Re: Epson 1650 - Epson printer power

[Bill Fernandez <bill_sub@billfernandez.com>]

I had occasion to partially disassemble my Epson 1200 recently, and I 
can't see how it would be possible for the power on/off state to have 
any effect whatsoever on whether the heads are capped.  There's a 
very simple mechanical mechanism that moves the cap into place 
whenever the print head carriage is parked.  As long as the carriaage 
is parked the heads are capped, whether moved under power or by hand 
with the power off.

--Bill


>>...The Epsons only require that the be kept plugged in to a live AC 
>>source because they use a trickle amount to maintain some memory 
>>for head calibration purposes.
>
>... on the Epson list is seems to be accepted that at least Epson 
>printers should be left on in order that the print heads be properly 
>seated and thus not dry out.  I don't know about any "calibration".
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