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How long is ink good for in the ipf-5000?

West_Freeman — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:03:11 GMT

I have an ipf-5000 that I use to print my fine art prints. I am finding that I will use it for a time (several weeks or a month or more) then I do not use it for several months. I have turned it off and I am wondering if the ink will still be good when I go to use it again? (Darn ink is a lot of $$)

One day I want to replace the whole printer with a new ipf-6000 seriers printer. Wondering if I buy more ink that the future customer might be interested in the ink. (Darn ink is a lot of $$)

Thanks for any sugestions.

Re: How long is ink good for in the ipf-5000?

West_Freeman — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:18:25 GMT

Does anyone have any info on this?

Thanks

Re: How long is ink good for in the ipf-5000?

greatadventure — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:59:20 GMT

I use my 6350 in a similar fashion. I leave it on (it goes to hibernate mode). It periodically stirs the inks cartridges automatically. I also try to print a very small image every week or so on plain paper to keep the nozzles working. This has worked for me. My previous ipf had a problem with ink going bad when I turned it off and let it set for weeks/months at a time. It is an industrial machine and needs to be used.

I am not sure if this is applicable to the 5000 series but it might be worth a try.