Recent content by Smoke_Jaguar

Man of many talents..

Do some dishwasher testing, interesting to see durability.

Can do it on a flatbed or a printer with rollers designed to work around exposed adhesive. Or, Mimaki is launching their stupidly expensive UJV300DTF printer...

The reason it is on the left side is because the printer only prints unidirectionally. Check the underside of the ink carriage and make sure old ink hasn't built up around the heads.

They also claimed their DTF printers used the latest technology and are competitively priced. Mimaki claims a lot of dumb things. It is easier to work on than most vendors, but all the more reason to never buy a new one in my book.

They have a utility for the Cjv150/300 but it doesn't usually work and tells people to contact their dealer.

If the wheels are still good and you have a steep hill with smooth pavement...

Not a crazy hard process, recommend getting a couple bottles of flush as well as the clear. Make sure the bottles you have for the existing colors are 50% or more full in actuality as well as on the chips. If sticking with LUS-170, makes it even easier. Can run you through it sometime if needed.

Could be ink valve going out causing the head to starve or might be lacking vacuum (which helps load ink quicker).

Not uncommon for motors to be pulling constant amperage when on to maintain position or braking. .45A at 24V is ~11W, or ~21W at 48V. Not a huge draw for these motors, and to be expected.

Shipping on the UK is going to be nightmarish! I miss messing with scammers before zelle and cashapp. Would send them $2 Western Union and tell them the wrong passcode again and again.

No price, No Location, Company/Spam Account, Wrong Forum Section... Hell, even the picture of the printer looks fake or doctored. Made the mistake of buying from these guys in the past, dodgy at best. Seems they're just getting sketchier and sketchier. Not to mention their obscene pricing.

Manually filling the dampers might help. Tape the ink valves with some masking tape and use a syringe to gently pull ink through the damper port to evacuate all the air. Still going to be a bit of air, but tends to be under 1/3 of the damper level.

Mimaki's insistence on re-boxing and labeling common parts with their part numbers and crazy markup is a big part of the issue. Had lots of parts get quoted as being 2 months out, good time to have salvage printers around I guess.