Is there a way to prevent the Epson 740 from performing a cleaning
routine when I print for the first time in the morning? I have had the
printer for about four years, and I use it daily. The first time I use
it each day, it goes through the maintenance routine, and I think it's
unnecessary.

It's not that big of a deal because the printer works really really
well, and I don't mind the wait, so I'm just curious, not furious.

Cheers,
Summer

In article <221020031720572373%susitucker********.com>,
Summer <susitucker********.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to prevent the Epson 740 from performing a cleaning
> routine when I print for the first time in the morning? I have had the
> printer for about four years, and I use it daily. The first time I use
> it each day, it goes through the maintenance routine, and I think it's
> unnecessary.
>
> It's not that big of a deal because the printer works really really
> well, and I don't mind the wait, so I'm just curious, not furious.
>
> Cheers,
> Summer

Hi Summer,

My strategy, before my 740 died and I bought a laser, was to never turn
it off.

cheers...John

In article <221020031720572373%susitucker********.com>,
Summer <susitucker********.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to prevent the Epson 740 from performing a cleaning
> routine when I print for the first time in the morning? I have had the
> printer for about four years, and I use it daily. The first time I use
> it each day, it goes through the maintenance routine, and I think it's
> unnecessary.
>
> It's not that big of a deal because the printer works really really
> well, and I don't mind the wait, so I'm just curious, not furious.
>
> Cheers,
> Summer

Leave it on.
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Hi Guys,

I do keep it on. It's on 24/7 whether I use it or not. It doesn't seem
to consume any energy while it's not being used so I figured a long
time ago to just leave it on. I printed this message as my first of
today, and it still went through the routine.

Summer

In article <rubbish-F57644.05255023102003@newsr3.tampabay.rr.com>,
Charles Martin <rubbish@bollocks.org> wrote:

> In article <221020031720572373%susitucker********.com>,
> Summer <susitucker********.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to prevent the Epson 740 from performing a cleaning
> > routine when I print for the first time in the morning? I have had the
> > printer for about four years, and I use it daily. The first time I use
> > it each day, it goes through the maintenance routine, and I think it's
> > unnecessary.
> >
> > It's not that big of a deal because the printer works really really
> > well, and I don't mind the wait, so I'm just curious, not furious.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Summer
>
> Leave it on.

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 8:02:51 -0700, Summer wrote
(in message <231020030802510795%susitucker********.com>):

The vague recesses of my brain seem to recall something to this effect being
a choice in preferences somewhere on some epson printer that I set up
sometime. Real helpful, huh? Have you read the manual or checked
preferences/page setup to see if it is something optional? Have you contacted
epson support?

Steve

> Hi Guys,
>
> I do keep it on. It's on 24/7 whether I use it or not. It doesn't seem
> to consume any energy while it's not being used so I figured a long
> time ago to just leave it on. I printed this message as my first of
> today, and it still went through the routine.
>
> Summer
>
> In article <rubbish-F57644.05255023102003@newsr3.tampabay.rr.com>,
> Charles Martin <rubbish@bollocks.org> wrote:
>
>> In article <221020031720572373%susitucker********.com>,
>> Summer <susitucker********.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to prevent the Epson 740 from performing a cleaning
>>> routine when I print for the first time in the morning? I have had the
>>> printer for about four years, and I use it daily. The first time I use
>>> it each day, it goes through the maintenance routine, and I think it's
>>> unnecessary.
>>>
>>> It's not that big of a deal because the printer works really really
>>> well, and I don't mind the wait, so I'm just curious, not furious.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Summer
>>
>> Leave it on.

Summer wrote:

> I do keep it on. It's on 24/7 whether I use it or not. It doesn't seem
> to consume any energy while it's not being used so I figured a long
> time ago to just leave it on. I printed this message as my first of
> today, and it still went through the routine.

The print heads will clog up hard if you don't do this fairly frequently, so
it's probably doing the right thing.

Just a few weeks after replacing our old 740 and stashing it in the attic, I
pulled it out (along with an old iMac) to donate it to a needy computerless
family. My first test print page came out absolutely unmarked by any ink. I
ran through the head cleaning routine at least 5 times and while the color
heads cleared themselves (mostly), I was still getting NO black at all.

Although that was the worst I'd ever seen it clog, I have gotten bad head
clogs several times before; say after a week vacation when the printer
wasn't used.

Which brings us us to the absolutely worst idiocy in the 740, which is that
it will NOT allow replacing a cartridge unless IT believes the thing is
empty... though there is one point in the cleaning procedure where the
carriage sits exposed and stationary long enough to swap the black cartidge
behind its back if you're really quick. Sometimes if the offending
cartridge is low on ink it's easier just to keep "clearing" it until it
runs out. (Though that wouldn't have worked this time since so far as I
could tell not a droplet of black ink was escaping.)

The Epson 825 with which I replaced it seems to clean itself less, resist
clogging better... and also allows me to expose the cartridges for
replacement or inspection at any time.

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In article <0001HW.BBBD8BD602BC04F8F0284600@netnews.comcast.n et>,
Steve <nobodyNOSPAM@comcast.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 8:02:51 -0700, Summer wrote
> (in message <231020030802510795%susitucker********.com>):
>
> The vague recesses of my brain seem to recall something to this effect being
> a choice in preferences somewhere on some epson printer that I set up
> sometime. Real helpful, huh? Have you read the manual or checked
> preferences/page setup to see if it is something optional? Have you contacted
> epson support?

The Epson 740 doesn't have the option to clean black or colour
separately, and yes it IS idiotic that you have to wait till the PRINTER
thinks it's out of ink to put new ink in. :)

I once got a good deal on ink and DeadHead cleaner cartridges from
ink4art.com, and I must say the DeadHead thing brought my thought-dead
printer back to life. Incredible.
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