"NY" wrote in message
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"Vir Campestris" wrote in message
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I scrapped an Epson. It did good pictures, and wasn't too expensive to
run - but if I didn't use it for a month I was back to soaking the heads
in meths. Again.

Our Epson suffered badly from that problem, and I set a weekly reminder on
my phone to print a Windows test page every week to stop the ink drying
up.
That was with genuine Epson cartridges. Since I don't need accurate colour
rendition because I don't print photos, I decided to change to cheap clone
ink from one of the online cartridge companies. This ink has been much
better as regards clogging. However on the occasions when I have printed
photos (eg print of a web page or a PDF), the colours have been rather
garish - so the choice is accuracy with a tendency to clog up, or lower
quality but much less clogging.

I bought a laser in the end.

For B&W (eg letters) a laser is probably a better buy than an inkjet - no
streaky print if it's not been used for a while.

What is the point of printing letters anymore ?