Is there such thing as a printer ';eating'; your ink even when you are not printing anything?

I have a Brother DCP - 120C printer, and it seems to me that the printer is somehow using up my ink without me actually printing anything. The other day I got a notification that my Cyan ink was running low, but I was confused on how that happened because I haven't printed anything that required Cyan colored ink. I think this might also apply to my other ink cartridges for this printer..





Does anybody know what is going on with my printer?Is there such thing as a printer ';eating'; your ink even when you are not printing anything?
well the way printer works is that it mix the ink you have to make the color you want to print. if the printer print only one color the you will need about 50 or more ink cartridges in order to print. how when you are not printing anything and the ink is in the printer it could air out or dry up which ever tern you understand. so when you are not using the printer for a extended amount of time you should take the ink out of the printer. air will dry the ink up. also as i say before the printer use all the ink to make a certain color. if you don't want it to do that print only what ink color you have for example. if you have 3 cartridges in there and they are blue black and red then print stuff that are blue black or red not a combination of all. so in order to make green it will make to mix red and yellow or something to get the colorIs there such thing as a printer ';eating'; your ink even when you are not printing anything?
Yes. You're using the ink. Just because you don't appear to need a specific color in a document, the printer has to blend the available inks together to get the color output. So, while a page might not have a specific color, it might have one that requires that color mixed with another.
Well, ink can dry out over time. If you haven't printed anything Cyan in many months, it's probably all dried out by now. Also, doing printer head cleaning also uses up ink, even if you aren't printing anything.
Probably a leaky cartridge nozzle. Youll see the ink on the bottom of the cartridges resting point. The place where the cartridge sits when not in use.
You use cyan, no doubt. Almost everything you print will use a color, just some appear to stand out more then others.