My Cannon S200 printer only works sometimes

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My Cannon S200 inkjet printer seemed to have failed completely in that,
while the computer recognised the USB connection the printer ignored
any print commands.
I tried it on another computer with the same result.
I left it disconnected for a month but then decided to give it one more
try before throwing it out. To my suprised it worked flawlessly, but the
next day it again refused to print anything.

I know those printers don't like being left powered up but is there
anything I can do to make it work more often?


-Barry
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