Recent content by Smoke_Jaguar

Bottle tanks use a float sensor, so need a magnet taped to the 3 zone hall effect switch to bypass those.

Perks of having a company partner who designs circuit boards and firmware for a living, and loves open source stuff. Pretty much all the kinematic stuff is done, waiting on the dev stuff from Epson for their heads. Glad they started pushing the 3200/1600s out for development. The XP600 heads are...

I have the firmware cracked so I no longer have to use ink chips at least. Bypassing subtanks might be pretty tricky as I would need to loop in the entire ink system in a different manner. The subtanks also pull double duty as the heaters are located on them.

Alright, another UCJV300 user! Hours on those aren't printing hours, but you definitely got a bit of square footage on the thing. Thankfully, the printers are great in my experience. Got a 2016 model myself, so really early production and it lacks the curse of most early versions. With how silly...

Can try removing the filters from the system and gently pushing UV cleaning solution or isopropyl alcohol through them in the opposite direction of typical flow. If there is a lot of resistance, might be a good idea to just replace the things. Might not be a bad idea to flush bottle stations and...

I don't think I will see any difference if the apocalypse comes. I will still be salvaging printers and using junk pile parts for cheap customers who claim that everything is too expensive while their resident old fart is constantly looking over my shoulders telling me OEM parts are better.

At this point, I am writing the printer off as a massive lemon. So many idiotic design decisions in the early units, every expensive repair and every part that takes weeks to get just leads to another. Why some idiots at Mimaki decided to put in some horribly complex subtank system when Toshiba...

Yup, might have lost prime on the pump and it's not circulating.

Got a stash of i3200(A) heads, some control boards and some t-slot coming in. Next project will be a 4 head printer for under $2500 if all goes well. Parts cost is dirt cheap, and width is just based on how much t-slot rail we want to use. Experimenting with doing some open source printer nerd...

Not one I have currently, but will try and snag one to share later this week. Also, this is the help wanted classifieds, for hiring people and all that.

DTF is basically aqueous ink, so most cheap Epson printers can use it.

I mean, the Epson L1800 is an ok printer for that DPI and has a street price around $1200, seems to be the core of the "Label Runner" system. Not sure what the heck 'inktanium' is, but it sounds abrasive. Something like that would probably be good on most 1400DPI+ printers. Best bet is just...

Dx5 heads these days are mostly going to be trash, but I have 8 or so sitting in parts bin, recently flushed and somehow with intact nozzle plates.

Coldesi are just Chinese kit printers, nothing wrong with that, but sourcing parts can be a nightmare. Still running the printer and having good prints. Nice just selling transfers instead of having to the actual garments. I have a scrap Epson Stylus Pro 3880 I am reviving next. Refillable...

Shh, guys, these are COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL documents. Sure, sent.