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Basecoat paint doesn't generally have as much body as a 1 coat paint. I think it's more of an auto industry technique. It's been years since my Matthews training and I haven't painted since, but if I recall correctly, you can use Matthews as a true base coat clear coat system. I just can't...

Jim, you probably won't find a capping station. In over 10 years, I've never replaced one. I would be surprised if one exists. The only time I've had to adjust one was when I dropped a screw below or behind it. We only replace cap tops, cap top springs and occasionally a pump. There is a cap...

I think that printer also has onboard settings for a stripe. Look on the printer menu. It gets save to the preset. (It's been years since I've sold Seiko printers, so my terminology may have been "Rolandized" but the idea is there.)

The only time I tried a non OEM manifold it sucked!:eek: (Air mostly, but the whole situation did as well).

Let me preface this with the fact that I've been out of the media side of this business for some time, but somethings don't change so I'll give my input anyway... Laminates do a couple of things... If designed to do so (and not all are) they will inhibit the UV radiation that gets through them...

Get it from your local Roland dealer.

Another thought (since this popped up again)... You might try upgrading to VersaWorks 6 (and make sure that you load the latest update and using the True Rich Color setting. This is new to Versaworks 6 and, in my mind anyway, kind of combines the color accuracy of the Pre Press settings with...

I've seen this with cap tops in poor condition (allowing wicking of ink across the channels) and having a full (or near full) magenta cartridge and an empty (or nearly empty) yellow cartridge. The difference in the height of the fluid in the cartridges causes a siphon effect. If the cap tops...

I don't get into this position because of what I do, but that doesn't keep me from offering a suggestion - so take it for what it's worth... Let the potential customer know that you'll have to get permission from the original company to use their design (if it's more than a "Grand Opening"...

That sure looks like an i1 pro 2 from Xrite, but there may be a firmware difference that only allows it to work with efi software - ??? I don't know what differences there are. I don't have the old version of Versaworks on my computer any more, but VW6 only has drivers for Xrite devices...

WOW, I just looked at my profile. I've been on since Feb 5 2004. I don't get it - how could it be that long? Fun Times!!!

AS far as I know, there is no plan to add orange to the original VG series printers. There will probably be a transition to the TR2 inks at some point in the future, but I haven't heard a timeline for that. But you will only have the same color configurations as you have now in your VG.

Are you using Roland Inks? The test print from Versworks looks off as well. I've found that profiles for Roland materials generally work pretty well as a "generic" substitute. Try PCV4 or GCVP for glossy films or MCVP for matte films. The other things I would try is upgrading firmware if...

When you load the media, try selecting roll instead of take-up. Then it won't ask you to set the take up.

It still looks like contaminated media. Did you try another media as suggested in the other thread?

You're probably going to need a new power supply, but have you tried plugging it into another outlet on a different circuit yet? If it does the same thing on another circuit, give Gerber Support a call at 800-828-5406. They're good about helping trouble shoot things over the phone. Also, if...

By everything, do you include replacing print heads and cartridges and maintenance assembly in that list?

I just tell people to use the Gerber cleaning cards after they clean the head. Keep working outward with the cleaning card. I also use alcohol wipes from the drug store for general cleaning - these could be used on the squeegees, but not on the head. Or just isopropyl on a lint free rag.

That appears to be from dirt on the vinyl. Clean/check the vinyl squeegees. Is the environment generally clean or is there a lot of dust around? Also, are you buying full rolls or is your vendor rolling off vinyl to cut smaller rolls? They could be contaminating the vinyl when they do this...

Actually the nozzle test is correct. The missing channels on head B would be for white or metallic silver. He likely has a cleaning cartridge in the 8th slot. Can you post a screenshot of your quality tab in versaworks? What color management setting are you using? What profile?