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When you clamp off a drain line I was wondering what you use to do it with. I want to soak a capping station and then park the heads in it for a while but I need to clamp off the line with something that will let the print heads move back over the top of the capping station without...

How do I manually release the print head so that it moves to the left of the capping station. I did a test print and the magenta and yellow head appears to be clogged. I understand that other uses a coffee filter soaked in Roland cleaning solution and then carefully lower the print head onto...

I just got off the phone with a Roland dealer and he told me the price of each damper is $42.45 Just wondering where others are purchasing their dampers and if this price is high or correct. Thanks Jim

The printer was working fine yesterday but today it won't print yellow. I have done a few medium cleanings along with soaking the capping station a few times and a manual cleaning but each time I do a test print there is no yellow. The other colors show almost no drop out at all. Since this...

When printing everything works fine until the final image in printed. This would be the image on the far right side if you were standing in front of the printer. I get a black smear sometimes it happens on one of the image only and sometimes it happens on all of the last images in that row...

My encoder strip appears to have to much slack in it and is making a slapping noise on each pass. Is there an adjustment or is it time for a replacement? Is this something I can replace without calling a tech. Thanks Jim

I changed from Corey version 12 to X-5 and I am having a few color management issues that I cannot figure out for the life of me. All of my files are in vectors and I export as EPS files for use on the web. I need some help setting up the Default Color Management Settings and the Document...

How often do you replace your dampers and cap tops, and wipers. Do you wait for something to happen or simply replace these parts every so many months? My machine only gets used for about one hour every day at most. I purchased this machine used about two years ago and other the general...

On a Roland SP-300 which slots do the two cleaning cartridges go into? I want to do a head cleaning. Jim

I am wondering who has good prices on Roland eco-sol max Ink. Another question I have are there any good manuals or video's anywhere on replacing heads? I have a friend who has done it on his machine and he would help me if I asked him but I hate to ask the guy. I know he is super busy. At...

My SP-300 which has been trouble free until now!! I am getting drop out on the yellow and magenta print head. I have done a powerful cleaning twice and the test print looks about the same. I have the manual for the SP-300 but I am not sure what to try next. I have read posts about head...

For some reason my SP-300 seems to be printing much faster then it ever did and the print quality which was excellent is now poor. What would make the printing speed change? Jim

My Roland Versacamm SP-300 was printing fine until I reformatted my hard drive and now the print quality is not good and it appears that the printer is printing faster then it ever printed before. I am using ColorRip which has always worked fine up until now and for some reason it won't contour...

What is the name of the cut contour color for the Roland Versacamm. The color I am using looks like a magenta but when you click on it it just say's cut contour. Is there a different name? Thanks Jim

I have a customer who wants a decal made that will be installed on the inside of a car window and he showed me a simple of the type of decal he was talking about. It appears to be printed on clear vinyl but my question is there is white in the simple he showed me so I am thinking this was a...

I have an SP-300 and the roll of vinyl seems to move around a little and I was wondering how others have fixed this problem. I cut off the end of the plastic piece that comes in a new roll of vinyl and was trying to fabricate something that would slid into the ends of the vinyl rolls that I...

Can the heads be soaked overnight while still in the machine? I wanted to place a small metal cleaning tray up under the heads and was wondering if this is how it should be done or do you remove them from the machine first. I am experiencing some drop out with the black and cyan in the test...

I have an SP-300 and I just started getting a feed motor error 0008 message. Any idea what that is and how to fix the problem. Thanks Jim

I have a question about purchasing vinyl. When I go to the supply house sometimes the Orajet comes in a box sealed and once in a while they bring out a roll of vinyl that just has plastic around it and it is also Orajet. Which would you purchase and why? Does it make any difference? I really...

Interesed in purchasing the a new overlay for the menu area. This is the part that covers the keys for test print, cleaning, test cut and all the other menu items. I would rather purchase one instead of trying to make one. Anyone know of a supplier that might carry this item...