Canon Pro-4000 Sleep or Shutdown?

[Ryan Mack]

I've noticed the Pro-4000 seems to turn itself off at night requiring me to press the power button before my computer can print to it. Is that a sleep/standby mode or is it actually completely off? I'm mostly concerned that it is still capable of doing it's scheduled maintenance so I don't end up in a big ink dump cleaning cycle. Thanks, Ryan

[35.marco]

I've noticed the Pro-4000 seems to turn itself off at night requiring me to press the power button before my computer can print to it. Is that a sleep/standby mode or is it actually completely off? I'm mostly concerned that it is still capable of doing it's scheduled maintenance so I don't end up in a big ink dump cleaning cycle. Thanks, Ryan

In menu turn auto power off to OFF and only use sleep timer.
Sleep power consumption is max 3.6W/h that's appropriate 36kWh per year.
For menu structure see.
http://ugp01.c-ij.com/ij/webmanual/Manual/All/PRO-4000/EN/UG/ug_setting01_0300.html and search for sleep

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[Ryan Mack]

So if it does automatically power off then it won't perform any scheduled cleaning cycles?

[Mark D Segal]

I can't answer with total assurance for the Pro-4000 because I don't have one, but I do have a Pro-1000 in my office, so to the extent that its firmware and the Pro-4000 firmware behave similarly in this regard (no guarantees), if you need to push the power button to get it working it is most probably shut-down, not just sleeping. After the first 50ml ink dump I experienced with the Pro-1000 I got in touch with Canon tech support and I was advised to leave the printer turned on always (sleep mode being OK) and as long as it is not shut-down it will not commission that cleaning cycle using 50ml of ink, nor will it consume much electricity. I have had in this mode for several months now and there has been no massive cleaning episode. When I print with it, it just wakes up as I insert the paper into the feeder. You may wish to check the power management settings using the printer LCD controls and see whether there is an option to never turn it off.

[Ryan Mack]

Hi Mark, did you determine the 50ml ink dump by weighing the waste cartridge or is there a way to get the Accounting Manager to report ink use for cleaning events? Thanks, Ryan

[Mark D Segal]

No, Accounting Manager does not report ink for maintenance. I did this, approximately, by weighing the maintenance tank and adjusting the net weight difference by an estimated specific gravity adjustment factor.