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  1. Mimaki JV3 Help - Head won't print, capping station won't fill

    Hi Lauren I have a JV3 3 head machine like yours that I have been playing around with for the last year. Which has given me a lot of experience on how these machines work. By the looks of thing your Black and Magenta head is not getting any ink pulled though by the pump as the cap is clean...
  2. temorary wrap on powder coated metal?

    I would wrap with the 3M material as it comes of clean. As I say wrapping anything, "it is only as good as the surface you are applying it to". If the materials are flaky it will not work. On a sub note even if these are a temporary wrap they should be priced the same as normal. I had a...
  3. Anybody ever use 180C on ATV Plastics?

    Substance is like Convex material which is used for low energy PVC panels on ATV and MotoX machines. But I firmly believe you will not be able to complete wrap with it as once the laminate is applied to the material it is a lot thicker than wrap material. I do not think their is a self adhesive...
  4. The secret to happiness!

    I learnt this secret about 8 years regarding Fridays, it may not be the secret to happiness but certainly keeps you at peace. We used to hold a huge festival in our local town one weekend in the year and in those days we vinyl graphiced bought in banners. Now all the local businesses being...
  5. New print head - black missing vj1614

    I am a bit confused with your problem. If this is a new head and it is blocked on the black channels I would send it back to wherever you purchased it. It is most certainly dud. Do not separate the manifold from the head firstly the gasket between them is not a rubber type (at least it wasn't on...
  6. Don't bother if you're married to OEM Ink

    I have been running Jetbest inks through our Valuejet for nearly 3 years now. Absolutley perfect and a massive saving on OEM. As far as scratch resistance I can only say they are as good as OEM or maybe slightly better. Anyway if you don't want it to scratch, laminate it. Fade resistance is just...
  7. Matching a vehicle color?

    WE just completed a fleet of these wagons. The trick is to either not let the two colours meet or change to print at a join (doors/panels). It took about 8 test prints to get near to this colour. Also it was printed on a very high quality print setting. SC
  8. value jet 1204 bad nozzle check on black

    One line pulls black and cyan and the other yellow and magenta. But because they are open on the cap they both will pull a bit of each colour. I would maybe think along the same lines as artbot on this one. These machines tend to thrive if used a lot but can be temperamental if only used...
  9. Mutoh VJ1604 Stopped half way through print!

    I have repaired this now. For future reference it was the card reader modules that were faulty. On the yellow two of the pins were bent and on the magenta one of the pins was also bent. This must have been worn for a while and just decided to no longer touch or short. For safety and the sake...
  10. value jet 1204 bad nozzle check on black

    OK then that is looking serious and by the looks of things you have nozzles missing on other colours too. Could you show me the whole test print as I can get a clearer picture of what is blocked? You are going to have to act fast on this, as the longer you leave the nozzles blocked the harder...
  11. Mutoh VJ1604 Stopped half way through print!

    Any ideas people as I am now panicking, I have about 20 banners I have to print tomorrow or I am in serious trouble! SC
  12. Mutoh VJ1604 Stopped half way through print!

    Our VJ1604 stopped halfway through a 2metre print this afternoon. It came up with a sub tank low error. This happens frequently but normally you come in the morning and it is bleeping away not during a print! Also we are running bulk inks so when I started back up I changed the cards for a new...
  13. VJ-1204 e074 cr2 current

    I know my VJ 1604 has an encoder disk as well as a t fence encoder. I have had a look but I can't figure whether the 1204 has an encoder disk or not. I cannot find any listing for one so maybe not. SC
  14. VJ-1204 e074 cr2 current

    Hi Sadly this is an error that kind of covers a whole load of different errors. We fixed ours in the end by changing the encoder disk but if you do a search on here you will find numerous occasions this error has been discussed. I would get have a look through them first to check which scenario...
  15. Paint Chips In Original Paint... How Do You Deal With Them When Wrapping Over?

    As it is your own car I would stopper them and wet flat till smooth. Just remember when removing what you have done and have to paint later. If it was a customers vehicle I would send them to the spray shop. You would not believe the amount of misguided customers who think vehicle wrap will hide...
  16. Printing RED ?

    Good Luck on this problem (your gonna need it!). Anyone who is running a CMYK printer will fall into this hole eventually. If it isn't Reds, it's Greens, Blues and Greys and when you adjust/profile for one, the adjustment to make this colour will change other colours. You will end up going...
  17. Mutoh 1624 printing blurry/washed out

    Dirty Encoder Disk or Encoder strip. That is my best guess on this one. If the problem is in the same position it has to be the encoders. Clean with denatured alchol. SC
  18. Do I need a new head?

    Personally that looks great. I have seen other large companies sending prints out with machines that have bigger issues than that. I would carry on printing but if you feel the need to replace I would take the old head of your hands! SC
  19. mimaki jv3 130 sp increase head voltage

    My question is why do you want to do this? I thought heads were delicate enough without increasing the voltage to them! SC
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