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Inkjet printers counsumption?

Is it true that every time i turn on my inkjet printer it consumes a little amount of ink?

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That doesn't seem to make any sense I mean, What would the ink be used in?, what will happen to it?
when you turn on the printer it does a self test to make sure that it is ok. The only time you use ink is when you install a new cartridge
It is very true. Every time you turn it on or off it will uses ink. See the link below for confirmation. It is a myth that it only uses ink when a new cartridge is installed as the ink is like the oil in a car. The printer uses it to keep the printer worker. And every printer uses ink each time it switched on which is why is it better to either leave it on all day or off if you are not going to be using it much! http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=52033&forum_id=56 Edit This is an extra from Starling Printer Facts (page 11). http://www.startlingprinterfacts.co.uk/ We chose this as an example to prove the point that a significant percentage of your expensive ink does not end up on your printed page. The reason for this seemingly crazy result is quite simple. During the time a printer sits idle, ink can dry out in the print head. Air bubbles can also form in the mechanism. This is true for all types of inkjet printer. Print quality is affected by this phenomenon, so the printer has a system built into it, every time you switch it on that cleans the dried ink from the head and purges the air bubbles from the system. To do this it pumps your expensive ink through the head until it runs cleanly, rather like when turning on a bath or sink tap which bubbles and spurts before a constant flow begins. Unlike your bath or sink you cannot use this bubbly ink, instead it is drained off into an absorbent sponge called a waste ink tank, never to be seen again until it is full and you have to then send your printer off and pay for your wasted ink to be removed and have a new tank fitted. This is not a fault but it is simply the way all inkjet printers have to work in order to produce acceptable print quality.
This is the best explanation of how ink is used for other things besides actual printing given directly by one of the biggest printer manufacturers in the country: HP themselves http://h10060.www1.hp.com/pageyield/articles/us/en/InkUseage.html