Cheers everyone. I've taken a punt at the 8500, for the better photo facility. Makes the ink a bnit more expensive - but still way less than I'm used to paying. We will, as indicated above, try to ensure that we use it regularly enough to avoid any clogging issues.
Colour printer recommendation
- Thread starter bazzabear
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as a follow up regarding if you dont
use the printer often enough
and are worried about clogging
you can use windows task scheduler to print a picture
containing all the ink colours at whatever interval you want
weekly,monthly etc
including optional settings where if you were say away on holiday
task scheduler could start the pc log in then run the print then shut down the pc
loads of images online for this
and the free trial of software called 2printer
the free trial is all you need though it will print an extra page
promoting the software
theres other ways to do it but i chose this method
then something like this to copy and paste into task scheduler
2printer.exe -src "C:\printer unclogging\all printer colours.jpg" -prn "EPSON ET-2720 Series" -options silent:yes alerts:no
where 2printer.exe is the program to start the printer
C:\printer unclogging\all printer colours.jpg you would replace with
the path to the image you want to print (this is the argument in task scheduler)
EPSON ET-2720 Series you replace with your chosen printer
you can get printer name if needed from powershell (not cmd)
run the command Get-Printer
then -options silent:yes alerts:no just basically says run it
without having to notify me
use the printer often enough
and are worried about clogging
you can use windows task scheduler to print a picture
containing all the ink colours at whatever interval you want
weekly,monthly etc
including optional settings where if you were say away on holiday
task scheduler could start the pc log in then run the print then shut down the pc
loads of images online for this
and the free trial of software called 2printer
the free trial is all you need though it will print an extra page
promoting the software
theres other ways to do it but i chose this method
then something like this to copy and paste into task scheduler
2printer.exe -src "C:\printer unclogging\all printer colours.jpg" -prn "EPSON ET-2720 Series" -options silent:yes alerts:no
where 2printer.exe is the program to start the printer
C:\printer unclogging\all printer colours.jpg you would replace with
the path to the image you want to print (this is the argument in task scheduler)
EPSON ET-2720 Series you replace with your chosen printer
you can get printer name if needed from powershell (not cmd)
run the command Get-Printer
then -options silent:yes alerts:no just basically says run it
without having to notify me
My 4750 has duplex ie prints on both sides automatically. It also has borderless.