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So far so good. I have one customer who runs the heck out of it and he's loving it so far 1 year in. He put the XY slitter in the closet however. They make it an option now luckily.

We're a Mimaki dealer but even we don't get much info until we sell one. They don't give access to tech manuals etc. until we have one in the field. I'm wondering if maybe they're using the Epson I3200 heads like the CJV330. That model also uses the toilet paper wipers. User Manuals -...

DTF is the hot thing right now. Most major manufacturers are coming out with a turnkey solution. Mimaki has the TXF150 and TXF300 models and Roland has BY-20. Although they all require a separate 3rd party shaker and heater.

I agree with Smoke. Your cap top might be on the older side and not seal as well as it should. The machine not cleaning for a while just exposed it. The head should recover fairly easy though.

That's the operating temperature. As long as you let the room warm up to 60 or more before printing, it should be fine. The main reason for the temperature requirement is proper ink viscosity so it fires from the head properly.

Parts like heads, dampers, cap tops, wipers etc. will be available for a long time but electrical boards, cables and other less common parts are already out of stock with Mimaki including main boards. I've run into many more "no longer available" emails from Mimaki this year. Just FYI.

I know that's true on the CJV30 series but I'm fairly certain on the 150 ES3 was special because they even had a slightly different cartridge holder. I've been out of the field for a while though so if your experience is different I wouldn't doubt it. They change things up all the time!

You're probably going to want to contact Mimaki directly and see if they can help. They keep every machine's factory parameters on file. The other issue is the firmware. The standard CJV150 doesn't support ES3 inks. Your machine has a special firmware that allows it to use ES3 inks, mostly...

You can always only hem the left and right sides as well. We used to do that at the shop I worked at on banners we thought might need a little more support for the grommet.

Yes!

Before uploading the parameters you need to initialize them according to which model you're using. I'm not sure which parameter number it is but it's labeled as , "INITIAL" in the system parameters. Change the value to 2, hit enter, and then end to save it. Then reboot in parameter upload mode...

I believe it's in the compression tab.

This is a fairly common issue with the SP300 model. A lot of the time it ends up being the cut tool carriage trailing cable that needs to be replaced.

That's bigger than the max canvas size for illustrator so it will have to be scaled at least somewhat. I would check your PDF settings when you go to save the file. Make sure the option to down sample images is turned off.

If you're just using it for the RIP and not designing on it: CPU - The one with the highest clock speed within your budget. Cores don't matter unless you expect to be ripping multiple jobs at once. Memory - 16GB or more Storage - SSD for the RIP work folder and OS. HDD for longer term storage...

I don't know Onyx very well but does it have an option to RIP the entire file before printing? The RIPs I use have that option specifically for large files that may not process fast enough to keep up with the printer.

LTL is fine if it's packed up and bolted to a skid. Otherwise we've also had good success with furniture movers for out of box machines.

Thanks for the order! The Hiker is a great product. I've only taken 1 or 2 technical support calls in 15 years. They just work.

I believe the other main difference is the heaters. The CJV150 heaters go up to about 122 degrees where the DTF machine needs to get up in the 300 degree range. Other than that it's all about tricking the machine into letting you use the ink.

Fading during printing is usually going to be an ink flow issue. I'd start by changing the dampers. They are responsible for keeping ink flowing to the head during printing.