Quote Originally Posted by Renniwano View Post
I went for the Ricoh purely because I don't sublimate every day.. so didn't want to run the risk of having any blockages.. and therefore any down time..

If I leave my Ricoh on for a couple of days because i'm using it, it does routine maintainance itself.. and then when I am not using it.. which can be up to a week at a time.. it's worked perfect every time it's started up..
Just to add my two pennyworth, we got through 2 Epson R1800s over the years and when they were good they were very good but boy were they (in our experience) fussy beast and sooo prone to clogging! Had CISS for both of them and ended up putting in the separate ink waste tank (as you drill through casing you do think there goes the warranty!) and it is depressing(and expensive) to see how much ink gets flushed in cleans. And they even clogged overnight from one job to the next on occasion so it wasn't like they had been left for a while......anyway finally threw in the towel and got Ricoh GX7000 a year or so ago with Sublijet R ink carts and Powerdriver and love it love it love it I have nothing but praise for it - it has earned its keep for us! I appreciate there is a cost/benefit analysis that works different ways for different folks according to needs and work profile but its Ricoh for us!