Epson SC-P600, is there any way to take control?

[The Hat]

Doesn't seem like there is any software or firmware that will give me this option though, at least from my research, so looks like I'm stuck with it

I know this is an obvious answer but have you considered switching to a Canon printer, they are less likely to suffer from poor printout quality after a cleaning cycles, and they are far also less troublesome, in my opinion..
A clog is something you wear rather than suffer from..

 

[ldmonster]

I know this is a few years now, but having 2x Epson P600s next to each other I noticed the older one after a few days goes straight to printing a test sheet which the newer model runs a cleaning cycle (3-5 minutes). Both print out perfectly. One of course wastes more ink.

I mean I wish there were preferences you can choose from to stop cleaning cycles or when printing in a different Black mode that it would ask before switching from gloss or matte black. My new mac has gloss black as default and I RARELY if at all use gloss black. This change also can cause a very frustrating clog that can take 20 some cleaning cycles or what I have learned from youtube cleaning with a wet paper towel under the print head overnight saves a lot of time/cleaning cycles and ink/money.

I have no real choice in the matter. Epson does not work on helping and saving money to their customers. They rather focus their attention on seemingly disposable printers and make their money pedaling their expensive inks.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

You may swap the glossy and matte black inks with refill cartridges and autoreset chips, and you print with matte ink wheras the printerdriver thinks it's the gloss ink being used.

Are both printers on the same power rail ?