storing a printer on it's side

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I bought a canon ip3000 and after using it for 2 weeks or so it is currently
back in the box being stored for 2 weeks. I just wondered if storing the
printer on it's side is going to cause problems? The inks are in the
printer. Will my inks ooze out causing me a broken printer or a mess, or
should I be OK?

Brian

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NO
cleaning station ink tank will LEAK
"Brian" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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>I bought a canon ip3000 and after using it for 2 weeks or so it is
>currently back in the box being stored for 2 weeks. I just wondered if
>storing the printer on it's side is going to cause problems? The inks are
>in the printer. Will my inks ooze out causing me a broken printer or a
>mess, or should I be OK?
>
> Brian
>

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So sad... I guess that means I won't be able to bring my printer on my trip
around the galaxy.

Happy Holidays to all!

P.S. Any printer model that will work in zero gravity?


"Brian" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
newsJ%yd.76312$Uf.63056@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>I bought a canon ip3000 and after using it for 2 weeks or so it is
>currently back in the box being stored for 2 weeks. I just wondered if
>storing the printer on it's side is going to cause problems? The inks are
>in the printer. Will my inks ooze out causing me a broken printer or a
>mess, or should I be OK?
>
> Brian
>

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I got up the nerve to check out the printer and it didn't seem to have
leaked over the last 5 days of storage on it's side. I hope it stays like
that until I can find a new location for it for the next week and a half.

so far so good!

thanks to all
"Bill" <bill@c.a> wrote in message newsY6dnVb1b7RiTVHcRVn-3Q@golden.net...
> Brian wrote:
>
>>I bought a canon ip3000 and after using it for 2 weeks or so it is
>>currently
>>back in the box being stored for 2 weeks. I just wondered if storing the
>>printer on it's side is going to cause problems? The inks are in the
>>printer. Will my inks ooze out causing me a broken printer or a mess, or
>>should I be OK?
>
> You should be ok as the cartridges should be sealed to the printhead.
> But personally I wouldn't store any printer on its side with the ink
> cartridges inside the printer. There's a chance the ink may leak out of
> the vents and make a colourful mess. Or the seals may not be 100%.
>
> When the printer is in the shipping box, the ink cartridges are still
> well sealed, and inside an airtight package, so it's not an issue for
> shipping. But once opened, it's another story.

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I recently shipped an HP 1220c with NO ink cartridges in it. Ink leaked out
of the cleaning system and totally destroyed the printer. I don't know if
installing cartridges would have prevented the problem, but I certainly
wouldn't store a used printer in any other position besides 'right side up'.


"Brian" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
newsJ%yd.76312$Uf.63056@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I bought a canon ip3000 and after using it for 2 weeks or so it is
currently
> back in the box being stored for 2 weeks. I just wondered if storing the
> printer on it's side is going to cause problems? The inks are in the
> printer. Will my inks ooze out causing me a broken printer or a mess, or
> should I be OK?
>
> Brian
>
>