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To flush or not to flush?
OK, we’ve just had (as I’m sure a lot of you have) the instructions through from B&P for the Christmas shutdown.
Seeing as it’s going to cost £500ish for 12 flushing cartridges, I’m considering just popping in every 2 or 3 days over Xmas/New Year and running some multicoloured prints to make sure all the heads are being used.
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Is it a good idea to flush through the system every so often anyway?Oh, yeah, sorry, running a Grenadier with ActivaSol ink
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My suppliers this year have suggested ‘no flush’ for the xmas close down. They encourage their clients to run the machine every few days instead.
I’ve never flushed in truth, instead I trained my dear old dad to run a test print every few days while I was away.
Way too much expense just to take a few days off from work. Cheaper to pay a mate a few quid to run a test print I reckon
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i had the same letter licence to print money if you ask me…..I for one will be popping in every other day to do a quick print
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I ran a roland cp52 one year, i didnt flush it out over xmas break and didnt run it till i came back to work and it was fine. I thought since it about -5 to 4 deg i didnt think the ink would dry and the heads are caped. Right now im running a dgi and i flush the heads every night, i have it worked out not to use much flush and the lines have in ink in them, I could not run it for a week and turn it on no problems, all depends on your inks.
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Thanks guys.
That’s what I was thinking. I’d rather drive 10 miles into the office than spend that sort of money. I talked to B&P and they said they recommend flushing through every 6 months or so. I’d recommend that too if I was selling the fluid!
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On the Troop rip, enable the remote print server, then you can send a print job from your home computer every couple of days – no need to go to the shop then…
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quote geoz:On the Troop rip, enable the remote print server, then you can send a print job from your home computer every couple of days – no need to go to the shop then…How?
Can Troop set a job to run at a set time each day? I’m going out of the country on the 22nd and not back until 7th Jan
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geoz – please can you let me know how to do that. Sounds even better. Also, will the printer come out of standby mode to do this?
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Bit complicated to explain here, the easiest way to do it is to go to the "help" section in Troop, then navigate your way to "imageNET network services".
This will show you how to set Troop for network printing, so you can send jobs to the rip remotely.Another easier way is to use a remote access program, which will give you full control of the shop pc from elsewhere. I personally use Remote Desktop Control (link: http://www.remote-desktop-control.com).
This second method is much easier, all you have to do is run the program on both the shop pc and your home pc, then connect via internet and you’ll be sitting in front of your shop’s pc from the comfort of your home.
If you are running win XP pro, this is already built into it.
Whichever method you use, make sure that you firewall is setup to give you remote access, so test it BEFORE you go on holiday. One problem is if your shop’s internet connection fails whilst you’re away, you won’t be able to do any of this!!!
Enjoy 😀
Regards,
GeoZ
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quote Mike Robson:OK, we’ve just had (as I’m sure a lot of you have) the instructions through from B&P for the Christmas shutdown.Seeing as it’s going to cost £500ish for 12 flushing cartridges, I’m considering just popping in every 2 or 3 days over Xmas/New Year and running some multicoloured prints to make sure all the heads are being used.
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Is it a good idea to flush through the system every so often anyway?Oh, yeah, sorry, running a Grenadier with ActivaSol ink
had grenadier over two years now, havent flushed yet.
did exactly what you said, popped in run a few feet of print. takes only a few minutes and did the light maintenance clean, takes another 5 minutes.
job done… back to christmas celebrations and beer 😉
i did this twice between closing up on 24th christmas and new year 4th of january. -
I’ve had my Resolve for four years now, have never flushed it and have allways left it over the christmas break with no trouble at all. When I come back to work I put flushing solvent in the capping station and leave it to soak for ten minutes and then give the heads a wipe with kitchen roll soaked in solvent and away I go. 😀 😀 😀
p.s. I’m running full solvent as well 😮
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Mike, I almost forgot, leave the printer ON. After a while the printer will go into standby as you mentioned, and will resume operation.
When the printer is in standby mode, the lcd screen will be off, but the power button will flash on and off.
Once a job is sent to it, the printer will wake up, print the job, and eventually go back to sleep.Remember to leave the front & rear heater OFF whilst you’re away.
Hope this is of help.
Best regards,
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JV3 owner, never flushed it as it is expensive and it is reconmended not to flush heads automatically, only use manual methods by taking head out etc and syring them.
Peter, never use tissue or any strong cleaners on the heads, you can damage them, only use head cleaning fluids and a tissue sometimes is full of dust.
Have a look at your RIP for scheduled timers, Shiraz can be setup for one print in a few days.. however the JV3 will head clean every 30minutes, so I am not bothered.
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How about only buying 2 cartridges and remove 2 inks, insert the 2 cartridges and draw through with a syringe until pulling through clear.
Repeat with other inks and you will use far less flush than the mahine would use doing it mechanically then leave the heads in soak.
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