Ink drying up

Bob Z · 27-07-2010 11:13pm #1

The ink in my printer keeps drying up because i barely use it. how often do i have to use it to stop this happening?

Domscard · 28-07-2010 1:33am

Bob Z wrote: »

The ink in my printer keeps drying up because i barely use it. how often do i have to use it to stop this happening?

I find it depends on the printer itself. I had a Dell that I could use only very infrequently (once a month on average) and it was fine. I had a Lexmark that dried up if it was more than a week.
Sometimes a dried up cartridge can be 'revived' with a bit of alcohol on a Q tip

If you're using the cartridge very infrequently, it might be worth sealing it up outside of the printer between uses?

bonzodog2 · 28-07-2010 11:54am

Domscard wrote: »

I find it depends on the printer itself. I had a Dell that I could use only very infrequently (once a month on average) and it was fine. I had a Lexmark that dried up if it was more than a week.
Sometimes a dried up cartridge can be 'revived' with a bit of alcohol on a Q tip If you're using the cartridge very infrequently, it might be worth sealing it up outside of the printer between uses?

Some printers don't like the cartridge being removed and put back in, I think.

Bob Z · 28-07-2010 1:51pm

IT'S an Epsom printer c62 or c64 i think. I hardly ever use it maybe every couple of months or less and each time I do because the ink I dried up I have get a whole new set so it would be cheaper to get it done down in a shop

if I take the cartridge do I wrap it in clingfilm?

Ink drying up

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