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I just recommended yesterday that a gerber edge user go to Ebay and purchase an ESR meter that tests for the normal failure mode for electrolytics. $55 & you can text all your caps in circuit. unplug & wait 15 minutes before you start texting. Of course

I will, say, though, the 1980’s/1990’s vintage electronics that Gerber used are resiliant as hell. Much like my Gerber plotters & Edge’s the biggest problems besides caps is poor connections at plug ins. They held up much better to surges than most other equipment

Either way, you have the choice of using a hardware “voip phone” (a phone that sits on a desk) an app on your personal phone, or a “Jabari headset” connected to a computer. You can login and out of all 3 depending on your needs

Several options AT&T can still provide an iPhone with a standard sim & an esim the virtual sim gives you a “second line” that can only ring during business hours you can use voip (ring central, Microsoft teams, etc) which allows multiple people to “hand off” the phone number depending on who is...

Very possibly. as electrolytics fail you get ‘noise’ on what should be nice clean dc voltage. it plays hell with every circuit, but, some more than others. REMEMBER. POWER OFF, unplug powe & wait ten minutes protects delicate electronics & with larger caps, protects YOU from a nasty shock

First thing we do when we acquire a piece of used equipment, whose chemistry I am unfamiliar with, is request the "epa" sheet. I forget the terminology. This gives you a fairly good idea what the solvents are. Although not necessarily all the buffering agents. After the "cleaner" dissolves some...

I am never quite sure of the subtle differences between Roland inks, Mutoh inks & mimaki

IF THE SOLVENTS ARE COMPATABLE, you can. the friend i bought my sc545-ex from laughed at me when i asked him what kind of ink tonrun "whatever s**t is the cheapest" if you take an eye dropper full of the new ink & put it in the old ink & it doesn't coagulate, they could well be compatable. at...

that would be vastly better than the $26 one, but, either will work

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You hAd the experience because electrolytic capacitors go bad over time. Go on eBay and buy a ESR meter. Less than than $35. Check every electrolytic. On the board. Replace any that test bad. It's great technology. Tests in circuit, power off. BEFORE THEY GO BAD, they get weak. I am surprised...

Some of the younger guys complain. a few weeks back we did a lengthy print run, 3 machines running. FIRST TIME I can say I really found it objectionable putting in a couple aircscrubbers

an air scrubber (as well as an exhaust fan, like you woul put in a bthroom) should keep things under control. a couple years back, we had a thread about building your own affordable air scrubber by bolting 2 units from amazon together

you know i lecture everyone about using a humidifier to protect system boards. i don't want to see you blow up an expensive piece of equipment. we work too hard to acquire our equipment. a couple years ago, i put a LARGE APC UPS on my printer. i unplugged it to see how it did on backup It ran...

Bruce is there REALLY a difference in formulation (besides the different generations,, eco sol, eco sol max, eco sol max 2, etc) is the mimaki formulation for their inks DIFFERENT, than roland or mutoh? (comparing apples to apples) I joke and say the printer is just the big metal box that keep...

buy one of these on ebay (best money you will ever spend!)

yes to a REALLY EFFECTIVE SURGE PROTECTOR THE KIND THAT RICOH GIVES YOU WITH THEIR COLOR COPIERS, UNDER WARRANTY 90% of surge protectors are garbage (a metal box with a $0.40 metal oxide varistor and a fuse) 99% of UPS's are garbage for the purposes of running a printer if i put an...

g our Old rolands ued that design as well. replace the tubing, it run forver esir thn hanging little, tiny rotary seals

MY MP31 white cartridge is twice the price of one of the others i just figure someone who has never done it before is guaranteed success after that he feels like a pro and he’s got enough confidence if the rebuild has a couple unexpected wrinkles

I often suggest purchasing. New pump. Simple repair, back up and running in no time. THEN at your leisure, REPAIR THE BAD PUMP, put it in the PARTS CLOSET OR CABINET or START ONE, if you haven’t started collecting spares the next time, in a oinch, you can sub that pump for one of the others &...