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by wendroid 5863 days ago
1) buy inkjet printer

2) install continuous ink system

3) ???

4) reduce the baseline

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Does the continuous system work ok? I have one for an epson, and when I run out of ink I intend to install it. I'm also preparing to buy an emergency backup printer, just in case...
The only problem I had was the usual - leave it for 6 weeks without printing and it gums up a bit.

I've also had some feed problems where it dumps ink into the printer.

The guys I share an office with got one and didn't read the instructions properly and we stood their (me laughing) as the ink unloaded into the thing.

But when it's all working you get 6+ months of reliable printing.

And for the price of an inkjet, a spare one is cheap, though I'm lucky - my local retailer is 5 mins away by foot and when my dried up I just went and got another one - the dried up one is under my desk waiting for me to clean it!

Nice- that's pretty much how I was hoping it would work.