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‎07-25-2016 03:44 PM

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Product: HP PageWide Printer

On the new HP PageWide printer, if I only have infrequent use, will the ink clog or dry like it does on InkJet?

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‎07-25-2016 04:54 PM

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Plugged in and powered up, will be fine. 

Unplugged or powered off, 3 months is the stated longest we would want to see it go. 

 

 

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‎07-25-2016 04:37 PM

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As long as the printer is plugged in and turned on, the printer will run in a background mode once in a while to maintain the print system. 

 

What model of printer do you have?

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‎07-25-2016 04:51 PM

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Don't have a printer yet, I am researching. Looking at the PageWide Pro series.

 

The printer is for a remote office that the user visit a few times a year, so the printer will remain unused for several months at a time. On InkJet, we have to print something weekly or so to make sure it does not clog. So I'm interested in knowing if the PageWide printers suffers from that too or not so I can see if it's an advantage on that front or not.

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‎07-25-2016 04:54 PM

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Plugged in and powered up, will be fine. 

Unplugged or powered off, 3 months is the stated longest we would want to see it go. 

 

 

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‎03-28-2018 11:34 AM

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The above comments are all correct in the automatic servicing scheduling.  If you ensure that the printbar gets capped when powered down and understand that you will likely have some initial issues, there are printhead cleaning steps that can clean the nozzles pretty effectively.  However, it is not completely immune to nozzle issues over such a long period of time.

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‎05-11-2019 04:02 PM

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I had the printer unplugged for about 3 months actually. the blck ink is not printing at all now. this is a pagewide 477 dw.

Thanks so much for all your help in advance.

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‎05-11-2019 05:39 PM - edited ‎05-11-2019 05:40 PM

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will this kind of thing work? https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Bullet-Print-Cleaner-Unblocker/dp/B019WOTMGW?ref_=bl_dp_s_web_259591701...

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