Re: OT: Old Lexmark Optra 40 Color Printer

[micky]

On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 09:14:48 -0700, Tony Hwang <drag...@shaw.ca> wrote:

>
>Long time ago my first ink printer was Lexmark, cartridge price was
>high compared to other brand. By now the print head might be all caked
>up and it'll be lot of work to revive it.

To keep it from caking up, I've been making a point to print a color
page at least every two months. I barely use my Epson Workforce 645,
yet I'm already running out of ink. (I have a small old laser printer
for black and whilte.) Do you think I could go 3 or 4 months without
printing on the Epson, and still not have the ink dry up?

Also, can Epson cartridges still be refilled by me?

Or do I have to buy new cartridges?

>Printers are always cheap,
>they make money selling ink cartridges.

Yes, like Gilette razor blades. (Of course now they've suckered people
into buying both new blades and new razors.)

> Our Canon MP990 is WiFi and it's
>been trouble free for many years, when kids were in school they beat the
>hell out of it but still prints, scans, copies w/o any problem.
>Very good photo printer as well. Since day 1 this printer was never
>turned off. Maybe that is the reason it still works well.

Hmmm. I wonder. Mine is wireless too and two floors up. I have to
leave it on or climb 2 flights when I want to print. But maybe it's
good to stay on.

[Tony Hwang]

Hi,
Yes, stand-by power consumption is fraction of a Watt.