Yes, for Epson it was normal to do this because of the built in print heads--at least according to the tech we talked to. I just didn' like the noise and wait. My technical problem was with the clogging that couldn't be fixed. On Friday, January 24, 2003, at 12:00 AM, Jane Sprando wrote: > My Epson Stylus Color 800 does this all the time. So it is not > normal????? > > jane > > >> >> 2. It had the annoying habit of adjusting the print quality every time >> you turned the printer on--this was a noisy, slowwww process. > >