In article , Carlos E.R.
wrote:

Many people do not use their printers every week. Perhaps once a month.
Then the machine fails. With brand name original inks and cartridges,
yes. Just leave your printer totally unused for a month and see.

actually, i do that fairly often, without issue.

in fact, one of my printers sat unused for roughly 5 months until a
week or so ago, no clogs.

Yeah, sure :-p

believe what you want. i don't print anywhere near what i used to and
often sits unused, and in fact, hasn't been used since i printed a week
or so ago. no clogs in its roughly 8 year history.

the printer i had before that did clog on occasion, but i bought that
in the late 1990s.