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I'm somewhat surprised that the printers themselves dont have a shaker device to do this after first installation of the cartridges to ensure best ink pigment mixing during life of the cartridge.
Some Canon large format printers have shakers. My ipf6100 24 inch (about 60cm) shakes every day for a few minutes if it is not powered down. It's on a battery backup/surge box and it often sits idle for weeks when I travel. It does a head check and sometimes a cleaning and then prints without any problems.
The Canon ipf 6100 uses 12 carts and the OEM ink is over $100 a cart. I get aftermarket carts from the US for about $50 each including shipping. The ink usage is way less than my old Epson 4000 17inch printer and there are no clogging problems so it was well worth recycling the Epson and buying the Canon.
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