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Back when I was
younger, printers are so hard to purchase. They were too expensive and my mom
would tell me, “Just give me the file (saved in a floppy disk) and I will print
it in the office.” In other words, it didn’t seem to be a necessity. But now, I
guess, somehow, it became one of the basic needs at home.
I believe that
because of the internet era, the printer became a necessity. Since the easiest and fastest way to get
information is through online, having a printer at home is ideal so one can
easily print out whatever they need.
Now, printers are way cheaper than the ones before. Some even comes with the scanner. Owning a printer is so easy nowadays however, that doesn't apply that' a defective one should be easy to replace.
I remember some
people saying, printers are cheaper because they also get broken easily. I beg
to disagree.
Early this year, I
was able to attend a seminar about printing (all kinds of printing).
Maintaining a printer isn’t so hard. Printers’ life span depends how often the
consumer uses it, according to the speaker of the seminar. I couldn’t remember
the exact words or list but these are the tips I remember:
Make sure that the printers are always clean
(don’t let dust get in or on the printer)
Dust blocks
some of the parts of the printer which makes the printer’s performance slow
and/or poor.
To avoid paper jam, do not put too much paper on
the paper tray
Sometimes,
the papers are tightly placed together because they are too many and the feeder
fails to choose just one paper.
If you will be at home or someone will be, make
sure that the printer is on even though you’re not going to use it.
As far as I
can remember, the speaker suggested this to avoid too much printer cleaning,
ink leaks and paper jam. He explained it this way: Printers, when turned on,
blows the ink (from the ink heads) to get rid of the dried inks and the paper
feeder rolls. If you put your printer on and off all the time - just because
you think it would be better to have it off if not used, makes the printer do
what it does every time you put it on. The automatic blowing damages the ink
needles causing ink leaks. Same way, as the paper feeder rolls every time you
turn on the printer, it sometimes damages the rolling of the rollers.
Print at least one document every day.
This is to
avoid inks drying from the ink needles. You don’t have to print an entire document;
you can just print a few lines of letters or number (black & color).
Buy the respective ink for your printer
Because some
of us are after saving money, buying a much cheaper ink (those continuous or
those from the refills; not authentic) damages the ink needles and the tubes
where the ink flows. You think you’re saving but in fact, you’re just damaging
your printer and sooner or later, you’ll be deciding to buy a new one just
because the older one isn’t functioning well. You’re subconsciously making
wrong decisions.
There were more tips he gave but these are some
of those I remember and I’m actually doing. When I first heard his tips, I
thought twice of keeping it on because it might consume too much power but it didn't. Also, I noticed that my prints were better after doing these five tips
compared to before when I just on it when I have to print something; no more ink
leaks through my prints and lesser paper jam.
I cannot guarantee that your printer will be in 100%
good performance or quality but upon my experience, my printer’s performance
became better. You can try it and if you believe it didn’t work or if you know
other ways on how to care for your printer, feel free to let me know through
the comment box below.
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