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We have a Gerber Edge FX with a printhead pixel starting to go out. We have had this problem with an Edge, Edge II and with the Edge FX about 3-4 times in the past 12 years and I have always been able to avoid the absurd (to me at least) process and expense for buying one from Gerber. Between...

UPDATE - We have fixed the printer and it had ZERO to do with temperature or humidity. It ended up being the "thermistor". With help from Eric, the HP tech, we drained the heads on the color we were struggling with (light magenta), then removed the cap of one of the thermistors. We examined a...

We have a couple of HP Latex roll printers and we love them. But in all honesty, the FB550 has been a disappointment - not HP's finest work and we were definitely were misled during the sales process. But after spending $90K and only having it for 24 months, we aren't in a position to replace...

I appreciate the advice! I am going to Home Depot to buy a humidifier as well as a device to measure humidity. It is too inexpensive a solution to not try it. I'll post results later. Thanks again!

We took delivery of our HP FB550 two years ago. We do a test print every morning and several heads require multiple purges to get back to an acceptable level. This is happening more and more recently. I am wondering if this is related to the temperature in the room where the printer is. We...

We had this exact issue. We resolved it (after a LOT of trial and error) by coating every coroplast sign we print with an adhesion promotor we bought from Grimco made by Supply55. The product is "AP3155". A little goes a long way. At the same time we bought that product, we changed the...

For the record, we have a calibrator and we frequently calibrate the pressure side to side. The tightening of the small allen screw is good advice and I will do that. The Rollover applicator is also probably a good suggestion. I will look into that. Nobody commented on whether they could...

Bubbles and issues on thicker substrates! We have two cold laminators and they both have play in the top roller that I'm not sure should be there. They are: 1.) Royal Sovereign RSC-1650C 2.) GBC-1064WF We are mounting black vinyl on a 1/4" thick piece of glass and we are getting bubbles. My...

I just spoke with Carlos at Wide Image Solutions and they do have them in stock. They are $29.00, which doesn't include the 3" adapter, but that is still much, much better than having to buy the entire spindle assembly. I appreciate the help jwlllpl!!!

On our HP Latex 310, the spindle end cap that holds the material roll in place has broken (see pic). Is there a reasonable place to order these? I have found places offering the entire spindle rod with both ends, but we really only need the blue end part. Does anyone know where to buy these...

We took delivery of a new HP550 flatbed printer in December 2018 and were in full production with it a month later. We did a bunch of 24" x 24" ACM signs for a customer in January of 2019. They were black, full bleed signs and we laminated them with a callendered intermediate laminate (GBC...

Interesting.... It is definitely cold here for us (mid 20's last night) and I had not considered that possibility. It is 65 or so in our production area but the thermostat was set to 60 last night and this was done pretty early in the morning. So if we hit the sign with a heat gun, it should...

We have a GBC Professional 1064WF Cold Press Laminator. We have the calibration tool and we periodically adjust the pressure on one side or the other so that the pressure is equal. But recently it seems like the rollers aren't pushing down hard enough. I have attached a picture of a section...

We currently also have a 3 ft. shear and we have our vendor cut pieces larger than that, but doing the longer cuts in-house would speed things up considerably. Also, we spend $40-50 or so per week on average getting material cut, so that pays for the cutter in 2 years. I'm hoping it saves time...

We are in the market for a substrate cutter and I am looking for recommendations. Ideally, this machine would cut ACM, coroplast, foamcore, PVC and maybe a few other materials. I have a done a little research and found the FSC Multi-Material Cutter and the Foster SteelTrak (aka Keencut?)...

I'm finding good used Edge FX printers for $5,000 and slightly lower but I haven't priced a new printhead. I'm guessing it is going to be in the same ballpark. I'll call GMS today I guess, but I'm continuing to search for used machines.

I have read that the ohms have to be adjusted and maybe some other adjustments have to be made to allow a printhead from one printer to be installed in another one. Is this true? Is there anything available to walk you through the process?

UPDATE - I have tried everything on this post with no success. At 30 IPM and with the high heat setting, we got away with it for a few months. But now a second pixel is out and possibly a third. It is time to consider a new print head and as far as I can tell, Graphic Marking Systems and...

We have an Edge FX that has developed a thin (less than 1mm) horizontal white line in all colors, always in the same place (1/2" from front edge). Increasing to high heat seems to help with some colors, but not with others. i seem to recall having this issue with an Edge 2 in the past and...

We have a Royal Sovereign RSC 1650C cold laminator that has been randomly shutting off while running and it has ruined a few prints by doing this. It only seems to do this when it is under a load, but this has never been a problem up to this point. If the speed setting is on, say, 4, it turns...