Printer help please – long time to start.?

Printer help please – long time to start.?
Hi. I have a Epson – Stylus NX515 Wireless Multifunction Printer/ Copier/ Scanner. It is very fast, in both color and b&w. But my problem is it takes forever to start up. I literally pressed print, and it kept humming for five minutes. Like it was warming up. Why is it doing this? Should I print a page a day to keep it awake? It literally did nothing for those five minutes, and just decided to cancel.

Best answer:

Most inkjet printers require a startup sequence to initialize the printer, which can include a printer diagnostic to make sure the printer is working and everything checks out before proceeding, checking and cleaning the printheads (the time can vary depending on how long since the printer was last used and how it checks the printheads and ink), and processing the incoming data.

So if you plan to use it, you may want to print a quick and simple page, with very little data on it to preserve ink, before trying to print what you want.

Best of luck.

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