I am also disapointed in my Epson R260. It seems to gulp expensive ink. I spoke to the dealer who sold me the printer and was advised to leave the printer turned on becouse the printer primes the nossles each time it's turned on. I began to leave the printer turned which helps alot. Now I learn from Luke that this practice clogs the print head - Oh great!
Terry Pasley has some good ideas that I am going to try.
I've come to the conclusion that buying a photo printer like the R260 for general home use is a mistake. It may excel in photo printing but using it to print web pages etc. is just too expensive. A good office or a general home printer is the way to go.
By the way, I purchased a Canon IP4500 on advice from the saleswoman. She said that it's ink cartridges contain 13 ml of ink which is more than any other cartridge - for the price anyway. Canon is the only cartridge that prints the ink quanity on the box. It also has tranparent sides so you can actually view the ink quanity. No other manufacturer will do this becouse they don't want you to know how little ink is actually in the cartridge. So far I am impressed with it. I think that it prints photos as good as or better than the Epson. Alot of Canon printers can print CD covers - Google Canon CD printing to find out how.
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I am also disapointed in my Epson R260. It seems to gulp expensive ink. I spoke to the dealer who sold me the printer and was advised to leave the printer turned on becouse the printer primes the nossles each time it's turned on. I began to leave the printer turned which helps alot. Now I learn from Luke that this practice clogs the print head - Oh great!
Terry Pasley has some good ideas that I am going to try.
I've come to the conclusion that buying a photo printer like the R260 for general home use is a mistake. It may excel in photo printing but using it to print web pages etc. is just too expensive. A good office or a general home printer is the way to go.
By the way, I purchased a Canon IP4500 on advice from the saleswoman. She said that it's ink cartridges contain 13 ml of ink which is more than any other cartridge - for the price anyway. Canon is the only cartridge that prints the ink quanity on the box. It also has tranparent sides so you can actually view the ink quanity. No other manufacturer will do this becouse they don't want you to know how little ink is actually in the cartridge. So far I am impressed with it. I think that it prints photos as good as or better than the Epson. Alot of Canon printers can print CD covers - Google Canon CD printing to find out how.