Abandoning Roland.

[signrios]

Abandoning Roland, for a week that is
what should i do? i have the cartridges to flush the ink, should i do this or just do a good cleaning and leave it on.
its the vp540 i've only gone 3 0r 4 days of not using it so far, i try to keep it printing even if its just some decals or a two color job.

thanks

 

[synergy_jim]

the printer will be fine. Make sure you leave it on so it can run its cleaning cycles.

 

[Mike Paul]

For a week, just a good cleaning is all you need. You can power it off from the front but not the side power switch. That need to stay on to cycle the sleep cleanings.

 

[signrios]

so a good cleaning its all i need and i should be good to go?
i do a good cleaning every week
any body know what percentage of ink will be wasted if i do an ink flush?

thanks

 

[cgsigns_jamie]

Ink flush = a lot of ink. I did one on my XC-540 and filled the waste bottle more than half full. My printer has 12 cartridges instead of 4 though...

I left my printer for a week and it was perfectly fine. I just did a manual cleaning and left the main power switch on. As long as the printer has power about every 24 hours it will come on and push a little ink through the heads to keep them from drying out.

 

[Dave L.]

You will be fine if its only going to be a week. The printer will cycle on three times a day regardless. You can also set your periodic cleaning for every couple of hours.

 

[Blizare]

def. don't do anything stupid like a flush.

 

[Kenny]

Left mine from Monday of last week to Sunday...no issues. Just do a maintenance cleaning before you leave and you are good to go. Also, what was said about about leaving the main power switch "On" so it cycles the print heads.