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  1. Roland SP-300V: bad printing on 1 head, like diffusion of dots, snow effect...

    On my SP-300V printer the blue color started producing a snow effect, like a diffusion of ink droplets notably ahead and aside of the expected patterns (see enclosed photo). All alignments setting have been checked and are OK (horizontal, vertical, bias, bidirectionnal, etc...). Changing the...
  2. SP-300V Left Pinchroller Error

    Got an old sp-300v and i'm getting a left pinchroller error, or 0.0 for width, and it's becoming more frequent. I just changed the encoder strip and the encoder board, but that didnt fix the issue. After a few tries I can get the problem to clear up and resume printing. Any ideas? Thanks!
  3. Roland sp-300 looking for printing help.

    Hello, I have a Roland sp-300 that has some issues that i would like to get the community's input on. This is the first 2 prints This is the 6th print a lot has cleared up but still having the following issues Issues: Magenta and Yellow print lines, see attached images. Magenta will leave...
  4. New to industry: Need clarification on print/cut machine advice from Roland dealer.

    Hello, I have a startup that creates custom ice coolers. FB & instagram mc3customcoolers We use multi color decals on our products; avg size decal is 10"H x 14"W. I spoke with a Roland dealer today about purchasing a BN-20, & he highly recommended not to purchase that model for 2 reasons. 1. It...
  5. How to figure the correct wheel size for pinch rollers for an SP-300

    I need to purchase pinch rollers for an SP-300 but I see many different sizes and they are all very close in size but my question is what is the correct size that printer. When I look online the are all a few millimeters different in size. Thanks for your help. Jim
  6. Roland SP-300 encoder strip

    Today my new encoder strip arrived and it is not for an SP-300 but an SP-540 Question can I simply cut it down to the correct size and then make a hole in it with a drill bit or do I need to send it back? Thanks Jim
  7. Tutorial for installing a new encoder strip for an SP-300

    I have cleaned my encoder strip many times but never installed a New encoder strip so I have a number of questions. 1. Does the printer have to be in Service mode first? 2. Is there a spring tension that needs to be set? 3. I do have the Service Manuel for my SP-300 but I did find much...
  8. Print Head Misalignment - SP-300i Please Help!

    I bought a used Roland Versacamm SP-300i a few months ago and it has been working great. We recently moved to a new location and I had a ton of issues getting it set back up. It was popping errors for the limit initialization and after much research and head scratching I figured out how to reset...
  9. Roland SP-300 Used Printer Setup For Newbie

    Good day all, I am looking for a giude that will help a newbie that never operated a printer to setup and print. i have bought a roland SP-300 printer with only usb connection output. and all i got with it is the ink and Versaworks Dongle, no software cd. i am not sure how to start. i have a...
  10. SP-300 - 2 new heads - wont accept head rank

    Hey everyone, first post, been reading alot of the valuable info on here for a while and now I finally need some help. I couldn't find any information on this problem here (or elsewhere) so figured I should just see if anyone else has encountered it. Now, on to my rather bizarre...
  11. Roland SP-300 Service mode is protected

    Hi, I am hoping someone can help me here. I have downloaded the service manual for the SP-300 from this forum but for the adjustments i want to make it keeps saying enter service mode, and every time i try all that comes up is "Service mode is protected". Does anyone have any suggestions...
  12. Replacing T-Sponge on SP-300V

    Hello forum folks, im replacing my sponges in my roland SP-300V and for the life of me i can't remember where the T-sponge goes. it fell out a long time ago and there dosent seem to be any pictures i could find to help as a guide. I know the inside of the machine pretty well, so a brief...
  13. Printing to SP-300 via USB Print Server

    Has anyone been able to print to a SP-300 using a printer server device? We are trying to make the SP-300 available to multiple machines on the network without having it tied directly to a PC. Thanks for any ideas, Robert
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