Re: Looking for a good photo printer

In article <%q5kj.62882$h35.12225@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Luis Ortega <lortega@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I've only ever had Epsons (in my art classroom and at home, I've  used
about 
>a dozen Epsons over the years, starting with the Stylus Color) and I
thought 
>that it was part of the inkjet printing process to have to run head
cleaning 
>cycles whenever the prints started banding. Are you all saying that this
is 
>not typical of all inkjet printers?

I have had my Canon 9950 for a year or two now, it still prints like
it was new and I have *never* cleaned the heads. I don't even know how
to.