


Notes: Using CIS or cheap inks does have a tendancy to clog more, and I would not recommend them for minor use (pita it is). A nozzel check uses a very very small ammount of ink, and can represent all aspects of operation quickly. If your printer uses a nozzel check it would be better than a test page, because it uses every jet in the thing to print. If you have spare paper that you have used already, but would throw out, you could print a test page, or a nozzel check, or anything else you want, without fear that it will drain your carts, as much as a head cleaning would. The ammount of ink used for a head cleaning, or multiple head cleanings does not even compare to printing an entire page of a colorful print.

I use a CIS (continuous ink system) for more than one epson printers, and I can tell you for sure, it is the "Head Cleaning" itself that uses the most ammount of ink by far.
