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Hello all We have an aging but still mostly great XR640 About 6 months ago started getting some cyan (light cyan i think) overspray which has not really been a problem but as of last week it seems to have gotten worse and now it looks like light black is doing the same Nozzle test print is...

Hello all We have a 7-8 year old XR640 thats been a great work horse (and continues to be!) Over the last few years its increasingly been falsely alarming for low ink randomly Most of the time it will just beep and then clear before you can even read the screen but lately its be coming more...

Hello all We have come slowly into the sign industry from a digital printing background. Mostly vinyl / comp panel signage But we are in the process of doing our first 3D lettered sign. We have Acrylic lettering that we had laser cut and have now painted and an unpainted acrylic backing board...

Hello all We are in the process of printing a bunch of rolls of mesh banner on our XR640 Having a problem feed roll going loose on one side on long job and it walking a bit - having to reposition it after 10 or 20m sometimes when id like to be able to send a full 50m down at once. Iv been...

Hey all We are looking for a new trimmer primary for corflute but also larger banners etc Options iv looked at so far (all about 2.5m) Keencut javelin Keencut evolution 2 Fletcher terry gemini Fletcher terry titan Im liking the evolution as its about mid range price but has nice features...

Hello all We have a Roland RS640 which is about 5 years old The black head is in pretty poor condition (mostly deflected nozzles) but the other 3 heads are fine. We are replacing it with an XR640 in the next few weeks but need to make it last without spending to many $$ on the old machine I...

Hello Anyone have any recommended places to buy captops, wipers etc for our roland RS640 Id be looking at either US, UK or Canadian based (locally its too dear) any suggestions welcome thanks Luke

Hello all Attached is some text, trying to work out what font it is. I know iv seen it but cant work out which it is thanks Luke

Hello all Any one got a service manual for Roland GX500? (or related machines eg GX400) Something wrong with the vacuum and would like to go in a little educated :) thanks Luke

Hello all We have had our RS640 for around a year so far and mostly we have been doing print/cut decals, banners, small signs, a frames etc. Last week we had one of our clients enquire about a sign for his building. It will be supply only as has the ability to self install (in the...

Hello all Im looking at cutting some stripes for my car. Most likely going to be matt black, was thinking of using 3m 180C matt black but just wondering if graphics such as stripes should be laminated? I presume it would make it easier to install and eventually remove? also should...

Looks like there is a another versaworks update No info on the roland updates page yet but my versa popped up with an update. Got a few jobs to run this morning then i might try it.

Hello all Just wondering if anyone knows what CMYK(v) + PASS CMYK(v) W+PASS CMYK(v) +PASSv2 stand for in roland versaworks media settings? I know CMYK stands for the inkset, (v) is for variable dot size but what does + PASS, W+PASS and +PASSv2 stand for? this is on a roland...

Hello all We are looking at moving into the wideformat market Some options we are looking at include: Roland VP540 Roland RS-640 + Gx-500 cutter Mimaki CJV-30-130 We are having a hard time deciding which machine we should go for all about the same price range all in one vs...

Hello Just thought id introduce myself We currently are mainly a prepress house but are considering getting it to a few different areas such as large format printing I came across this site looking for information on the Roland VERSCAM SP-540V and found a treasure trove of information...

Hello, Iv got an Agfa Sherpa 43i, it has a few blocked nozzles which will not clean with a normal clean/normal use Can anyone suggest how i could clean it? soak them in something? Otherwise has anyone got a service manual? id like to see how much work is involved in replacing the heads...