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  1. Mimaki Jv300

    Well I figured it out again, its now printing perfectly On my prior post I was having the Y over current error, the solution was to remove some tension off the small Y pulley by loosening the Y motor tension, I decided to try the opposite, so I put more tension back on the Y motor, Im back to...
  2. Mimaki Jv300

    changed the caps and the encoder, no changes at all, changing the pump this afternoon when I receive it
  3. Mimaki Jv300

    this is my issue, Im thinking encoder
  4. JV300 130Plus Problems

    you don't know how much I'm relieved, since the day I got this printer it had this issue
  5. Mimaki Jv300

    I have a couple of questions for the mimaki experts can a bad encoder strip screw up your prints?, can a bad cap cause the over spray, can a bad damper cause over spray I have a perfect test print, crisp and no cross contamination I'm having some banding and over spray just started about 5...
  6. JV300 130Plus Problems

    I figured out the problem the belt tension and alignment on the Y motor was the problem 1st problem belt tension was too tight 2nd problem was belt was too low on the pulley, adjusted the belt on the upper half of the pulley Hope it helps if anybody encounters the same problem
  7. JV300 130Plus Problems

    Since the day I've bought this problem in August of last year I've had issues with this printer Here's my issue/s While printing the head will gradually hit the capping station harder and harder till it goes into either Y current overload or Y motor overload the problem was so bad that the Y...
  8. Gerber Edge Wont Print

    Ive got a Gerber Edge LE , that says check vinyl, but its loaded properly with vinyl, there must be an issue with the sensors picking up the vinyl, is that known problem or is there another issue I should be looking at
  9. Mimaki CG-160 FX issues

    I have a 10 year old cg-fx 160 with an intermittent issue, sometimes the issue will not show itself for a week or even a month and then boom, error reboots in the middle of a cut, it will show up when jogging the machine, it will show up while reading a crop mark, and when the error shows up it...
  10. What would you do?

    I finally called them, saying they called us at the wrong time, but I explained our frustrations and they understood our frustrations. they explained what their intentions are and that it was never to cut all our business with them, its more of a conveniance for customers who buy a vehicle that...
  11. What would you do?

    Ill explain We have been doing business with a car dealership for over 20 years, they've bought alot of products from us thru the years and we always bought our vehicles from them, We are in a small town so I don't have a choice really Ive been lately been notified thru them that they had...
  12. JV150 MISSING 2 COLORS ON TEST PRINT

    found the problem, after doing like 10 ink fills trying to fill up the new dampers I spotted a leak under the cap, I took the damper out and found a little black plug lying in the machine, well guess what it must of fell off at some point its used to cover the third nipple under the cap, put it...
  13. JV150 MISSING 2 COLORS ON TEST PRINT

    Im running ss21 inks, printer had power and was doing it self cleans all through the holidays. if the nozzles are clogged why some color in the first test print ?
  14. JV150 MISSING 2 COLORS ON TEST PRINT

    Ive switched cartridges this morning, just on a huntch because I remember my jv33 doing that once but nothing. I tried something a bit out of the ordinary this morning , since these dampers are double colors and not the same color I might say I switch the lines on them, the one I switched is...
  15. JV150 MISSING 2 COLORS ON TEST PRINT

    Good Morning I need a bit of help, my machine(JV150-160 SS21) sat idle doing its cleans and all that since Christmas and yesterday I came back from vacation and decided to do a test print to see how everything is doing, I could see that I was missing most of the yellow color3 and most of the...
  16. Discussion Considering the switch to latex, Who's done it and Whats your thoughts

    Currently running a Mimaki JV150-160, ss21 inks, machine runs perfectly. The only reason why we're considering the switch is to eliminate the outgas wait times of solvent and have the ability to finish jobs faster. Ive been to a demo of a HP 560, looks quite different, but good, salesman is...
  17. Summa S160 Stays on please wait loading screen

    If I unplug the wires off of the take up system everything is fine, must be a short in it or something
  18. Summa S160 Stays on please wait loading screen

    Hi Ive just bought a S160t from a fellow sign 101 patron, machine looks top notch, installed all the drivers and software and so on, did a firmware upgrade and now it just hangs on the please wait loading screen after it reads the media.the firmware upgrade was done right and followed the...
  19. backlit hanging strips

    We recently bought a few brand new backlit signs from sign depot to resell , and Ive noticed he used some type material for his hanging strips, Im fed up of cutting hanging strips it makes a mess and takes more time then making the actually sign. Is there any company that sells hanging strips...
  20. Rollover vs Rollsroller

    we do a lot of 10 footers and over and for lenght it wouldnt matter much, just lift your sheet move it and continue, for 5 ft high panels its rare mostly all regular substrates are 4ft, I know there is exceptions to that. the 5ft table is also a pain for short employees because they cant reach...
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