Learn how little preventative maintenance can help you avoid costly printer problems down the road in this video from Castle Ink Cartridges.
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The best preventive maintenance for your inkjet printer is to use it regularly. Poor print quality, print streaks, white lines through the text, missing colours or blank pages, can all be avoided through frequent usage. Most problems are caused by clogs in the ink cartridges which form when ink dries inside the print head or ink nozzles. Printing black and full color documents will help to avoid this problem.
What ever you do, don't ever let your printer run out of ink. When a cartridge runs out of ink (assuming you are using ink cartridges with disposable printheads), the resistors in the print head can overheat and burn out. In fixed print heads, printing with an empty ink cartridge will purge ink from the ink nozzle, filling it with air and resulting in an air lock which can be difficult to remove.
Most printers have an ink monitor built into their printer driver software which will warn you of a low ink cartridge. To ensure a fresh supply of ink and the best printing results, try to place smaller, more frequent orders.
