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Re: Mothballing printers.

2005-06-22 by dfaprinting

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus" 
<dlruckus@y...> wrote:
> Hi folks.
> This should probably be addressed to Tyler, Ernst or Paul Rourk but
> includes all. I will be leaving for as long as a couple of months 
soon
> and have 2 printers I need to care for. The 1st, a 7000, still has 
dye
> inks in it and I will be be pulling those and flushing the printer 
and
> will leave it that way until I can load pigs into it for use.
> 
> The other is a 3000 with VM carts. I would rather not transport
> prepare it if I can avoid it so am wondering if it would work to 
leave
> it turned on but on a timer that switched power to it for 15-20
> minutes a day.
> I know that works with the smaller printers as I used the technique 
on
> my old 1200s and it was fine. I don't know if it works in the same 
way
> on the 3000 though.
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> Duane

Why not flush the lines on the 3000 too? Probably cost less ink, and 
less of a chance that a power spike can fry it (if you unplug it). 
Sounds like an great time to run cleaning fluid through it, so it's 
ready to print when you return. That's what I would do if it was mine.

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