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received the new printhead, all working fine. Does anybody know why / how the printhead fried? what are the reasons? maybe I have an electrical problem and the printer isnt grounded... how could I solve a potential issue? Its started with a overspray on black then total loss of black print...

feed calibration? would this be a software or hardware calibration?

I have another issue... maybe somebody can help. When printing , especially on large prints its more obvious...I always get a few cm too small. i have tested with two different RIP programs.. but only happens with the length , not the width... the width size is fine. Say a print of 300 cm...

thanks for all the messages and help! yesterday after hours I decided to take a chance and changed the solvent print head and installed it in the sublimation printer. I had the same problem... no black print on print test. Clearly the printhead faulty! Installed the waterbased printhead...

UPDATE: fried printhead! see post http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?124800-Fried-Epson-DX5-Printhead-URGENT!

I had problems printing black with the dx5 printhead these last two days, all other colors were perfect, black was showing major deviations and overspray. Earlier I turned on the machine and suddenly something fried and smoke was coming from the printhead board area! I switched off the machine...

I have a problem that suddenly started happening while printing 30m2, it was a 4 hour non stop job. The printer has a DX5 epson printhead. The black started to deviate or misting on prints and the print test shows alot of deviation. This only happens to black , all other colors are fine... Im...

Thanks Artbot for the advise, the butyl carbitol seems to work great. Will keep updating. I have another problem. When printing a complete black background, (seems to be only with black, made up of all CMYK) the black print nozzles seem to clog or loose their negative preassure. I can see when...

Thanks Artbot, Exactly what I need!!!!! Because I have to turn the machine off everyday, sometimes without printing for several days to a week.. would you think its a good idea to use the butyl carbitol in the capping station then move the print head over it. Would possibly the ink inside the...

John, How long have you had your machine? is it also a DX5 eco-solvent? Is there any way to check if I have a perfect seal, or its just a case of visually making sure... Say I left the printer two days without printing anything and I had a bad seal, would this cause a head blockage? Thanks

DX5 head clogging problem All has been fine....the problem I had was completly solved. I had a bad vacuum. I now unerstand the principle of the machine. However, just recently the yellow has got clogged up on the dx5 and with lots of effort and time I have had no success in resolving the...

Still early days but finally some good news!!!! I can print again, and it seems that everything could be ok... Received the datacables a few days ago. I Switched the cable from the printhead to the printboard and cable from printboard to the mainboard. Also to make sure that there is vacuum /...

Hi Kev, what problems were you having? what machine did you purchase from SID.

Hi all, still same problem. I checked the black cartridge top and its fine. I am waiting for some parts, like a data cable to the printhead to rule out a data issue, also changing the tubing and connectors to the dampers ... Also changing the waste pump, maybe its too weak and not creating...

here is a photo to show how it was printing when i did those changes (with the voltage change) printed around 50cm, then it printed a lighter box suddenly! see photo.. and after it started to print distorted... I did notice that there was air in the blue line.. could this cause distortion...

I did some little adjustments, changed the tubes from the manifold to the dampers with a wider tubing, leveled the printer from back to front, set the voltage to -5 (this was set on the other sublimation printer I had with a dx5, was just to test...), adjusted the printhead cart a little as I...

I disconnected the dampers from the printhead and it seems that the ink isnt bleeding back.. Need to check tomorrow to make sure. I will test tomorrow to see if there is an air leak at the capping station.. would this cause the printhead to print incorrectly? even after a perfect print head...

Artbot Regarding the printer being level. As you can see from the photo the position is different from the sublimation printer in the back.. that is printing fine. could this be the key..would this affect the print after 20cm..?

Thanks for replying Bilge and Artbot why did you buy chinese printer? Mainly because of cost, the downside among other things is that I have no technical support..... I have several chinese machines that work fine. But when I have a problem, It gets very complicated... The other galaxy...

anybody????