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90% of the time when this happens it is either the head cables, or the head board they are plugged into rather than the head ( I use Rolands so not sure of the exact board layout of the Mimaki ). When mine did this it was a failing head board and replacing that fixed it Try swapping cables from...

I think training someone up is the only answer really. If there is a lack of new talent, and there is demand for installers, they have to start somewhere and that involves taking someone on and training them. Yes, you may get a lazy one, but if you are offering a good job, then you can get...

Its always a problem when there is a shortage of skilled workers. The experienced ones will contract as they can earn a lot more money and are so busy they can pick and choose who they work for. TBH it is a skilled job though, so the pay should reflect this. It's not like you can expect someone...

Ah ok, the work I do it has to be vectors, this is mainly high quality logos, so normally using a raster image isn't suitable, particularly when someone gives you a small low resolution logo and may want it blown up to 50 times its original size

Does Topaz do vectorising? I thought it was only for raster improvement?

I think if you are selling online and mail order, then online advertising can work. For anyone who is just working in a local area you are much better off with your own website so people searching Google for 'sign companies in Xtown' get to see it. I know some of the online advertising claims to...

Just to add to that, I never use autotracing to do that. I can do it manually a lot quicker and get a much better quality result

As an aside, why are you printing on the BN20 and then cutting on a seperate machine when the BN20 cuts as well?

Its probably worth replacing the dampers as they are only cheap and seeing if that fixes it

I dont think its an ink or vinyl problem, most likely is something wrong with the head sadly

So what was your total charge for the job? I think you are definitely undercharging for design time. I don't really do large wrap work like this, but I would be charging around $8 - 10K for the whole job. I'm sure there are cheap places that knock them out in a day with a bad design and cheap...

To be honest I have never seen any vector tracing software that actually works well enough to not need a lot of cleaning up to get anywhere near print ready. Really being able to create a vector from scratch and manually trace a raster to create a vector are basic skills all designers or...

yes, the SP printers also do this. This is why you leave it plugged in all the time, it will periodically clean the heads even if the printer isnt used to print. What the Roland pump does is to purge itself by sucking the ink out from the captop and pump lines, then it locks so no air can get...

Have you fitted new head cables? Every time I have encountered a problem like this it is down to the cables rather than the head board. Anything on the board could be shorted though, so unless you know how to diagnose and repair PCBs would be easier to just replace the board with new or used

Gerber are good, but really these days they only make sense for very specialist printing like metallic colours and making small decals etc... They are a lot more expensive to run and also who knows how long replacement heads will be around? If you are printing standard CMYK designs I would...

Tomorrow morning after leaving overnight and before printing anything, look at the face of the head and see if it has ink on it. Perhaps ink is seeping through which would account for the bad test print, then when it starts printing this clears as the head doesnt deliver much ink during that...

That is a very weird test print ! Get a torch and magnifying glass and see if there is anything on the printhead face. Also check the captops, wipers etc. for any stray hairs. It is likely the drying out and then soaking and cleaning has left nozzle damage. Too much cleaning can do this but...

Worth trying first just in case it fixes it. At least you know the replacement ones are on ebay should you need them. I just had a quick look on my SP and there is no hose, just the bare switch arm. Weird though as all I can see it doing is making the switch engage sooner than it normally would...

Not sure, the part numbers for the docks are the same for the XR and SP so they should be indentical as far as the main unit and switch is concerned. Maybe the hose was added at manufacturing for some reason as it doesn't show up on the parts diagram for the XR ( see attached pic from the...

Hi yes, I double checked the part numbers after I posted the link to make sure and its the same dock they used on the XR as the XC / SP and quite a few of the other printer models. Mine started off just false reporting every now and again, and reseating the cart would normally fix it. It was...