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Williams Signs

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In March of this year had 2 new print heads installed in my Falcon Outdoor Jr. Started having problems with the new ink. Next my printheads started clogging so I started replacing parts. I put in new capping station, rebuilt the pump, new lines, new dampers and orings, new transmission gear, pulled the printheads out and soaked them. Put everything back together and done a fill, got color heads to do just fine but still having issues with the black. Se attached photo. Any help would be appreciated.
 

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Stealth Ryder

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I don't any issue other than some mis-directed nozzles on the K PrintHead... Clean them or replace it... It's truly not bad enough to replace, just need to clean until they all fire correctly...
 
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RG

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IG, be sure to use the powerful cleaning feature. The last time I bought a new black printhead it cost only $55. Like SR said, replacing it is another good option.
 
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RG

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The name of the place where I get them is National Parts Depot (nationalparts.com). The item # for the black head is F056030. The color head is item # F055090 and my last one costs about $101. Luckily these printheads are the exact same heads that Epson puts in 3 or 4 of their desktop printers. In fact, some people call them Epson 3000 printheads. I've been using them with no problems for about 4 years.
 
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tomence

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That's where i buy them from too. $55 for black head and 100 some dollars for the color head.
I posted few times here that i buy them from natioanal parts depot but nobody noticed i guess.
 
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tomence

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I used them in my converted roland that i had and now i installed them in a mutoh falcon jr. Exacatlly the same heads as the ones sold for $180 on ebay or here from some merchant members.
 
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RG

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No, you don't have to assign head ranks again for the same heads. If you ever install a new head, be sure to write down the head rank before you install the new head. And, be sure to input the new head rank(s) before you try to use the new head(s).
 
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RG

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Nope. You just remove the old (used) printhead from the FOJ carriage and replace it with the new one. I think the black head is held in by only one screw. Note that there is no automatic perfect alignment here. I had to loosen this one screw and physically slide the black head forward, backward, or sideways to get it aligned with the color head. To make this screw accessible, I did away with the black plastic retainer that puts a little pressure on the dampers to hold them in place and replaced it with a thin metal bar. This might not be for everyone, but it has worked for me for the last 4 years.
 
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Compilla

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RG said:
, I did away with the black plastic retainer that puts a little pressure on the dampers to hold them in place and replaced it with a thin metal bar. This might not be for everyone, but it has worked for me for the last 4 years.
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Yep, ever since I change my own heads I have that damper retainer on my tool box.
 
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RG

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Compilla said:
Yep, ever since I change my own heads I have that damper retainer on my tool box.
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Just more evidence that great minds think alike. Another reason for doing this is that it gives you access to the black head and damper without removing the ink lines from all of the color dampers. If my color head if printing OK, I don't want to do anything to mess up a good thing.
 
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RG

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thmooch said:
Can you please post a pic of the "thin metal bar"
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Here you go, thmooch. No problem. I put a strip of weather stripping foam on the under side, next to the dampers. Note that the original screws will not work with this. The two screws have to be longer and they have to be metric. I don't remember the exact size of the screws.
 

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Stealth Ryder

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RG said:
Here you go, thmooch. No problem. I put a strip of weather stripping foam on the under side, next to the dampers. Note that the original screws will not work with this. The two screws have to be longer and they have to be metric. I don't remember the exact size of the screws.
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Very proffesional look to it....
 
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