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  1. decommissioning for holidays

    Hi, heading on holiday Next weekend and need to power my jv3 down for 10 days. Whats the best way about This. Flush the heads with cleaning solution until it runs ink free. Should i leave a small amount of flush in the head or push it all out. Is it ok to leave the heads in place or should...
  2. genuine pumps

    Hi, I bought some "genuine" mimaki ink pumps today instead of the cheaper generic type. I kinda half expected to find these pumps stamped or labeled with a mimaki logo but nothing. I remember reading somewhere genuine pumps don't make the clacky noise as the cheaper ones, is this so? Both...
  3. Banding/Streaking and cross contamination

    Starting having this problem about 2 weeks now.. Started with banding and has developed into bad streaking. This is more noticeable with black areas, it will start printing black on the first pass and magenta on the second pass but the magenta is not consistently being layed down on some...
  4. Jv3 Head Movement

    Quick Question for the jv3 owners... Does the complete head lift up and down freely, like in a rocking motion I am able to lift my printhead assembly and rock it up and down about 10mm or so. Printer tech suggests to me theres a bearing worn or something but i am thinking they all have this...
  5. Main Board Schematics for the jvs160s

    Any body got Main Board Schematics for the jvs160s. Much appreciated....
  6. Dead JV3 160s

    Hi Guys, Flushed and soaked my heads last night as the light cyan was getting pretty bad. When i put everything back together and powered up and did a test print the cyan was worse than before. missing around 4 rows of nozzles, then after a ran a print i got a error 07 -----* When powered down...
  7. Printing with LPT Port

    Hey, Been printing using the firewire port but its pot luck at times and have decided to us the lpt port as more reliable. Problem is the printer will do about 3 head passes and stop at capping station every time. This has a serious damper on the production. Any ideas why it would be doing...
  8. Cap Height Adjustment

    Hi, Can any body advise me on the correct procedure for setting the cap height/alignment for the jv3160s. Or a way of checking to confirm it is either too high or too low. Cheers.
  9. ink wastage

    Hi, Mimaki jv3160s flushing alot of ink down the waste line. Think it has sucked a full 440ml cyan, about half magenta and some light cyan almost overnight. Any ideas what would cause this.
  10. Broke jv3 manifold

    Hi all.. Ran into a problem tonight when my black head wouldn't print. Tried strong cleans and head soaks. Brought it back a little but not great.... Anyways i was flushing the black head at the manifold with cleaning solution and ended up breaking the magenta manifold connector.. Not sure...
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