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I just spoke to Epson Tech Support. This is their official
recommendation on turning the printer off by its power button and it
applies to all Epson printers.
When you turn the printer on after having previously turned it off via
the power button the printer goes through a short warm up cycle and uses
a little ink.
If you optionally leave it on all of the time the printer will go
through a long warm up (if it sat idle for 1 to 2 hours) and it will use
much more ink in it's warm up cycle.
Another reason why they recommend to turn them off is it insures that no
air or paper dust/fibers will get into the nozzles. Even though the
head does park after printing the nozzles are still subject to the
contamination.
They also told me that R800/1800 users who print infrequently should
turn their printers off to avoid clogging the printhead. Leaving it
turned on and unused will crystallize the pigments inside the head.
They also informed me, when I asked, that even though they made great
strides in their pigment ink formulations and their pigment ink
printers, their dye based printers do indeed produce a more vibrant and
snappier result.
They are going to send me printouts on their R320 and R800 on a couple
of different papers so I can compare Epson vs Epson. Of course, I do
expect the best professional results that Epson is capable of producing.
Base on this, I feel that Canon Pixmas are more suitable to a 24/7 network.
I just spoke to Epson Tech Support. This is their official
recommendation on turning the printer off by its power button and it
applies to all Epson printers.
When you turn the printer on after having previously turned it off via
the power button the printer goes through a short warm up cycle and uses
a little ink.
If you optionally leave it on all of the time the printer will go
through a long warm up (if it sat idle for 1 to 2 hours) and it will use
much more ink in it's warm up cycle.
Another reason why they recommend to turn them off is it insures that no
air or paper dust/fibers will get into the nozzles. Even though the
head does park after printing the nozzles are still subject to the
contamination.
They also told me that R800/1800 users who print infrequently should
turn their printers off to avoid clogging the printhead. Leaving it
turned on and unused will crystallize the pigments inside the head.
They also informed me, when I asked, that even though they made great
strides in their pigment ink formulations and their pigment ink
printers, their dye based printers do indeed produce a more vibrant and
snappier result.
They are going to send me printouts on their R320 and R800 on a couple
of different papers so I can compare Epson vs Epson. Of course, I do
expect the best professional results that Epson is capable of producing.
Base on this, I feel that Canon Pixmas are more suitable to a 24/7 network.