How much ink does cleaning print heads waste?

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I have an Epson "clogmaster" printer so I have to clean the print heads pretty often. The utility says it wastes ink, so how much ink does this waste?

 

[ProviaFan]

My Epson Stylus Color 880 rarely has head clogging problems, though that might be because I print in both black&white and color multiple times per week. I have no idea how much it wastes, either, but would be curious to know.

 

[RalfHutter]

I went through darn near half of my ink carts trying to unclog the heads on my Clogmaster Stylus 820 last year. That was probably 12-15 cleaning cycles. They still din't unclog. I called Epson and RMAd the POS. Now I've got a new one and I "test-print" at leat once per week to try and keep the heads clean. It still clogs occaisionally.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: RalfHutter
I went through darn near half of my ink carts trying to unclog the heads on my Clogmaster Stylus 820 last year. That was probably 12-15 cleaning cycles. They still din't unclog. I called Epson and RMAd the POS. Now I've got a new one and I "test-print" at leat once per week to try and keep the heads clean. It still clogs occaisionally.

are you using cheap refill inks, or refilling your own? I had the same problems when I bought the "bargin" 3 dollar computer swapmeet ink carts

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: RalfHutter
I went through darn near half of my ink carts trying to unclog the heads on my Clogmaster Stylus 820 last year. That was probably 12-15 cleaning cycles. They still din't unclog. I called Epson and RMAd the POS. Now I've got a new one and I "test-print" at leat once per week to try and keep the heads clean. It still clogs occaisionally.

are you using cheap refill inks, or refilling your own? I had the same problems when I bought the "bargin" 3 dollar computer swapmeet ink carts

Nope, I'm using real Epson retail ink carts. I print photos with this and am not willing to scrimp on ink and paper quality.

 

[Jayczar]

nice to know that I am not the only one with Epson ink problems.
Clogmaster fits it perfectly.

 

[Dreadogg]

I had problems with my epson also, I now a having problems with my HP seems this guy is all clogged up also, cant print light blues for the life of me!