[tzs]

What happens with those if you go a long time between print jobs?

One of the big points in favor of laser printers has been that they can be idle for a very long time without problems.

[namibj]

If you leave them plugged in, they'll squirt out a little ink to prevent said clogging of the head. This is much more economical than washing dried ink residue out with loads of fresh ink.

[Spare_account]

I have a Brother with a similar approach. It has ink tanks with huge capacity and it powers up once a day to do something which I presume is keeping the heads clear.

It frightened the crap out of me once but I'm used to it now.

[ansible]

Depends on the printer and manufacturer.

We've had a couple different HP inkjet printers, they would clog all the time when not used frequently. Run the cleaning cycle, still doesn't work, clean the nozzles with steam, repeat next month.

We've had a Brother inkjet, and it has been smooth sailing so far.