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  1. Learning how to dial in volts/temps to eliminate banding

    No, but the light does pass over multiple times. Especially with multiple extracts.
  2. Learning how to dial in volts/temps to eliminate banding

    I did one test with trailing lamps on Unidirectional and unplugged the second row magenta head and printed 100% magenta. I noticed that some passes were more or less dense than the others. I unplugged the opposite head and printed with similar results. Is that enough to make you scratch your head?
  3. Learning how to dial in volts/temps to eliminate banding

    #Gino I am all about quality, we all are at my shop. but we do know the potential of this printer and we have seen it. There are combinations of problems that are causing quality issues where resorting to slower print speeds is the only way to put out a quality product. These issues are being...
  4. Learning how to dial in volts/temps to eliminate banding

    I have to learned how to compensate the "washed out color" from printing fast speeds like 360x1080. I usually add in 10% ink through the rip to make up for that. I like to take advantage of the print speed when I have 30 hours of printing on some jobs. Printing faster on jobs that have heat...
  5. Learning how to dial in volts/temps to eliminate banding

    Yes, I have seen this. But I was more so getting at using the highest print speed to see the width of the band better. There should be a way to balance out the coverage of the passes.
  6. Learning how to dial in volts/temps to eliminate banding

    I have been running this CET FK512X for a year now. I still cannot seem to smooth out my banding. So, I have provided photos of each color with the fastest print speed so you can see the density difference between bands. As you can see from the photos, The first half of the second pass of...
  7. CET print skew/stepping

    #Artbot I had a slightly similar issue last week. Not that drastic, just a light alignment issue only on the origin side of the print bed. I lubed up all of the slides and spiral gears and it improved. It seems like it randomly doesn't home exactly the same on the step alignment. We had one...
  8. clarification on a few CET questions

    This is great news David! Please let me know when your tech will be in town when it gets closer to that time so that I can schedule accordingly. Thank you. :thumb:
  9. Tech needed....................

    Replacing my first head seemed quite intimidating...It turned out to be cakewalk. I just replaced one the other day for the same reason of the mylar releasing from the bottom of the head. It sure would be nice to be able to repair those.
  10. CET FK512X White Ink Proflie willnNot advance in blank space

    I know what you mean Artbot, our Epson and Roland solvent roll to roll printers carriage travels only where ink is printed. Not across the entire artboard area. That would be an excellent upgrade to these printers in advantage of print time. It cannot be that hard, I mean they are extremely...
  11. CET FK512X White Ink Proflie willnNot advance in blank space

    #Artbot Profiles are a completely new thing to me. I know for a fact that I need to start fresh with brand new profiles. We recently purchased an i9 profiler with pantone bridge. I need to get the guy in here and get this done. It would make more sense to me to have white available no matter...
  12. CET FK512X White Ink Proflie willnNot advance in blank space

    Here is the thing with that Artbot...It is checked. It is funny that only white ink is the only profile that does that. We spoke with our color profile specialist and he stated that it is just the way it is. I was able to speed it up by discovering a separate profile called PPS that has white...
  13. CET FK512X White Ink Proflie willnNot advance in blank space

    I really would like to figure this one out, I have a run of 45 4x8 sheets that have 4 one inch regions of print that should only take about 5 minutes if it would advance. I have to let it print nothing for the entire sheet basically for 35 minutes. Any help appreciated! Nick
  14. LED UV Lamp Retrofit On CET X-Press FK-512X, and some...

    Dude, that link you sent me is perfect! Thanks man!
  15. CETXPRESS FK-512X Banding caused by condensation

    Nice! Thanks Growler.
  16. LED UV Lamp Retrofit On CET X-Press FK-512X, and some...

    This is the kind of LEDs that have the correct output: http://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/high-powered/prolight-1-watt-ultraviolet-leds-140-degree-viewing-angle/334/ Now, the only question is how to power them, and what kind of circuitry is needed.
  17. LED UV Lamp Retrofit On CET X-Press FK-512X, and some...

    [THIS THREAD IS OPEN FOR ALL DISCUSSION AND BRAINSTORMING] This is something I am seriously researching. #artbot...You may want to look into this as well. I want to custom cut a reflective half inch thick clear plexiglass back laminated with a chrome film. I will have holes drilled to fit in...
  18. CETXPRESS FK-512X Banding caused by condensation

    I do not have any leaks. I feel that I resolved the issue. STATIC! Static from the tons of styrene I have been printing is like yanking the ink out of the heads and the ink spreads around the head causing blockage of the nozzles. That is my theory at the least. Spraying all sheets down with...
  19. CETXPRESS FK-512X Banding caused by condensation

    What I mean by condense is that it looks like condensation of ink building up around the nozzles to the point that it drags drips across sheets and eventually blocks nozzles from firing to the substrate. Say, if I am printing a sheet with higher densities of ink eventually I will need to pause...
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