laneygraphics
New Member
So this past weekend had a bit of vinyl printing and must have missed the heat settings, got some tunneling and noticed a few head strikes when I came back to the machine. Looks like it hit in about 4 different spots at different times. So I ran a nozzle check and sure enough there is about 4 to 6 spots in cyan that are missing, and about half of one channel in yellow missing. The printhead is just under a year old, my question is, how screwed am I? I have done a couple headsoaks and short cleans, also printed some cmyk strips to see if it will clear out, but no luck yet. I did notice a day or 2 before the strikes when printing some logos I had a gray that had a slight purple hue to it, but didn't think much of it as the next print seemed ok. I guess there is a chance some of this was clogged before the head strike, open to any suggestions or help, don't want to have to pull the head off to clean it, but will as a last resort.