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Thank you! I am printing in Bi. If I have any more issues I will give you a ring.

Had a Mimaki Tech come out and service the machine (which has never been properly serviced.. other than routine cleanings). So far so good. *knock on wood* He changed dampers, pumps, capping station, adjusted some of the print modes I was using, and calibrated everything. So, fingers crossed...

Yes yes. I had the back of the printer open so I could check the pumps. All the hoses look fine. I am still waiting for my dampers to show up. Once I switch all those out.. we'll see if the issue persists. If so, I will be asking for a next step. haha

I run a Mimaki JV3-160SP and just changed my Yellow printhead out this week (and had never done it before) - and I didn't have to do anything afterwards. Plug and play, in the simplest form of the term. Was a tedious process, just because you have to take so many little parts off to change the...

I took the capping station half-way off yesterday and it does look like a beast to deal with. All the hoses coming up from underneath.. getting it unhinged really did not give me hassle, but I didn't go any farther than looking underneath to see if any hoses were loose. I'll browse the web for...

Mike - Is there different parts for the capping station? Or am I replacing the whole thing? I am looking on SolventInkjet.com and I only see the full capping station replacement. Is that correct?

Thank you. Will try these options first.

I've never done any maintenance or part switching on the capping station.. Fairly simple to switch out? If it's multiple parts that need switched, would you suggest doing something before the other? $$ isn't really an issue considering I NEED to get this machine back up and running. We'll do...

When I change out the dampers - is there anything else I should look for while I've got the carriage opened up? I just changed the dampers on my Yellow yesterday. Unfortunately I think it's something more than the dampers since yellow is still going out on me. *See my last post with photos of...

So I thought it'd be a good idea to print strips of 100% of each color (CMYK) - attached photos of the results. Wanted to see if it was 1 color in particular.. The first pass, everything printed just fine. 100% Second pass through the yellow started going, then the black and cyan. I was hoping...

Today's first problem.

Another strange phenomenon that I notice (which potentially should have said in 1st post) When I do run into the print issue I am having - where it dies out and looks to only be printing about half color - if I cancel the print, run a custody wash so I can clean it up, and also run a test...

Any idea what the general "lifetime" of the capping station is? This printer has definitely got some miles on it, and as far as I know that's never been changed. If it has, only once. Printer is about 7 years old - and has worked full time those 7 years. I had the back of the printer open...

Any tests I can run on the capping station? I know I have not replaced anything up there in quite some time. I've only been running the printer the last year, but have been around it for 2+ and we have not changed any parts out on it for quite a while. As far as I can tell just from looking at...

Like I mentioned in my last reply - is there a simple way to check this? I changed out dampers on my yellow printhead this morning - so those are brand new. I could change out the other dampers if needed... But, about a leak in the line(s).. any simple way to check for that?

Definitely can rule out the empty ink cartridge idea. Those are good to go. Is there a simple way to see if there's a leak in an ink line? It does not just do it to one specific color.. it's done it on (the photos attached for instance) was 100% black, but will also do it on full color images..

Hey there! So.. I am recently having some issues with the printer. It's my workhorse, so with it being down, I am pretty screwed at the moment. What it's doing: It will print some things perfectly fine, full color, heavy ink, etc. My test print strip is 100% on all inks. Other times, it is...