Colin
New Member
Since getting my Roland SP-540i about 8 years ago, I’ve basically been a slave to it in terms of not leaving it sit for more than a few days without printing. On those few 7-12 day holidays I’ve had, I left the shop heated and had someone come in and do a CMYK print to keep the heads happy.
For the first time ever, I’ve got a 3-week holiday coming up, in winter time. So my dilemma is to either turn the shop heat off (electric), and let the printer sit for all that time, or leave the heat on and have someone come in and do a CMYK print once every ~4 days.
The option of turning the heat off and letting the printer sit is tempting, because it’s obviously less hassle, but also fairly expensive to heat the space with electric heat. (As you know, the printers require a reasonably warm temperature to print). I just don’t want to come back to plugged heads.
I am using third party (Rite Media Pro Colour) inks, so not sure if that matters. The printer does turn itself on every ~8 hours and does some sort of short cleaning (?) procedure, so would that be sufficient – even if it’s cold in the shop?
For the first time ever, I’ve got a 3-week holiday coming up, in winter time. So my dilemma is to either turn the shop heat off (electric), and let the printer sit for all that time, or leave the heat on and have someone come in and do a CMYK print once every ~4 days.
The option of turning the heat off and letting the printer sit is tempting, because it’s obviously less hassle, but also fairly expensive to heat the space with electric heat. (As you know, the printers require a reasonably warm temperature to print). I just don’t want to come back to plugged heads.
I am using third party (Rite Media Pro Colour) inks, so not sure if that matters. The printer does turn itself on every ~8 hours and does some sort of short cleaning (?) procedure, so would that be sufficient – even if it’s cold in the shop?