Putting an Epson 4800 to rest..

[starchild]

Hi everyone,

So I won an Epson 4800 on Ebay and picked it up today.
My plan is to pimp it out like Alan's and others on here with the black maxx and cleaning fluid on one side
and sublimation inks on the other.

However, not now.. Maybe in 2-3 months.
Are there any suggestions on how I can hibernate this printer so as not to end up with clogged nozzles from it sitting
this long? Do I need to buy 8 cartridges of cleaning fluid, do a flush, clean the capping station and maintenance tank
and just lay to rest?

I'm taking my clues from condesystems youtube vids.

[Shawn (EIP)]

Forget black max , you can buy empties and bulk ink from inksupply.com . Flushing the knozzles is pretty easy put your head in ink cart change mode unplug the printer and put down napkins and slide the print head over the napkin and flush out the heads with a serenge and windex. Fill the empties with all black ink, install them and test print and auto knozzle clean until you get a good results. Worked with my R1800 that had been sitting for awhile. My films print out jet black at the best settings, I even get good 1/2 tones without a rip. Or you can spend a ton of money on those max black carts...

[starchild]

Forget black max , you can buy empties and bulk ink from inksupply.com . Flushing the knozzles is pretty easy put your head in ink cart change mode unplug the printer and put down napkins and slide the print head over the napkin and flush out the heads with a serenge and windex. Fill the empties with all black ink, install them and test print and auto knozzle clean until you get a good results. Worked with my R1800 that had been sitting for awhile. My films print out jet black at the best settings, I even get good 1/2 tones without a rip. Or you can spend a ton of money on those max black carts...

So flush, and reload it with inks again? From what I've gained, dye inks don't clog correct? But like I mentioned, I want to use one side for sublimation inks. Will sub inks clog just sitting.. I thought to just leave it all empty until I'm ready to use. I also figured 1 refillable cartridge for black dye would've been enough for positives, 3 with cleaning solution.

Ima use my 1400 for decals and pin-back button graphics, bring that in house -in basement rather..

[Prosperi-Tees]

Sub inks will for sure clog if left sitting and its the hardest ink to get unclogged.

[starchild]

Sub inks will for sure clog if left sitting and its the hardest ink to get unclogged.

That's why I want to keep it inkless till I'm ready.
I still need to get bigger than my current 18x20 newmans, a vacuum pallet and a couple of oversize vastex pallets
before it sees any work.. about 2-3 months.

(I think they say 40 is the new 30 or heat transfer is the new dtg. something like that or I just made it up)

[starchild]

Okay I found this how to guide on sawgrass..

I guess I stop after discharging the cleaning solution steps.