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Have you contacted the seller you got the head from? I agree with Jim. If the old head prints, but the new one doesn't then there is a problem with the new head. Did you get the head replaced by the seller or are you still working with the original one they sent you?

Or it could still be that head is faulty on the black channel

The temperature sensor is in the black head, so if the printer can't read it it comes up with the low temp warning.

Assuming the head isnt faulty, it definitely looks like you have a lot of clogged nozzles there. If the captop isn't sealing properly it can just make one colour dry out and the nozzles clog. I would try an overnight head soak and see if that helps at all in clearing it first

If you magnify anything enough it will look like crap :D Who looks at print under extreme magnification? When you print something it is designed to be looked at using someones eyes, not examined with a microscope. If you zoom in enough on an offset press it will also 'look like crap'

It will also depend on which printer you have, and the settings. On a Roland solvent printer if you print from vectors in high quality and overlay 2 times, the output will come out looking pretty much the same as screen printing. Because of the overlaying you don't end up with any visible...

Have you actually seen other peoples print though? That pic you have posted is a photoshop mock up, not a photo of an actual race car...

It may be ink starvation from air in the ink hose. Trace back the hose all the way from the damper to the ink cartridge and check there are no clogs, and also there are no leaks. The o-rings in the brass nuts can fail and let air in, normally around the cartridge dock.. If you are getting some...

More like this ?

OK what you need to do is to add two contours, then ungroup them. You can then select the two contours and combine them into one object. This will leave you with the text, a gap, and then the contour as a separate object. Also before doing a contour, convert the text to curves as this will give...

Do you mean so it would look like this if used on a black shirt for example?

Sensor issues can often be quite random. As so many parts of the printer interact with each other, one sensor can cause something else to happen that can give a different error code.

It's worth trying, but it is very unusual to ruin an encoder strip when installing. Even if it was damaged in the middle, the printer would still read up to the damaged point ok. Also cleaning a sensor wouldn't help if the actual sensor itself is faulty, or if there is a problem with the board...

Yes that would be the correct sensor

For the blue tinge in the gradient it is because the printer will often print black/grey by mixing the CMYK colours to create it. If your magenta and yellow are printing as badly as yours are then it won't give a smooth black to grey gradient. You can change this on actual artwork by printing...

I agree, the banding is caused by the missing nozzles on your yellow head. Do a test print from service mode as well, this will show you how the small nozzles are firing as well as the the large ones. It really depends if the nozzles are just clogged, or if they are actually dead how well...

That overspray is actually quite bad. If its only happening on one colour, normally it will be down to a head fault. The test print often won't show problems that happen when you are actually printing things. It could be something physical like a hair or bit of fluff on the surface of the...

I agree, but would never suggest pushing solution through the head from the top. This is really a last resort as it is very easy to break the internal ink pouch ( it's not a gasket, it's a very thin plastic bag that holds the ink inside the head ) if you don't have experience doing it !

The little knob is just a knob, it doesn't have any sensing. I'm not that familiar with the layout of the XC, but there should also be a sensor on the right hand side that senses when the print head is in the docked position. It will look something like this ( the black part ). This is so the...

Also, there may be ink in the hoses, but they can still be blocked at the cartridge dock end. They really need removing and fully flushing