Some JV4 printheads can be disabled/removed

[jwalknet]

Not sure how many of you are still using a JV4 but FYI everyone has come up against the temp error you get when you remove a printhead without replacing it with another head. Sometimes you even put in a head that is clogged beyond repair but still has good electronics just to fool the JV4 into thinking there is still a good head there. I discovered on my printers that the JV4 only requires heads in the rear and not in the front(3 heads in front, 3 in rear, 12 colors total). So you can remove the fronts heads without getting the temp error. Of course only remove the heads with printer off and be careful not to short out a ribbon cable(it will ruin your day). Hope this is of help to someone.

Tks,
Jwalknet

 

[genericname]

Do you have the printer set to use just the rear heads though, or are both banks active in your settings menu?

 

[jwalknet]

Yes, Set to rear heads

Yes we set it to the rear heads. We don't use the dual mode on the JV4, always seemed to be a alignment nightmare. But we do use 2 inksets, one for poly, one for nylon inks(we print on paper and transfer to fabric). We use the nylons much less so we just keep the cartridges loaded and the dampers full so that when we do need them we punch them down on the functioning rear heads do an ink fill and off we go. We didn't like having those expensive heads tied up when they were rarely used and worse still risk ink drying in them before we used them next.

jwalk