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Hi All I have annoying noise which seems to eminate from the carriage of our nearly 12 year old VJ1604 when printing. I have always been vigilant keeping the carriage track and bearings clean. But out of the 8 bearings I can only maintain the facing ones and the top rear bearings and track as...

Ours blew the f2 fuse. When it was replaced this is exactly what it printed. Replace head and head cables should sort that. SC

To print a pure black on any CMYK it has to be set on C:100/M: 1000/ Y: 1000/ K: 100. Set at C:0/M: 0/ Y: 0/ K: 100 will just print the black channel which if you are using cheap inks can be anything but Black when printed. Also you might have cross contamination of the CMYK channels. If you are...

Who said they went by airplane?

Yesterday I had some customers come into my shop for a new sign for their Chinese Takeaway/Restaurant. Strangely they had almost everything they needed except a tray sign to mount it all. It was a little confusing as to exactly what they were after, until one of them returned from their car with...

If the complete maintenance station has been replaced check the dampers and the rubber o rings on the connector. Cap is not adjustable but if it is not sealing properly you will have issues with ink running back. Also the double joining connector from the cap pipes into the pump blocks really...

I You probably have blown the F2 fuse on the mainboard. I have had this issue before, but check the ribbon cables to the head also. Please note the F2 fuse is very small and soldered to the board. Their is loads of threads on this site regarding this. SC

If this has had missing nozzles for any length of time (7 days or more) you will not recover the head. Have you checked that the maintenance station is sitting correctly and has no leaks when it does a clean? Also is it definitley pulling ink, as you will see this in the return lines under the...

Is your maintenance station definitley working properly? The pump lines can get clogged especially at the double connector on the bottom which attaches to the cap top. Personally I would of replaced the complete maintenance station with a new one, especially if this machine has stood idle for a...

You have a leak somewhere. Please show pictures of the black caps? SC

reprint I agree 3M know their is an issue with this material but are either not addressing it, or hope that we will all move to latex machines soon. Personally I do not see an advatage to using this PVC free material as IJ 380 and IJ180 was working perfectly before. Having to print on a coated...

The solution is :- replace the card readers inside the machine. It is a bad design and when sliding in and out the cartridges the pins on the reader get bent. I have replaced these 3 times now and now run bulk inks so you do not remove the cartridges so you can't damage them anymore. SC

I am working on a personal project which requires a image or program that can produce high quality ripped metal effects. The idea is to have prints on a vehicle that look as if the metalwork of the vehicle has been ripped open to show something else underneath. This is where it gets difficult...

Can anyone confirm this is a damper problem?

The Cyan on my old 1604 is leaking back on one of the cyan channels. Will this be a damper/O ring problem or do I have other issues? Maintenance station is about 2 months old and I have no other problems with colours except one of the cyan channels. Thanks SC

My 1604 has ran for years with a dodgy ethernet port. It is currently weged up with a bit of tape. But on looking it should be a relative simple job to solder a new port in if you can find a similar port. Mutoh want to replace the whole board all for an ethernet port!!!! SC

Also if you have dripped ink onto the electrical connectors you could of blown the head which will require replacement. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it happened on my printer. Just be happy it has not taken the main board with it. SC

I haven't come across banding issues using this material or the air release not working. But when laying a lot of darker colours (especially solid black) it is as if the materials coating cannot cope with so much ink. In the UK the 480 and 180 materials are the only ones being sold and 380 is...

I am always gentle fitting tne ink cartridges but I have still bent the pins. I now use a bulk ink system which eliminates the constant removal of the cartridges. Like I said it's a real bad design on these machines. SC

Check for fluff around the print head. Even the smallest piece can create blurring. I have found the reinforcement weave in banner material to be a real problem. Check that the head rank number is correct in both machines. This sets the head up correctly and can cause discreprancies in the...