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Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by ponker on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:56AM (#25036774)
If you leave an HP inkjet for a few months will it still print or be clogged?
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by albatross13 on Monday November 09, 2020 @11:57AM (#25036792)
Not without it doing a substantial amount of 'self cleaning'. If you print infrequently, a laser printer is actually a better use case. Frequent printing, namely of photographs, is a good use case for inkjet.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by rootusrootus on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:06PM (#25036894)
And even then, a consumer inkjet doesn't do that great a job on photos. You're much better off having someone like Walgreens do it for you. Faster and better, still cheap.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by secabeen on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:43PM (#25038969)
HP's Instant ink does solve this problem. They charge per-page, so you can automatically run self-cleaning every few days at zero cost to the consumer.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by GekkePrutser on Monday November 09, 2020 @12:58PM (#25037531)
And, many printers pick up the spilled 'self cleaning' ink in a tank, and when it's full they refuse to work any longer. It a total scam.
Re:The battle for the soul of digital freedom taking place i... by jfk13 on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:51PM (#25038187)
Although depending on the paper and ink involved, the quality and longevity of your inkjet-printed photographs may turn out to be disappointing.