quick question for pros

2/3 should be fine..

On side not.. make sure you turn off your computer then turn off you Mimaki then unplug the firewire cable after both are off.
I unplugged ours with the compute ron and I fried the Firewire board inside cost us $800

 

your fine. I've gone for two days with no issues. Just once you get back up and running do a nozzle wash and a couple strong cleanings

Kevin

 

I agree that a few hours is fine, even over night. If I knew I was going to be out of power 2 days, I'd probably buy a generator, but good to know you got away with that Kevin.

When I first got my printer, I ran out of ink cartridges & the self-clean cycle won't run when there is an empty cartridge, so I ended up calling Barry from printingdigital.net for advice. He taught me a trick that I wouldn't try while moving the machine, but it might be good advice for other circumstances.

He had me start a nozzle wash & then cut the power to the Mimaki in the middle of the wash. This left the heads down in the solvent of the capping station. I don't remember how long I left them down, so get a second opinion before trying this, but I think during the 3 days I had to wait for inks, I didn't leave it soaking overnight... I just did it once every 12 hours.

 

You'll be fine, if you're really worried about it you can do this:

Go into maintenance mode, and select carriage out.
Fill the caps with cleaning fluid.
Return the carriage.
Unplug the machine or shut the main breaker off.

This will leave the solvent sitting in the caps and the heads will just soak in it. Think of it like a super long nozzle wash. You don't want to do this for days on end as the solvent will evaporate. Its the method I use if there is a power problem, or the machine has to be moved/stored for any reason for a day or so.

Probably overkill, but its a good little trick.

 

Our Mimaki sat for 2 weeks without power after Katrina - and after a good head wash, it was fine. I am NOT saying to try that, but I wouldn't worry about a few days. Good luck!