The biggest problem I've always found with both Canon & Epson is that if you don't use them on a regular basis, they always seemed a tendency for the ink to dry out, and you end up having to waste even more ink doing those maintenance things.
My current HP I rarely use, sometimes months before doing a print, but the printouts always come out perfect each time, no maintenance sheets required etc. The only gripe I've really had with HP is that there drivers sometimes seem very bloatware.
A new genuine Canon CL-211XL (XL means extra capacity) color ink cartridge for my canon pixma 190 all-in-one printer ran out after I printed 100 color pages. What I was printing left little white space on the 8.5x11 page, but I still thought a $25 cartridge should last longer than that. I left the cartridge holder open and empty while I went to Target to buy a replacement. After I installed it the color didn't print. Then I noticed a warning in the manual to not leave the cartridge holder open and empty because it will dry out. Someone advised me to wipe the inside of the cartridge holder with alcohol soaked Q-tips. After that the color printed again. However, I got a warning that the color ink supply on this brand new Canon cartridge was very low. Commenters on another site contend that Canon deliberately made their printers to do this so that they could sell more cartridges. Can that be possible? Does this happen even if you don't leave the cartridge holder empty?
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