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Hello when im trying to cut a roll on the summa s2 and it always unrolls the whole roll thing before it starts cutting and its making my media crumble up. So I set the roll up then line it up well and clamp it down and it does the minimum load procedure. after that I click Media Size> Roll > Set...

Hey everyone! I am looking for some help on applying vinyl to ribbed metal siding. Local school is wanting their new press box fully wrapped or just decaled. I was thinking of using cast vehicle wrap but honestly wasn't sure how it would perform with the ribs. Anyone ever done this or have any...

Hello new to the machine Im trying to cut 2 long pieces of wall vinyl 24" inches each on a 54" wide roll about 200" long but im having trouble as the paper is going back and forth a lot and falls off the backing and machine gets jammed. I lowered the knife pressure by a lot and and the...

Hi all, I am looking at replacing our existing Mimaki CJV300-130 that has been down with an error that the techs can't figure out without loads of parts and travel time (Our techs are appx 3.5 hour drive away). We are looking at replacements with wither another CJV with this supplier taking on...

Whelp, I've been lurking these boards for over three years now. I figured my first post should be one of meaning. Well.. now it is. And I'm hoping one of you might be able to assist me with my own muck up. I work in a small sign shop and I'm trying to help a woman with a 8' x 4' metal sign she...

I am looking for any information that people can give me on issues with the TrueVis VG2-640. We have contacted our sales person, Roland also knows that there is issues, however it seems like they are just brushing the problem off. We are trying to build a case that there is issues with the...

Hey! I have two ColorPainter M64s, one seiko and one oki, bought within 2 years apart from each other (back in 2016-2017). The take up reel on my newer model (oki) has malfunctioned like this before, but I was able to get it back to normal with an adjustment. The take-up reel is rolling...

Hey there! New to the page. I bought this printer (Roland VersaCamm VS-540i) used back in October of 2019 and I have had nothing but issues with this printer. I don't use it enough and I've had to buy the print heads 4 times now. I installed new print heads because I moved and the printer was...

Hello Hopefully someone can help me. I bought a Sp-300v from ebay that sat in a wearhouse for a year. I preformed a 48 headsoak on the printhead which were completely clogged and got the solvent fluid to run freely through the head. Now when i try to test print the printer goes through the...

Lets say you are going to be printing where the software has to correct the colors for you as there is no rip software. Can you use multiple color profiles per design and i guess just save or expert each color profile separately to print? Also what woould be a good way to keep them separated...

Hey every I'm new to the forum so not too sure about threads, I was a signmaker years ago and I'm just getting back into it and starting my own home based business. I've purchased a used VS-640i a couple of months ago, ever since day dot its had an issue where cyan ink seems to makes it way all...

I am fairly new to using Summa GoProduce with our Summa 1612 cutter flatbed. My question is this, when I import the .pdf file into GP, it takes my dashed lines and makes them continuous. My dashed are lines are used for creasing/fold points graphics edges in weird angles and curves. I checked...

I operate a Direct Color Systems 7200z. I am trying to match an RBG color using our MeasureColor Mobile. The color I need is R 242 G 247 B 227 I have red and green maxed out to 255. When I measure the color, I'm only achieving R 221 G 226. First, I don't know why I can't achieve the proper...

Hello, This is my first post here! Thanks to everyone for all the helpful information I've found. Ghosting I recently did a head replacement on a VP-540 (it was the black head), and after the replacement, there was some 'ghosting' (that's the only word I can think of that makes sense). I'll...

I have a couple Mimaki 60 inch, wide format Eco solvent printers that I need serviced. There is no local customer support for the company and I just need some one familiar with the machines to help me with a few issues and get them running properly. Looking to get this done as soon as possible...

Continuation of my black ink in yellow print issue. (Mimaki 3042HG) Did a couple more test prints today - here is what I found: Printed a test square of yellow and black only, only notice the black streaking on the left of the left side squares, most notably at the very begining. Printed...

I bought this Roland SP300V and I fired it up just to see if it would print anything, and after basic issues I got it to run a very fuzzy System report, so I Purchased 2 new printheads, ranked, and new dampers, caps, wipers, and pads, I replaced all the parts like I have done before on a VP540 I...

So the waste management cable broke in the back of the printer (the metal connectors snapped off one another and one piece lost), and the cost is about $500 to replace and we are getting a new printer in like a week :/ the censor isn't necessary, is there anyway to get around that error message...

"Upgraded" printers and the new one uses Dual, as opposed to the old machine that worked on VersaWorks. on the old one, you could select as many files as you like and drag them directly into the queue. But with VersaWorks Dual, you can't drag any files into the queue. you need to select FILE...

Been having some banding issues on the Roland TrueVis Vg-540. Today when calibrating the machine, the correct setting was a moving target. it was set to ten, which had a little overlap. Twenty looked good so i dialed it up. Next test print, twenty had a little gap and ten looked right. Set it...