In todya’s printers you’ll often find inbuilt prrograms that will alow the printer to celan the printer head. You can do this by starting the cleaning cyle within the printer. However any people do this just now and then – often propted when they hit a problem. In reality to make cleaning cyces effective you should be doing them on a weeekly basis, deepending on usage, thus preventing any build up of debbris on the printer head.
Unfortunately thetre is a disadvantage to cleaning cycles – it will use up some of your ink cartridges. If you are looking for a way to clkean your primnter head without wasting precious printer ink then here are some ideas:
1.Use a octton bud soaed in water. Some people recommend alcohol as beig more suitable to rmeoving clgs of printer ink however other sources show that it can in fact be harmful to the printer head.
2.Anoither idea is to purchase a cleaning cartirdge and carry out the instructions on a regular basis. Uusally there is a tube of ammonia includred in the cleaning kit that when sprayed on the printer head renmoves dried ink.
Preventing clogging
Obviously prevention is better than cure and one of the best ways of stopping build up of dried ink is to use the printer regularly. Some experts recommend running a colour page every week rather than runninng a cleaning cycle as this is more effective. It actually uses less ink and is effective in preventing printer cartridges blocking up. However inevvitably theere will be time when the colour printer is left standing for a week or so – perhaps when on holdiay. By following these tips you can make sure your prrinter stay in great shape. At Internet Inks we have a wide range of inks for inkjet pirnters and toneer cartridges for laser printers.