Search results

So i have been having trouble with my jv3 since i swapped over to third party inks. I have tried everything from new dampers, pumps, flushed heads capping station etc etc.... So i decided to swap back to the ss mimaki inks i had in the cupboard to see if the inks were the problem. After i...

Ive just had my machine tell me the ink was near end in my Yellow. I replaced the cartridge with a new one and that also read near end. I swapped the cartridges around, and now all my yellow ink cartridges read near end. I replaced the sensors inside the machine but the cartridges still read...

So i was having major issues with the printer Mimaki JV3 160SP. Banding, Ink Starvation the lot. So went through all the normal procedures.( I am now running third party inks,the problems started after about 100m of print) Cleaning Heads Nozzle Wash Checked Capping Station Cleaned Capping...

I started to get intermittant banding on my prints as though i had ink starvation (JV3 160 SP), after doing a CMYK test print i found that the Cyan seemed to be starving. The print would start off ok then fade after a few passes, then would go good repeating this cycle. I had the tech out and he...

HI Guys, I am having issues with my Mimaki JV3 160sp. Its started to band intermitantly, like every 8 - 10 passes on 8 pass profile. The banding is visible in the orange and lighter colours more. It was also banding every 8 passes on a large blue print i ran 2 days ago. The blacks are great. I...

Well after 2 weeks of hell and a lot of sleepless nights my mimaki jv3 is finally making money yay. I would like to thank all the peeps who offered there advice and took the time to respond to my crys for help lol. I started with a machine that was banding badly and had 3 dodgy heads and now...

After a couple of posts regarding my banding issue with my printer, i ended up buying a used mimaki jv3 for spares and managed to recover 3 of the print heads. The guy i bought it off told me the heads were not firing 100% so i stripped them off and flushed them through and three came back 100%...

Hi Guys Does this look like a form feed issue, ive made my own profiles and got the colours nice but i am getting banding through all of the colours at same intervals. Banding increases with passes. Printer is a Mimaki Jv3 160sp. Test print as below. Ive cleaned heads as best as i can get...

:omg2:If i cant get this printer working soon i will have to drag its fat heavy a*se outside and throw the remaining solvent cleaner over it and set fire to it, then i will proceed to dance around it like some crazed printer worshiper sacrifising it to the printer gods. Ok this may be a bit...

Hi Guys, i just purchashed my first solvent printer, its a second hand mimaki jv3 160 sp. It was printing ok in the sign shop but the black inks were very low and the magenta head was bad. I bought it with the intention of putting a new magenta head in. After a previous post i was advised to go...

Hi has anyone had any dealings with the AAS feature on the PUMAIII vinyl cutter. I am using Flexi 8.1 Pro and cant get the cutter to auto register before contour cutting. Ive read a lot of articles on this site about "cheap" cutter/plotters and for some reason these cutters seem to be put into...

Hello Guys This is my first post, i am looking for some help with the contour cutting feature on Flexisign 8.1 pro. I have a HP1055cm printer and a PUMA III cutter. I import file and add contour line. Send it to Rip, then hit advanced and then contour. I then select 4 reference marks and send...