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Exactly. The motor is drawing too much current which means it's getting stuck on something. It's very common for it to be the head lock malfunctioning.

E6 isn't a standard error code. Is that a typo maybe? Post a video if you can. It sounds like the station is either deformed, not installed properly, or the head might be getting caught on the head lock mechanism which is common. If the head lock bracket got bent out of place during the...

If the dampers are over 1 to 2 years old I would. Anytime there are ink flow issues, the dampers are always good to rule out if you can.

When you changed the dampers, did you also change the o-ring between the nut and ink line? If not, I would start there. Ink naturally wants to go back to the cartridge and the damper is supposed to stop it. If the damper is attached and the ink still recedes, it's usually a sign that air is...

If it's happening on all of the colors, this is usually a sign that your maintenance station isn't working at full capacity. The machine only estimates how much ink is used during printing and during cleanings. If the maintenance station isn't pulling as much ink down as the machine thinks it...

I don't blame anyone for using OEM ink but if you get a well known 3rd party ink you will save money and they are much more reliable than they were 10 - 15 years ago. The main thing you want to avoid are cheap refillable bulk systems. If you are getting cartridges you should be fine. Two very...

We just installed our first unit and my first impressions is the prints look amazing with the new Epson I3200 heads. The XY slitter actually works! But it's very slow. The customer made the comment that he could have probably just cut it by hand faster.

Both machines you're looking at should print fine details better than your current model. Just keep in mind that it could be profile settings and alignments that are holding you back from printing fine details as well. I have a customer who runs 2 of those CJV150s to make small labels with...

I'm not sure if the 1617 allowed it but most of the Mutoh printers in that generation allow you to use the Mutoh Status Monitor to bring up all of the media types and custom name them/edit them. You have to join Mutoh's little club to get it but it's free. Here's the link...

Part of the reason for this might be that the LUS inks are used much more often on the larger flatbeds and roll to roll printers so they go through much more than the smaller ones.

If the same colors that were not printing on the old head are not printing on the new head, that points to ink flow issues as well. Do you see any air in the lines above the damper? Did the damper for the magenta and yellow fill with ink? If not then it's probably just air getting in from a bad...

You probably just have air leaks in the system. With the magenta since both are missing, I would check the cartridge to make sure there is actually ink in it. If that's good then I would go ahead and change the ink line and o-rings at each connection as mentioned above. You're most likely...

You need to run the alignments in service mode. Your bias and vertical alignments are probably off.

Good ol' Rasterlink :cool:

Ah that makes sense. In that case I would suspect blown transistors on the main board. If the fuses are good, it's usually the transistors that are fried.

The only thing I haven't seen mentioned here is the o-rings. Did you change them when you changed the dampers? Also, sometimes on these older models you need to clip a little bit of the ink line off so the o-ring makes a good seal. The old o-ring can create an indentation in the ink line that...

Did you change the dampers along with the head? If not I would start there. I've also been seeing these older models start to need new ink line and o-rings. Whenever I have a weird ink flow issue on them, if the damper doesn't fix it, I just replace the entire line and all the o-rings at each...

Honestly $5k is a decent down payment on a new machine and I wouldn't value the SP540 that high. In perfect working condition I would say the SP540 is worth closer to $3k. If it needs both heads closer to $1,500. Most of the parts for that machine are going to available for a while except the...

It's a good machine especially for what you're using it for. The main thing you want to look for is the quality of the heads. Have them print a nozzle check in service mode. The heads can fire multiple sized dots and the regular nozzle check only shows the largest. The service mode one prints...

I wouldn't worry about setting it too high. If the nozzles start to clog you can always run a cleaning to recover them and then lower the setting. All a spitting does is make it so any nozzles not being used at the moment are being fired into the spit sponge once in a while so that when they are...