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I too would recommend interfacing the 5000 series via ethernet rather than Parallel port for better throughput. It also will allow you to use a cool capability of the 5000/ 5500 series, called WebAccess. It allows you to send files to the printer without a driver or RIP. In the non-PS...

Good machine in it's day. Unfortunately, it's day was in the last century. Parts are now impossible to obtain from the manufacturer (HP), I'd stay away. Bob

I agree with wooley. You are likely to do more damage than good in service mode, unless you have been through service training.

You might find that a dedicated Mimaki User Group will have many of the answers to your various queries about the JV3 printer. Here is a link to one: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MimakiJV3Printers/ Bob

The Falcon Jr does not have a maintenance station on it's left side. It makes printhead cleaning with a swab a real chore (tip - get the thinnest swabs possible). Bob

Most plotters and large-format printers use sensors that are built into the machine platens (rear and/ or front) to alert the machine where the front and back edges of the media are located. Is it possible that the media has lifted off the rear platen while printing? If so, this will allow...

Flexi and it's OEM cousins should not be loaded on the same machine (at the same time), as conflicts between them will often occur. The conflicts can be between the program executables (app.exe and app2.exe) or with the device drivers for the security key(s). Bob

Essentially the Rockhopper is the same machine as: 1) Falcon Outdoor Jr 2) Agfa Sherpa 3) ? Gerber Jetster (not sure on this) This is an entry-level machine that will likely require a good bit of your attention to keep producing sellable output, as it performs no unattended cleanings...

If you want to see the entire show, plan on two days at minimum. If you are going to see selected exhibitors only, you should be able to do it in one day, provided that you don't dally around.

As was mentioned previously, the media and profile play a significant role. The type of images that you typically print also play a major role. Darker images generally take more ink to print than do images with more highlight areas. In my experience, the range is between .5 - 2ml of ink used per...

Banding that is a different width at one end only is due to improper media loading, (i.e. not perpendicular to the machine). The first task to to load the media so that the banding is constant across the entire media. Once that has been done, then perform printhead alignment calibrations for...

I agree that a better density-matched inkset would be the perfect solution. Given that many if not most of the solvent inksets suffer from density imbalances between colors, what will you do... Bob

So if I understand what you are saying Randya, you would restrict Cyan down to be roughly equivalent with the Magenta density, and bring Black to a slightly higher density than the Cyan and Magenta densities. In the case of the Avery 3103 media, you would be restricting Cyan and Black...

You have data waiting in the queue of the PC that is connected to your cutter. When the machine goes into Ready state (Condition x), the remaining data is spooled to the machine, causing the error. You need to: 1) Go into the software that is driving the plotter (Flexi's Production Manager...

Both Mimaki and Graphtec are Japanese companies, with USA offices in suburban Atlanta and southern California respectively. Graphtec rebrands Infiniti (a Chinese manufacturer) printers. Bob

The first thing that I would do is to update Versaworks to the current version 2.30. Does this happen when printing as well, or only when cutting? If it's both (pauses between passes), I would suspect a network-ralated problem. If it's only a cutting issue, then I am stumped. Bob

Be sure that you are accessing files from a local hard disk drive. Processing files in application across a local area network can sometimes (and only sometimes) cause random errors and crashes. Bob

Are you looking for a Windows driver, or a RIP-based driver? I believe (not totally sure however) that the FO printers require a RIP application (SA, Onyx for example) to drive them. If that is the case, you would go to the RIP manufacturer to obtain their software driver. Bob

You cannot blend multiple images with the bitmap tools found in Flexi...that is why almost everyone is using Photoshop or a similar application. Bob

If the lines are in the direction of the media movement, and are around .5 inch long, then I would recommend that you clean the linear encoder strip. Bob