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The lifetime error is just s timer and doesn't mean anything is broken. That being said, if the station is old, it may need to be changed or just the cap top needs to be swapped out. If the machine sat for a long time, the nozzles could be clogged and you might need to do a head soak. Try to see...

Did you reboot in normal mode yet and see if the error pops up again? Sometimes the initialization is so fast you don't see it.

Yeah, they've changed the boards a lot through the years. This machine isn't my specialty but maybe Smoke_Jaguar has some insights. He's the expert.

- Power on while holding the left, right, and down keys - Once it boots up, scroll down to the "Init Counter" Menu and hit enter - Scroll down to pump and hit enter - It will ask you if you want to initialize and just input yes - Don't do what people are tempted to do and initialize ALL or NVRAM...

Here's a better way to test the motor ICs. Just to rule it out in case they can be malfunctioning in a way that is damaging the motors. Also, I looked through the firmware history and there aren't any motor fixes mentioned so GPT might be confused.

Good points. I'd also add that solvent inks aren't exactly healthy to be around so much especially without proper ventilation. That being said, if speed is the main goal, the CJV330 is over double the speed and costs about $12k less. So it just depends on the top priority.

Any reason you need to use UV if you're not using white or clear? If you want speed and quality and there's no other reason to use UV, get the CJV330.

It's a common problem with UV inks even with other manufacturers. Find a dealer who will drop ship them directly from Roland and you'll get the best expiration dates. But even then, you might not get much better results.

The RIP process is non-parallelizable so it can't use hyper threading or multiple cores. I assume setting it to use CPU 0 only fixes some sort of data flow bug in the software. Multiple cores only benefits the RIP process when you want to RIP multiple files at once.

Roland had a good reputation when they were making SP-300s that lasted 20 years and are still running to this day. Somewhere it went downhill and they started pumping out budget printers at full price. Might have something to do with them going the private equity route.

It's hard to say. Here in the midwest it's a no brainer because of the natural humidity. You have to keep the windows open to keep the air flowing. if not, it gets so humid it's unbearable. With a dehumidifier, it might act as the open window. Plus the internet says it works so there's that.

We cool our 8,000 sqft warehouse with swamp coolers which is much cheaper than AC, but if you're having issues with humidity, that probably won't work in your area. Your printers should be working at under 86 degrees. Maybe that will sway the boss to cool things down a bit.

I honestly don't know how well it works on acrylic but from a technical standpoint, it's definitely tougher on the head. It's hard to say exactly how much life it takes off a head but it will fail sooner than it would have with regular ink running through it. So maintenance will be key. Also, if...

My sister is looking to create custom playing cards for her company that she wants to find a supplier for who would drop ship them directly to people who buy them. They would be about 4" x 6" so not standard playing card size. Anyone here on signs101 do that kind of thing or know of a place that...

The general lifespan for that head is 6 billion shots. That being said, there are many factors that will affect that number and overspray can be caused by other issues in the printer or bad ink for example.

I would say if the end customer didn't provide any original art work and just gave a description of what they wanted and you did the design work, technically you own the artwork unless you signed away ownership in an agreement of some sort. You might just tell them, in the future, if you want to...

With that printer, it will probably just over saturate and make it look weird. Texture is best left for the UV printers.

There are a lot of rural sign shops that don't have a near by tech and can't afford to fly one across the country to their shop. There are also relatively few techs compared to the amount of printers. Low supply and high demand cause tech prices to be fairly high. A lot of sign shops are started...

I'd love to spill the tea someday when I'm not representing someone else's company. If you're still around by then, I'll look you up!

Every one of my ink suppliers raised prices 10% on June 1st except for Mutoh.