1 inch vertical stripe in print what would cause this?

[TDFcustomSL]

what would cause my vj1204 to print this? I thought maybe encoder strip so I wiped it down and the cloth had nothing on it. The stripe is a perfect 1 inch wide.

 

[Desert_Signs]

Beginning of the roll? Was there tape on the roll? Roller wheel down right there?

 

[TDFcustomSL]

Beginning of the roll? Was there tape on the roll? Roller wheel down right there?

Not the beginning of the roll. its through the whole 19 foot print.

 

[401Graphics]

are you sure its not in the design? shrink or rotate it and see if it changes.

 

[player]

Good point. I have had problems with PDF saving goofy stuff and an export eps of the same file does not.

 

[Desert_Signs]

Not the beginning of the roll. its through the whole 19 foot print.

It looks media related to me. I get similar marks on my XC-540 if I forget to advance it past where the tape was on a new roll.

Curious to find out if you solved it!

 

[GaSouthpaw]

We had a similar issue a while back. Cleaning the pinch rollers helped. Replacing them completely eliminated the problem.

 

[Wraps ink]

It's most likely the pinch rollers also check your heater settings or see if it feels hotter or cooler where the stripe is.

 

[TDFcustomSL]

I though maybe it was in the file but its in the same spot on anything I print that covers that area of the vinyl. I couldn't noticeably feel a temperature difference. Ill look into the pinch rollers.

 

[jfiscus]

Put another roll on and do a test print.
It is bad media, call your vendor and have them replace the roll.

 

[401Graphics]

Yea sounds like bad media. 1204 pinch rollers go all the way accross the printer with almost no space between them. So i doubt its a pinch roller issue.

 

[GaSouthpaw]

It's not a media issue. Again, speaking from experience, it's the pinch rollers doing that. The 1624 has them all the way across, too. They get dirty and that's the result.
Sometimes the solution is as simple as cleaning them. Sometimes, it's necessary to replace them. Replacing ours completely eliminated the problem. A monthly cleaning (depending on machine usage) has kept it from reoccurring.