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Hi I've been searching for hours to find some topics I've read a while back but can't find them...
I have a Roland vs640 and I've gone through 5 metallic cartridges now without even doing 1 job for metallic (depleted by cleaning) I've read you can fill an empty cartridge with something and have...
Hi this is quite a shocking and very embarrassing thread. Ive had the VS640i for a year now and to my surprise today i find out it has NEVER printed metallic!
We only get small jobs in that need a touch of metallic, we always presumed we had printed it but hadnt...
The issue arose today when...
I have since pulled the dampers out to check if there was anything obvious (i don't yet have any spare dampers). The metallic ink is running freely out of the damper like a tap? Can anyone confirm this is a faulty damper or something more serious? Picture attached. Help is very much appreciated.
Thanks for this info!
As this is a VSI we are using metallic and white, however all the other cartridges are refill / bulk cartridges...
I remember the ink leaked out of the head on other colours before we went o the bulk.....
I have just filled up a refill cartridge now with metallic ink...
I have just looked at the head with a torch and it is perfect, like a mirror surface with zero imperfections...
I sometimes move the wiper cradle accidentally when replacing it, but i thought it always returned to its previous positions? i can confirm ive definitely loved it a couple of notches...
I will have a look at the head in detail now, however we have experienced this problem on multiple colours but after a good choke they went away never to return, The metallic seems to not go away. Its as soon as we clean the head it leaks very bad, if we circulate the link immediately after it...
Hi i have searched the forums for an answer to this but cant seem to find one...
On our VS640i the metallic ink intermittently pours out while working and runs down both sides of the media (each side).... When we aren't even using metallic on the job...
Its now happening more and more and i...
hi I've just switched to new refillable ink cartridges. However obviously as the ink is used the space needs to be replaced with air? how does the air enter to stop a vacuum being created? each day I'm currently taking out the stopper and 're fitting it.... Surely there should be a little hole...
Hi I've just got a bulk ink system on my vs640 and have fitted the supplied permanent chips. Twin CMYK
However the cyan register as empty. I've had the cradle out and checked the contacts and all is ok the chips make contact.
I've reset the machine with sub power and even a factory reset...
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