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@sarconastic, since you're done doing what needs to be done with Flexi, you "should" be able to reinstall the plugin for photoshop, it "shouldn't" interfere with Flexi any longer. There are some program dependencies that can cause an upgrade to hang, but after installation or upgrade you should...

one of the best things to keep your heads viable for the duration is to print, That being said, all print shops go through slow periods where their printers aren't used for days at a time. During this time period, I've recommended to my clients to print something very similar to this on their...

if you're just cutting vinyl, you don't need to worry about registration marks. Those are used for print to cut applications.

talk to Romy here on the boards, I know she has a tech or 3 in florida

just for future reference. Isopropyl alcohol is not a suitable replacement for cleaning solution for solvent printers. Use of this can ( and will) lead to clogging of things like, nozzle jets, tubing, your cap, etc.

typically once you've installed the FW driver, you go to device manager and insure that the mimaki fw driver is being recognized. If there's a yellow exclamation point, then there's an issue, troubleshoot to fix.

make sure your rendering intent is set to perceptual, that is the most frequent cause for craptastic bitmap images.

you can swap dampers magenta/black (just put the black dampers on magenta and vice versa) run a strong clean after that. If the problem persists it's probably cap station, if it follows the black dampers you've got other issues.

In case anyone neglected to tell you this. Save your box, if you need to send your plotter to graphtec to get it repaired for any reason, the original packaging is far superior to anything you'll be able to fabricate (typically)

This is a device construction error. It sounds like the unit wasn't fully powered down before you started pulling head cables. It "could" be a blown fuse on the head dotter board, but I will have to do more research into it. Run a search on these forums, there's some information concerning a...

I hate to correct but large format printers don't print pantone or PMS colors. Pantone refers to a color space, much like sRGB to give designers a consistent reference for color. Unfortunately, Pantone is based on spot colors, specifically formulated INK to produce a particular color, and most...

in the reply box, hit advanced, then scroll down to manage attachments. From there you can upload an image from your computer.

very cool, I do that as well for enjoyment as well as to keep my skills sharp, here's one I did a couple (5-6) months ago. :Note: I only did the color work, the actual line drawing came from Marvel Comics.

One man's porn is another man's pinup.... ....I'm just saying.

it may be months and months old, but this is a topic worthy of discussion. Most people don't understand why it's so difficult to hit a particular color, or more specifically pantone color with their large format printer. The inherent problems between rgb and cmyk, what lc and lm do in large...

I just replaced the maintenance station in a client's printer, and this same exact problem cropped up. I fought for quite a bit to get it to quit erroring out, and the only thing that stopped it, was to release some of the tension on the retaining clip that you see in your 3rd picture. ( I bent...

I just worked on an older prismjet today, after 4 hours working on the thing, I wanted to stab myself in my eye with my long screwdriver. That being said, it's 5 years old, and has been a work horse for my client, it runs 8 hours a day 5 days a week, and apart from those issues that make you...

My own experiences with solventinkjet.com have been less then stellar. I've seen too many printers running it, that were having delivery problems to even consider running it. Then again my experiences with it is about 6 months old, but personally I think it will be a long time before I consider...

is it fuzzy in the same area, looking like vertical banding? If so, look where the carriage assembly travels and clean the rail ( or channel as applicable) Additionally crap on the roller bearings can create vertical banding as well. Clean it all with isopropyl alcohol, especially the roller...

couple things, if ink got changed, change it again, just to make sure. Run a nozzle wash Run a strong clean Check your heater, that actually looks like the heat is turned off