leaving jr on overnight

[Klink]

Hey guys....is it a good idea to leave the printer on all the time, is there a self cleaning mode when the unit is left on for a certain amount of time, and if there is no self cleaning is it possible to set it up in a way to self clean every 6 hours or so...

Thanks
Lou

 

[JoshLoring]

Mines been on 6 years and never shut down except for moving. It powers down when it needs to and cleans itself. -Roland

 

[Finishline Signs]

The falcon jr has no self cleaning function. I wish there was a way to make it self clean. We rarely turn ours off.

 

[chorca]

I turn my Falcon 46" off after I'm done using it. So far we've been using it approximately every other day, and i've never had an issue. Usually I just do a quick nozzle check before i start printing that day, and then a cleaning if it's needed. Haven't had any issues, but found that keeping the wiper blade nice and clean has really helped fix issues with misdirected nozzles and normally I just do one cleaning now.

I just shut it off to lower some of the power draw, since I'm not printing constantly, just a few hours each time I use it.

 

[Klink]

thanks for the response...im sure some one here at the forums had written a program that periodically prints a test print just to keep the jets firing. Has anyone come across that program. I have just replaced both heads and im leaving in two weeks for holidays, the last thing i want to do is have jr sit idle for 10 days.

Thanks

 

[chorca]

I'd think as long as the head is on the capping station it shouldn't be that bad, the solvent used in the inks dries slowly. Even the ink that sat for 3 years in the lines on my machine was still fluid when i started flushing it. Might need to do a cleaning or two when you get back.. not sure about something to run test prints though.

 

[Graphics2u]

thanks for the response...im sure some one here at the forums had written a program that periodically prints a test print just to keep the jets firing. Has anyone come across that program. I have just replaced both heads and im leaving in two weeks for holidays, the last thing i want to do is have jr sit idle for 10 days.

Thanks

At one time there was a thread on here talking about a batch file that someone made to send a small test print via IP address to their printer. Then they scheduled it to run every 12 hours or something. I searched for it but no luck.

 

[Finishline Signs]

Graphics2u - I forgot about that post. I read it a long time ago but never tried it. But here is the post you are talking about.