Was wondering if anyone ever ran into this problem, and any insight would be appreciated. I thought I was very informative about the way this machine runs, apparently not. Sorry for the long post, trying to include everything.
Roland SP-300V/Bought new/16 Months Old/Out of box. I have been printing great with this machine, my 3rd Versacamm. 2 weeks ago, the Yellow stopped printing. Then shortly after, while doing cleaning etc, Black stopped as well. Contacted Roland, they immediately stated I need a new head. Seeing as that is always the question, I had a Roland Tech come out. Replaced yellow damper/Syringed ink to create vacumn. Also noticed black ink cartridge leaking when pulled out and in. Replaced Ink cartridge. It then printed fine. Machine was unused for two days after that, fired up to print, again, no Yellow printing.
Tech again came out,created vacumn, it started printing yellow, but ran out quickly. Diagnosed further, noticed 2 cracked manifold stems, black on the left head, magenta on the right. tech then replaced both manifolds, both cap tops, all 4 dampers. Machine now printed fine, holding all ink, not running out of yellow, EXCEPT it was putting a YELLOW huelshadow on the graphic being printed, however, more on the Right of the graphic that had any RED/Yellow in it. It looked like the graphic had a yellow conotur cut around it is the best way to describe it. After printing several different graphics and doing cleaning and tests the YELLOW/MAGENTA head quit firing all together.
Tech Found out F2 fuse was blown, removed board, had fuse replaced/resoldered. (Ohm tested the F2 fuse and indeed it was blown blown.) Put board back in, fuse was blown as soon as soon as SUB power was on . Replaced F2 and F3 fuse with removable fuses, and as soon as the SUB-power is turned on, the fuse blows. We used process of elimination, that when the cable running from the Servo Board to the Main board is plugged in, it blows. When it is not plugged in, it does not blow, however a service call function comes on the screen not allowing any further actions for the machine to continue. (Also, the fuse blows regardless of the print head cables being in or not). Roland says it is the Servo board or the main board. However, I don't want to get another board and put it in, just to have the fuse blow again, and I don't want to buy both if I do not certainly need them.
Any insight wold be appreciated.
Roland SP-300V/Bought new/16 Months Old/Out of box. I have been printing great with this machine, my 3rd Versacamm. 2 weeks ago, the Yellow stopped printing. Then shortly after, while doing cleaning etc, Black stopped as well. Contacted Roland, they immediately stated I need a new head. Seeing as that is always the question, I had a Roland Tech come out. Replaced yellow damper/Syringed ink to create vacumn. Also noticed black ink cartridge leaking when pulled out and in. Replaced Ink cartridge. It then printed fine. Machine was unused for two days after that, fired up to print, again, no Yellow printing.
Tech again came out,created vacumn, it started printing yellow, but ran out quickly. Diagnosed further, noticed 2 cracked manifold stems, black on the left head, magenta on the right. tech then replaced both manifolds, both cap tops, all 4 dampers. Machine now printed fine, holding all ink, not running out of yellow, EXCEPT it was putting a YELLOW huelshadow on the graphic being printed, however, more on the Right of the graphic that had any RED/Yellow in it. It looked like the graphic had a yellow conotur cut around it is the best way to describe it. After printing several different graphics and doing cleaning and tests the YELLOW/MAGENTA head quit firing all together.
Tech Found out F2 fuse was blown, removed board, had fuse replaced/resoldered. (Ohm tested the F2 fuse and indeed it was blown blown.) Put board back in, fuse was blown as soon as soon as SUB power was on . Replaced F2 and F3 fuse with removable fuses, and as soon as the SUB-power is turned on, the fuse blows. We used process of elimination, that when the cable running from the Servo Board to the Main board is plugged in, it blows. When it is not plugged in, it does not blow, however a service call function comes on the screen not allowing any further actions for the machine to continue. (Also, the fuse blows regardless of the print head cables being in or not). Roland says it is the Servo board or the main board. However, I don't want to get another board and put it in, just to have the fuse blow again, and I don't want to buy both if I do not certainly need them.
Any insight wold be appreciated.
