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If you do not like what I say then you can stick it up your ass.
Burt wrote:
>That's not what the man asked, putz. Someone may know if the R300 print
>head parks itself between print jobs, even when the power is on. I believe
>that older printers only parked their heads in a way to prevent ink drying
>when powered down, but newer ones park the head when not actually printing.
>If this one parks between printjobs, his heads aren't clogging because of
>the power staying on. Over time dried ink can accumulate under the print
>head and then it more easily clogs the jets. Perhaps what he needs to do is
>email Art Entlich ( e-printerhelp@mvps.org ) and ask for his head cleaning
>manual. Since the man already owns the R300 there is no need to tell him
>what (in your opinion) he should have purchased. Better to help him get the
>best service from the printer he owns.
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>"measekite" <measekite@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:BiOde.12236$J12.1555@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com...
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>>Look at all of the posts telling people to buy a Canon IP4000. You do not
>>see these kinds of posts with that model.
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>>Every time you turn the R300 off and on the printer will guzzle you ink.
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>>Alan Smithee wrote:
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>>>Is there a driver setting or some software I can install to have my
>>>printer
>>>turn off automatically? It's an Epson R300. On W2K and/or XP. If I forget
>>>to
>>>turn it off the head starts to clog and I have to run cleaning cycles. It
>>>seems the only way to switch it off is the power switch!!
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