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this is where 99% of the ink clogs. i use a seperate piece of tube for this area, pull it off and replace when it gets clogged. much faster and easier. i connect the tubes with a 1/2' piece of plastic tube i cut from the end of a ball point pen ink tube. pull the pen apart and there is usually...

your dampers are fine. your caps should press against the head just enough to create a seal if the sponges are raised, then you need to keep them down.

the print head is not supposed to touch the sponge, the sponge is there to keep the ink stable. if you removed the sponges, the ink would slosh all over the cap during a cleaning cycle. contamination is caused by one thing only, heads touching the sponge. the metal retainer keeps the...

posted this in a different thread, but figured i'd finish off this one too. install wire mesh from mcmaster-carr. no more contamination

install wire mesh from mcmaster-carr. no more contamination

can someone hurry up and figure out this clone-ing thing..... we could use a couple hundred thousand more of this creature...

does it work? if so then count yourself lucky. my wife has the real one and it sucks, had to return one and the other still has issues....

pretty funny

i understand that the problem is solved, but i'll answer the question incase any one finds this in a search. the printer does not have to be set up as a printer in windows 7. all you have to do is assign the print server an IP address and use the same IP address in you RIP printer setup under...

wow, you guys pay alot. my shop is around $85/mo, my house is $125-$135 summer and chrismas time( gotta put lights out) and around $90 the rest of the year i have a gas dryer but electric range at home and a dehumidifier that runs 24/7 in the basement.

welcome. one piece of advice. throw the spreadsheet idea out the window. get the clients first, then get the equipment. learn from the 12 days you almost lost your house. get the clients, get the job done, however you can, sub it out, you won't make as much, but you will build...

your welcome, enjoy your turkey

steel toe boots all year round. shorts april to sept, cargo pants the rest tee shirt everyday, add a hoodie sept to april. of course, all with paint or ink on them, always.... edit, i shouldn''t say steel tippers all year round, summer months i sport the sport flip-flop sandal...

don't have the patience to be an artist, businessman from day one.

well wraps, since it's been a whole three years, lets see how you feel 10 years from now and when you have competition move in who is actually trying to compete with you....

flame, quite a difference between friend and "business partner" as wraps put it. i was simply stating how ridicules wraps statment was. but, in general you are correct, i dislike most people.... i go to work to make money, not friends. competitors are my enemy, and i would not lend...

speaking the truth. if your shops produce different types of signage, sure you can be friendly. BUT if your bidding on the same work, can't see it....

LOL yea, your bidding on a $20K job against your business partner..... i can see it now, no you take this one, i'll get the next.... pure fantasyland

pretty much foe..... except my brother, we usually don't bump heads

tough to say, i've pulled mine out from time to time when i know i'm not going to print for awhile, cuz you never know when that gremlin is waiting to eat your ink. lately i have been keeping only about 3/8" of ink in the carts and putting ink in as needed. i used to not care so much as i was...