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  1. Help trying to figure out sign pole footing size.

    pole will be 7ft above ground, with a 3'x8' sign mounted on a single pole, making it a total of 10ft high. standard double sided aluminum sign light box. i was figuring a 4" pole, probably steel, maybe aluminum but doubtful. i tried finding some footing calculators but they want a lot more...
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  3. VS540i Head cleaning procedure?

    i cannot get to the menu to allow the heads to travel to the left for me to manually clean?? its driving me nuts. its like the option has disappeared from my menu. i went to "Sub Menu" then to "Maintenance" the only options i get are wiper, felt, or knife replacement??? i know this is...
  4. VS-540i stopped half way through cut. Error 1942575

    the printer just stopped half way through a cut today. cancelled the print, i then got the Internal Error code 1942575. shut off the main power and disconnected the cord for a couple min. plugged back in and i can no longer get the printer to do anything. it stays stuck on now processing...
  5. anyone have any bad SP scan motors kicking around they can donate?

    for the past 2 months i have been in the process of trying to learn how to rebuild the scan motors and could use some bad cores. i broke some parts on my only bad motor, its trial and error i guess. i did get it rebuilt and put back together. i also bench tested it and it sounded great, but...
  6. How can i change the scan speed while cutting?

    i have a new vs540i and i have my cut speeds down to 10 which is a good speed for me, but in between cuts it scans to the next cut so fast it jams up my prints or makes it go off track. anyone know how to slow this down, i can't seem to find the menu for it. thanks
  7. corel x5 not showings file thumbnails

    help would be greatly appreciated. its just showing the generic corel thumbnail for all my files. i can't see my work! just the file names and it is taking forever to get stuff done... i installed the corel cd and tried a repair with no luck.... i did just have corel fixed. it was getting...
  8. couple quick questions about sp300v for the tech guys.

    i am ready to replace my transistors to attempt a main board repair, was hoping i could figure out which head was powered by which transistors in the service manual but i had no luck. question #1. which print head is "Head 0" and which print head is "head 1"? i Need to replace my Yel/Mag...
  9. sp300 main board circuit diagram anyone?

    trying to figure out which capacitors and transistors run the yel/mag side with no luck so far on google thanks
  10. My Custom Fuses for Roland Printers SP300v - Sp540v. How-to parts list.

    After blowing my fuses on my Sp300, i was determined to have it back up and running asap without ordering new fuses. so after a quick plan i headed to the parts store. Parts needed: (4) speaker connector terminals. the heat shrink outside would be ideal. 3 ft of small gauge wire. (2)...
  11. How do you connect 2 SP300v printers to 1 computer?

    now that i have a second Sp300, i would like to use it for cutting while my other sp300v prints. i can't seem to find any options to connect them in tandem with each other, i am pretty sure it can be done. a link would be great! thanks for any info!
  12. Sp300 and the stupid mistake i made!!

    i bought a used printer that had heads not printing correctly yesterday. black and cyan were hardly printing, the megenta and yellow do not print at all. after setting up the printer and replacing the normal parts, like caps, wipers, dampers, along with a good cleaning, i had the black and...
  13. What cutter can work with my sp300v?

    lately we have been printing more and more, the only thing holding us back is waiting for the printer to be done printing, so we can cut out our sheets. so i was thinking roland probably has a cutter that will work in unison with vesaworks, right? so i can just keep the printer printing...
  14. shipping a 2nd hand printer and paying for it, do's and don'ts

    i am looking at buying a used printer needing a head, its just what i need and its a decent price. i don't know the seller, he has supplied all the info i asked for, we have came to an agreement on price, and he is actually willing to do a COD. we both have no experience in shipping a printer...
  15. Test Print is slightly Off!

    Roland SP300v printing on oracal 3165ra ok so afters hours of trying different things this is where i am at. the test print has 1 row slightly off. i added pics. new encoder strip and sensor, cleaned the Head and cap. i removed and reinstalled the head cables, i did every test and...
  16. Not printing crisp reds anymore...

    the color is fine, its just the edges are not crisp and clean, more blurry than anything, it is lightly dusting the edges making it fuzzy. literally just had the encoder strip and sensor replaced. all adjustments have been made. i'm just thinking its my print head. it has 6 billion shots...
  17. sp300v printing on the actual printer not vinyl.

    so woke again this morning with new settings on my printer??? i started a print this morning and it is printing right onto the printer itself for the first 1/2" i have the rollers and guides all the way to the right, maxed out. 28.8" print area is what the printer shows. if i hit test print...
  18. Versaworks adding increasing size of all my files

    so came to work this morning to find that my normal print files are now larger, i noticed this by exporting a new file from corel this morning, i went to print it and media width was not big enough??? i have a sp300v. i design all my files to 28" and under and export from corel to eps. yet...
  19. Looking to buy a new laptop, advice wanted.

    I'm not a big computer tech guy and i am looking to buy a laptop that i can design with on the road instead of always being stuck at home designing. i use corel x5 with plans of maybe switching to x6. i hate a laggy cpu, what do you guys recommend? 4gb or 6gb? 500gb should be plenty but...
  20. qucik printing question.

    i just recently noticed that my print carriage goes the full length of my printer even on small 14" jobs??? i remember it stopping after the print area and returning not going the full length on every pass. i just did a test print for the cut config and it did short passes not full... so what...
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