Inkjets (mine, anyway) have an automatic cleaning routine that kicks in every so often. Trouble is, it only functions when you are actually PRINTING something, so unless you print fairly often that cleaning routine doesn't help much.
But it has never been a problem. I currently have one of those Epson Eco-tank printers and have owned it since about June 2023. I print frequently so cleaning is not a problem. What is nice is that low ink is never a problem: In nearly 18 months of printing I'm still on my original tanks: color ones (3) are still at about 60% and my B&W is at maybe 33%. For some reason when I ordered it, it came with two extra black ink bottles, and those suckers have to have at least 4 ounces of ink apiece in them. and even if I have to replace all the ink (comes in bottles, not cartridges) it would cost me about $60-70 total. I used to burn through three sets of cartridges per year on my old HPs--at $105 per set, as of the last set I bought.
It is not the fastest machine in the world but then again it doesn't need to be. The print quality is there (three modes, something like good-better-best, and at "best" setting it prints color photos on the appropriate paper that rival anything I can get at a place that does such things). It is all I need at a VERY reasonable price.
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