "mature i9900". I still use it, along with my 9500 Mark II. Don't give up on Canon, they are outstanding.

Ratta Loc: California

I have 2 Epson Printers: an XP860 and an Artisan 1430. Both use aftermarket inks and cartridges and the XP860 is set up with a CISS. The XP860 goes into a sleep mode when unused for a while and wakes up up occasionally to wash its face and brush its teeth and goes back to sleep. It has been on for over 2 years (off briefly during power outages) and has never had a clogged nozzle or print head. The Artisan 1430, on the other hand, is set to shut itself off after being idle for 2 hours. I always print a nozzle check before printing and have not had any clogs in 18 months of use. I use the XP 860 4-5 times a week and the 1430 about once a week for 13x19s & 11x14s.
An afterthought: when I installed the CISS in the 860 I printed a colorful 8x10 with the OEM ink and another with the 3rd party ink. I could see no difference after a year when I discarded the prints.
I know I've saved a fortune in ink & cartridge costs.

Phocus Loc: Lakeland, Fl

I have 4 epson printers r 1800, 4880,9880 ,7880. The capping stations on all these machines are retracted when on, this allows the printhead to be exposed to air thus causing clogs. I turn them off when not in use and I also clean the capping stool and wiper blade weekly with a mixture of simple green and distilled water 50/50 blend. I do sometimes get a clog but most times I can resolve it with a paper towel folded in quarters and soaked with the simple green solution and place under the head. I also switched to inkowl cartridges and ink lot less clogs now.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

elliott937 wrote:

Pegasus. I love flying, so I love your icon. br ... (show quote)

Do you know which plane is in my avatar? It's the KC-46. You find out it's name.

I've been in IT for over 40 years and I know how to solve most, if not all my IT issues by myself. If I have to talk with live Tech Support, it's a difficult issue they usually can't help with in the first place. That said, a big part of solving problems is reading the documentation. So getting that documentation in the first place is critical. Canon's support site is very much sub-par and for me, that's a big strike against them.

I've been using Epson since HP went to crap about 18 years ago, and never looked back.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

I used to leave my Epson 3000 on all the time. It clogged a lot.
I bought an Epson 3800 which turns itself off after a few hours of non use. No clogs ever.
I found out that turning it off closes a door over the print heads and seals them.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Sorry, that is a 3880 that turns itself off.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Pegasus wrote:

I checked the Canon website also. Yuck, it's useless for searching. They don't have manuals or anything. That place is sub-par in support. I'll never buy Canon products if that's the level of support they have.

I did find that it has standby mode when it only uses 1.4W. I would look in the settings of the driver or the front panel to make sure that is enabled.

Perhaps you need a tutorial in how to use the internet and websites. It's easy to find: http://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/support/details/printers/support-professional-inkjet-printers/pixma-pro9000-mark-ii?tab=#Z7_MQH8HIC0L88RB0AMD0F1Q42K25

I'm not going to do your research for you, but I hope you don't fly aircraft if you can't even find a manual for a printer on line.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

Nah, I found that with no problem, the issue is that you have to download an exe, not a pdf. I don't download exes from websites.

And it's not my research.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Pegasus wrote:

Nah, I found that with no problem, the issue is that you have to download an exe, not a pdf. I don't download exes from websites.

And it's not my research.

That's your problem. It is simply an online manual from a trusted source. Nobody can cure your paranoia, but don't deride decent websites because of your own prejudices.

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

I wanted a PDF, not an application. By keeping their documentation in exe files, search engines are unable to scan and index those files so that when you use Google or Bing and look for "canon 9500 standby", you get only hits on how the power drain in standy is 1.4w or 1.8w depending on the page.

You like to open exes from everywhere, have at it. I hope your virus checker is up to date. And just because it's a legitimate site doesn't mean it's safe; those get hacked also.

Magaliaman Loc: Magalia, CA

u1003074 wrote:

Clogged ink jet printer heads are a continuing challenge. Tech support from Epson told me to always turn off my ink jet printer when not in use. Tech support from Canon told me to always leave my printer on. I know their printer head technologies are different, but I would like to know other's experience with clogged print heads and leaving their printers 'on' or 'off'.

I Have a Canon Pixma Pro-100. I Turn it off when not in use. It has sat as long as 5months, no problem on start-up except it took a little longer to become "Ready"

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Pegasus wrote:

I wanted a PDF, not an application. By keeping their documentation in exe files, search engines are unable to scan and index those files so that when you use Google or Bing and look for "canon 9500 standby", you get only hits on how the power drain in standy is 1.4w or 1.8w depending on the page.

You like to open exes from everywhere, have at it. I hope your virus checker is up to date. And just because it's a legitimate site doesn't mean it's safe; those get hacked also.

You can't always get what you want, I'm afraid. My malware software is pretty extensive, so I don't have concerns in that department. Your personal choice to not download something is no reason to vilify Canon. It's not that hard to identify bad sites or to scan files prior to opening them. We have far too many scare mongers and wusses on UHH that spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt without any real information to back it up.

If you have a 9500 mk II or whatever, then you should have the manuals and can look it up. If you don't have one or a similar machine what makes you qualified to answer?

PRodacy Loc: New Mexico

Epson Photo R2880 - hasn't been turned off in years. Never has had a clogged jet.

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

SS319 wrote:

I have clogged a few canons. I have decided that I should either buy a Pro 10 and only use Canon inks and remove the ink tanks when not in use, or buy the $79 printers, use Non-OEM ink and consider the printer as a disposable item - office supplies rather than tangible equipment. I have cleaned Canon heads - successfully, but if your time is worth something, you cannot afford to do it. I have replaced Canon heads - at 80-90% of the cost of a printer.

My Canon Pro 10 is always on, I only use Canon brand ink also, and no problems so far. I do turn it off if I'm on vacation for more than a week. I send most of my pics out but still print at least weekly at home. I always like the pictures from this printer the best. So, in that regard, for special prints or special sizes, I'll pay the price for OEM ink.

My $59 Canon Pixma MG6600 series is also on 24/7 but sometimes I use compatible ink. I'm still leary of non OEM ink because they ruined my last Pixma printer.

I tried refilling my own once. What a mess!!!!

I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that more ink is wasted by turning the printers on and off all the time.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

I used to think so but I think it saves ink now by eliminating cleaning. Just my experience.

I don't know for sure, but it seems to me that more ink is wasted by turning the printers on and off all the time.[/quote]