GS6000 Regular Cleaning Frequency

[feckmo]

Hi all,

We just put our new GS6000 into service, and I'm wondering what everyone is doing about the regular cleaning frequency on this machine? Our tech set it to every 6 hours which seems like WAY too much. They're looking to sell more ink, right?

Thanks,

--Jim.

 

[Case]

Your tech did not set it for 6 hours... That is default from the factory and what is recommended by Epson...

Case

 

[MachServTech]

After what I have seen with the green and orange inks clogging, I think that 6 hs interval might be a good idea.

 

[cmaxdesigns]

Yes the Epson GS drops a crap ton of ink every six hours. We had a tech come out and change the cleaning cycle to a lighter cycle and it saved a ton of ink and the printer is yet to get clogged. You may want to change the type of cleaning cycle.

 

[parrott]

Yes the Epson GS drops a crap ton of ink every six hours. We had a tech come out and change the cleaning cycle to a lighter cycle and it saved a ton of ink and the printer is yet to get clogged. You may want to change the type of cleaning cycle.

We did this and I believe we changed the frequency to every 24 hours.

 

[handl]

We only run a cleaning cycle on ours once a day. We have been doing it for months and have not had a problem.

 

[PromoGuyTy]

just done

just changed ours to once/24 hours.......

i'm wild guessing it to save $150/month in ink.

 

[ColesCreations]

Don't know what ours is set to, but after 1 year, still more than half full all cartridges, replaced the starter ones fairly soon after purchase though.

 

[ColesCreations]

... And 2 days ago I emptied the waste can for the first time, it was now full after more than 1 year. No problems with clogged heads except when we were closed for a month... Got it cleared with a couple of cleanings though..

 

[mediaman]

feckmo,

The Epson tech would not be motivated to cause you to buy more ink. I'm certain that Epson would rather have a happy customer. You may have been joking, but that's quite a conspiracy theory.

 

[signswi]

How often you set the interval to will also depend on whether or not you're in a humidity managed environment. If you're not and the humidity gets low the 6 hour is definitely going to be beneficial. If you're managing it around 50% you could probably get away with less frequently.

 

[boxerbay]

Don't know what ours is set to, but after 1 year, still more than half full all cartridges, replaced the starter ones fairly soon after purchase though.

geez you need more work. I go through a full set of cartridges in about three months and emptied the waste can twice.

 

[GoodPeopleFlags]

How do you set the cleaning cycle? I don't know what ours is set to but I'd like to find out!

 

[astro8]

MENU - PRINTER SETUP - REGULAR CLEANING.

had it set for a 24hr clean for last 2 years with no problems...

 

[ColesCreations]

We need more print jobs, that's for sure, but waste ink should be the same if printing or not, right?

And, yes, correct, 1 year to fill up the waste bucket, which holds approx. 2 litres, 4 cartridges. That corresponds to 3 months / cartridge into the bucket, so $80 / month for us...