Looking for advice ...

[jhardy]

This seems popular (Banding)... I have a <<cough, pc-600 cough>>
Can someone tell me for sure if a new head would fix this. I have attacted an example of what I get no matter what color, how I adjust or what I clean.

 

[Gino]

Looks like a scratched head or something is preventing heat from hitting your ribbon creating an absence of color. Usually with a 60 or 600, clearing will make most banding disappear, but that is not banding. Try cleaning with lots a alcohol.

 

[tanneji]

looks like a clogged nozzle on a head or something ... clean clean clean

 

[jhardy]

Thanks guys... I'll see what I can tear into and clean.

 

[J Hill Designs]

is the pc600 a thermal printer with 4 different ribbons "melted" by one head? just mentioning because in the four diff't colors the strip is in a different place..

(dont know too much about the pc600)

 

[jhardy]

Correct.
I just printed 4 blocks each direction of the main colors to see if I could tell what the problem was. MCYK. Each line is in a little different location with exception of the blue having another issue. So is is banding of not?

 

[Mosh]

Looking for advice....get a new printer.

 

[Mike Paul]

Looks like a bad pixel in the print head or you need to do a line pitch adjustment.

The angled scars in the cyan is caused by a wrinkle in the foil.

 

[weaselboogie]

Scratched head. Pc-60 and pc-600 were notorious for this happening. We had a 600 at our shop and had to send it in 2 times to replace the head. The third time it stopped being a printer and enjoyed it's new life out to pasture as a vinyl cutter.

Oops.. Almost forgot to throw 'boat anchor' in here for the search engine.

After the first scratched head, we would clean the vinyl religiously before a print with alcohol, but it still happened.

 

[Mosh]

That is why they don't make them anymore. Foil is so costly compaired to ink, and any spec of dust would do you in. Glad had a PNC 5000 , well still have it, what a bust that was. Worked great for small stuff, but any large fields of print forget about it!