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  1. Suggestions Looking for flat bed printer suggestions

    I had a shop for 30 years. We started our digital department with efi vutek . It was the printer that got us going but was expensive. We ended up buying CET printers and we grew to run 24/7. We purchased 4 more pieces from CET. The oldest printer lasted 10 years. The main reason we enjoyed CET...
  2. Question kyocera heads in Vanguard develops groves over time. Not head strikes. Why?

    I am going to just take a wild guess please this is a wild guess and put together a scenario. There is a thin lining on the face of the Kyrocera print head. My wild guess would be that the solvent/ ink combination overtime has weakened or changed the integrity of that lining (for whatever...
  3. Question kyocera heads in Vanguard develops groves over time. Not head strikes. Why?

    My shops elevation was 430ft. I do not think elevation is a factor. Now Humidity is a very big factor from a standpoint of static and how static can affect how a print head performs. I still hesitate to say that static would be involved in what your picture is showing. I do not think that it is...
  4. Question kyocera heads in Vanguard develops groves over time. Not head strikes. Why?

    I had a 5x10 CET that had Kyrocera printheads that ran 24/7 for 8 years and never have I seen what has happened to your print heads. The groves look to be in the exact location of the nozzles. It almost looks like the thin coating on the print head has weakened overtime and from the negative...
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