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I have no direct experience with the Mimaki high ink configuration you are speaking about (CMYKcmkO). In general terms however, the addition of Orange ink to CMYK inksets will tend to expand the warm side of the gamut (Yellow - Red) but won't help with the cooler side (Blues and Greens). The...

It is good practice to invert (flip) every other tile when printing multi-tile jobs. Every printer and ink chemistry (aqueous, solvent, UV Curing) can have difficulty in producing the same color across the device's print platens (color variance based on what part of the printer produced it). By...

You can also enable Extra Printhead Cleanings in the Ink - image quality maintenance menu. As a last resort, remove the Magenta heads, inspect them and the carriage and re-seat them.

The stand is assembled after unpacking, and the base of the stand are pieces that are 33 inches deep.

The Designjet 5000 series was a landmark printer in it's time; it should be on the Mt. Rushmore of large-format printers. The modern evolution of that heritage would be the HP Latex 300 series. Both are water-based inks, and have thermal printheads that are user-replaceable, but there are...

Letting the printer run until the carts are empty can occasionally introduce air into the pressurized ink lines, particularly when the cartridge is physically removed without first depressurizing the ink train. That may be the case here. I would suggest that you run the Nozzle Test Print (on...

With respect to the 220v issue, almost all homes in the USA have 220v circuits already present. If you have an oven in your home (or a pool or spa) you almost certainly have 220v. Your cost would be to add additional 220v outlets, which costs generally in the low hundreds from my experience...

There is a thumbscrew at the front of the assembly. Back that thumbscrew off almost all of the way, and then pull it toward the front on the machine. You should then be able to physically lift up on the blade holder assembly and lift it out of it's position, and then drop it back into the other...

Tool 1 is a position on the carriage into which the blade holder can be placed. It is the more commonly used position when not cutting completely through the media. It places the knife on the flat part of the cutter protection strip. Tool 3 is the forward position for the blade holder, and it...

Is the problem evident on one media product, or across different medias? Also, is it only occurring on the BiDi Alignment plot, or on production jobs as well? Need more info to be able to assist.

You simply need to run a Printhead Alignment calibration. You can access this from the Ink Menu at the printer's control panel, or through the EWS ("embedded web server) browser-based interface. It will use about 2 linear feet of media and take about 15 minutes and you should be all set. Be sure...

I would recommend that you research the brands and machines that you are considering thoroughly, and don't minimize the important role that your reseller has in the ownership experience of LFP equipment. Sites such as this one are also valuable in that you are able to solicit and review...

HP Latex printers can print on coated and uncoated polyester and cotton fabric, with polyester being to most varied and widely used. Latex does have some limitations on fabric. Products like X-banners, retractable banners, backlit SEG, and table runners are all well suited to using Latex ink...

I would agree with the others who have posted in this thread that there is something very wrong with your workflow if you are dissatisfied with the color that your HP Latex printer is producing (or your expectations for CMYK-based printers are out of line with reality). Which model of HP...

I know of only one free open source ICC Profile creation tool, and it does support the i1 devices: http://www.argyllcms.com/ It is command line driven, and not easy to learn to use. On the other hand, it does a nice job of creating ICC profiles.

When you say that you 'overprinted with more yellow to increase saturation' I would like to understand what that means in more practical terms (perhaps you printed two times in the same place, or used a 'high ink' setting in the media profile, or something altogether different)?

Two options: 1) Power down the printer with the carriage in the home position (printhead capped). 2. Put tape over the tab on the offending color cartridge to cause the tab to recess. Assuming that the ink arrives tomorrow, I would opt for #1, but that's just me. The second option is...

The basic issue is to understand the concept of Color Gamuts, and that reference colors will either be inside or outside of a given gamut. In this case, HKS 5 is likely to be somewhat outside of the printer's gamut. When I plotted it, the best that I could achieve for the printer in question was...

You need to narrow down the source of the issue, as there are two basic possibilities: 1) You are experiencing cross-contamination in the K-Y printhead(s) 2) Your media profile is creating the 'smudge dots' in the yellow. The good news is that it is easy to figure out which is responsible...

Looks like they are based in Indonesia.