Originally posted by: powerMarkymark
Originally posted by: Amaroque
Originally posted by: Burtie21
Originally posted by: CraigRT
My printer has never been off except power failures or moving of the printer itself.
no problems.
same here
Originally posted by: saddy
i just got a new canon iP3000. i don't like the idea of wasting ink each time i switch it on, so i leave it on all the time. i have it for a few days only though. i also intend to turn it off and on if i do not use it for about two weeks, so as to prevent the ink from dry up.
will there be any damage to a printer that is always on?
Originally posted by: Zepper
I was under the impression that the print head isn't truly parked and capped (to prevent drying) while the power is on so I always turn the power off when I'm done for the day and turn it on again with the first printing of the next day. The ink for my Canon iP3000 is cheap ($12. shipped for a set of 4 tanks) - so I don't worry about it. IAC, the OE set of tanks lasted about 4 months with turning it off/on about once every day - can't break me at that rate...
. My old Xerox didn't have a power switch and if you didn't use it for a certain amount of time, it would automatically do a maintenance routine - could be disconcerting if located in your bedroom and the maintenance routine kicked in while I was sleeping. So I put it on a power strip so I could switch it off.
.bh.