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Thoughts on the scan motor error... Must have been a real good strike... Scan motor deviation error. The machine is very confused right now. The servo in the scan motor is sending information that does not jive with what the mainboard is expecting. Turn off the main power. Unplug the...

Questions.... It couldbe a voltage issue... but if it's NOT, I have a few questions-- What is the exact width of the artifact in the sample print? It's difficult to tell exactly by the pic... What print mode was used to print the sample shown? High-speed I suspect? Does the artifact display...

Back from the dead... Our beloved Roland printers are some of the most robust inkjet printers... I make my living repairing inkjet printers...many times bringing them back from the dead. About two weeks ago I got a call from a gentleman that purchased an SC545-EX at auction for $1,750. The...

You say that both heads are new? Your first post mentioned that the Magenta and Black heads are new... Sounds like the horizontal head adjustment to me. Either it slipped, was never done, or done poorly. (Horiz head adjust this is an electronic timing adjustment to compensate for the...

Manual? I think that you are looking at an SP-300/V manual. The SP-300i didn't even come out until 2009. Two totally different machines. And yes, the SP-300/V manual has been revised many times since 2003. Why are you looking for a SP-300i service manual? What's wrong? ~E

Deflection What you are seeing is a severe deflection of the nozzles on the black side of the head. It's basically a partial nozzle clog causing the ink to shoot out at an angle instead of straight down. This will usually manifest itself as an overspray and may also cause some banding...

Green Acetone My secret cleaner is BioSolv http://www.greenacetone.com/ You can buy it at West Marine for $18.99 / qt At full strength it will clean ink from any surface, but will attack plastics. Cut 50% (with water) it still easily wipes away ink, but doesn't seem to attack the...

Pinch Pressure Adjustment The short answer to your question is Yes. The pinch wheel pressure can be adjusted. This is not a common adjustment, and can cause lot of feed motor errors if not done correctly. However, before I went there I would ask a few questions... I assume that you are asking...

Problems... 3.4 is the most current VP firmware... even though 3.3 is the highest firmware posted in the Roland Support Wizard. You will have to download it from the Roland Japan website: http://download.rolanddg.jp/en/color.html#vpfirm You are using the most current version of VersaWorks...

VersaWorks version? What is the version of VersaWorks that you are using? Can you also tell me your firmware version? ~E

Not sure if I understand... The cut carriage separates from the print carriage when cutting... just to avoid this kind of problem. The print carriage sits safely on the caps when the machine is cutting. In any case, you describe the vinyl striking the bottom of the printheads. The very first...

Just got my service training on the VS-series this past week. Very nice machines. The VS uses a single 8-channel Epson head, and can be inked CMYKx2, CMYK+LmLc or CMYK_LmLc+Mt+Wt The single head had 7 dot sizes vs. the three dot sizes of the older DX4 head. The solids are VERY solid. Very...

Union pay... Changes are happening in the union world... as job functions and technologies evolve. In the world that I came from (union color pre-press & large format graphics) the pay way high. I was (and am still a non-voting member) of GCIU/Teamsters. This is in the Boston-area. When I...

Periodic Cleaning Good question. You are speaking about the Periodic Cleaning setting. Periodic Cleaning defaults to the OFF setting, and must be changed if you want to have the machine run periodic cleanings DURING PRINTING. There are three settings... NONE, PAGE, and XX MINS (where XX is a...

I think that you are experiencing 'wicking'. This was a pretty common problem on the Roland original SP-series when they were using the peristaltic-type pumps a few years ago. When Roland recalled the old-style pump, the retrofit to the newer 'Mimaki-style' pump included a small change to the...

Dot on Outside Yup... sounds like that pinchwheel is backwards. The bevel should be toward the outside, so that there is more pressure on the outside edges, essentially pulling the media tight on the platen. The dot indicates the outside edge. ~E

Cut Carriage Flex Cable The symptom that you are describing is very common with aging SP-300/V and SP-540V printers. It's most likely a bad cut carriage flex cable. This is the cable that connects the cut carriage to the main board. It's sandwiched between two clear Mylar guides. Replace the...

Inkjet printers are commercial products.... Whether or not Roland should or shouldn't provide some type limited warranty regardless of the ink used is certainly a case for debate... however Magnuson-Moss does not apply as it only applies to consumer products. I'm pretty sure that a $20,000...

Set Cutting Priority to MENU To be sure that the printer does not listen to the RIP for cutter settings, you should set the printer's CUTTING PRIORITY to be the PRINTER MENU as opposed to COMMAND from the RIP On the VersaCAMM Panel... MENU > CUTTING PRIOR > Set to MENU ~E

Replace Cable You need the cut carriage ribbon replaced. You also have to replace the guides and add the teflon tape retro-fit. The ribbon runs starts at the cut carriage and runs all the way to the back of the machine to the servo board. Only about $40 or so in parts and takes an experienced...