Recent content by Dave Kasler

Seems fortunate that my decision last week to NOT perform the ValueUp upgrade has paid off. I've been using an alternative ink that has been working great. Except the vendor had an issue with getting the ink from the UK and I nearly was out of ink. My real concern is that I'm in a remote part of...

Good afternoon from rainy Ohio! Have a need for signs in frames with office name and Braille. These would be engraved or dimensional in some way. Any recommendations?

It worked! You saved me over $1000 (that was just the travel estimate from Detroit to SE Ohio). We got the head free, cleaned the rails with alcohol and applied lithium grease. Printing fine now. What an invaluable resource! Thanks!

Have VG 540 that was printing fine with no noise. All of a sudden the print carriage seized up. I have separated the cutter from the print carriage to eliminate the pullys. Assuming is a bearing on the back of the carriage. Tech can't get here for a week. Any solutions on how to free the carraige?

I find it much harder to load the material in the back. Not being able to preload the material onto the wheels makes it more difficult when the media is heavy. I also liked being able to move the material from side to side from the front of the machine. Just can't do that with this one. There...

Well I gotta say, I am not as happy with my new Roland VG540 as I should be. Upgraded from a 10 year old VP540 and honestly I think I liked it better. The most recent issue involved trying to print roll magnetic material. Seems that they increased the amount of steel in the preheat section (used...