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wow, that system must scream... how is windows 7? is the beta stable enough to use in a for work? i have only heard good things about windows 7 and am needing to upgrade to a 64bit os due to 32bit 4gb limit.
i am buying another head so far i have bought 5 heads for this machine 2 of which have turned out to be defective... i will put the new head in and keep you posted. is it possible for a bad motherboard to be causing these heads to go bad?
would there be something wrong with this machine causing heads to go bad? is it normally for a head to work for a month then just quit? does anyone want to buy a sp-160sp? im ready for a roland...
the head has only been in there maybe a month i have only printed around 30foot on it and i have a few heads around that are missing a few nozels.. but after spending 100+ hours on this piece.. i really don't want to start back at replacing heads this is ridiculous, i need a machine that...
the encoder strip is very clean and it has a new encoder sensor. why would the encoder strip cause over spray on a test draw? and why only on one head? (just curious)
i am doing a overnight head soak, i bought this machine used in "working condition" so far ive had to replace 3 heads in it. and 1 out of the 3 heads was defective, it had over spray only on variable-2 dot size then the head caused all the other heads not to fire.. replaced that defective head...
Hopefully this is a easy fix as this machine has new heads / dampers / captops. i am running dual cmyk with a triangle bulk ink system... the machine was printing with no over spray just a few days ago, i have tried a head soak / cleaning i have also switched the ribbon cables on the heads and...
i have replaced the motherboard in the jv3-160sp, it is the same board in the jv3-250sp along with the jv3-75SPII. it is not hard all that hard to switch out you will just have to redo all the calibrations and if the new board has a newer firmware 3.3+ i think you will need chips for the bulk...
update on issue (fixed)
the issue is fixed it turns out it was a bad head... later on the same head caused none of my heads to fire replaced the head and all fixed!
Thanks everyone,
Spencer
this is happening on a mimaki jv3-160sp
more problems with the printer this one i have no idea on i have tried everything.. all the calibrations are perfect tried different rips even.. when printing at variable 2 dot size so 720x720 or higher.. the magenta head over sprays like crazy 2 inches...
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