I am told to take ink jets out of my photo printer. How do I safely store them? -

I had to get rid of two because they had dried out, since they were practically unused, it became expensive.

Easy answer. You don t. Almost any newer ink jet printer has a maintenance algorithm that periodically fires a few drops. Some actually perform a maintenance prime after prolonged periods of disuse. Never unplug your printer. The automatic maintenance routines cannot run and a dried print head results. My Kodak ink jet printer can sit weeks at a time and works great every time. It doesn t hurt that their ink costs like half of everybody else s.