SP-540 "now heating" problem

[Color Envy]

I have a SP540v and I have had this issue since ive had it, but its just a minor irritation until today. I have a large job of stickers and Im breaking it into custom cut pages.

The problem is that once VW rips and sends the file to the printer, it spins up and then says "now heating". It never goes off on its own, I have to press pause to get it to go on and do the job. I have turned off "preheating" in the control panel on the printer, but it still does it. I also have set the heater settings in VW to "use printer settings" (which is off), but it still does it. So after it runs one page and cuts the sheet.....it stops until I go press pause. It kind of defeats the purpose of setting up the sheets lol.

The platen heats up fine. Any idea how I can resolve this?
Thanks!

 

[Sean@CedarHouse]

Sounds like a thermostat is not working. It may also be the heater control board.

Here's what I found on the board.

Here is the thermostat I believe. https://us.digiprint-supplies.com/en/aj-1000-thermostat-platen-us-602sxrlql-1000004137 It says AJ-1000 but I think they are all the same.

Here is an image: https://www.digiprint-supplies.com/images/thumbs/004/0042033_550.jpeg

It also might be as simple as a loose wire. If you check continuity between the bard the the thermostat.

Good luck!

 

[Philw]

I have a SP540v and I have had this issue since ive had it, but its just a minor irritation until today. I have a large job of stickers and Im breaking it into custom cut pages.

The problem is that once VW rips and sends the file to the printer, it spins up and then says "now heating". It never goes off on its own, I have to press pause to get it to go on and do the job. I have turned off "preheating" in the control panel on the printer, but it still does it. I also have set the heater settings in VW to "use printer settings" (which is off), but it still does it. So after it runs one page and cuts the sheet.....it stops until I go press pause. It kind of defeats the purpose of setting up the sheets lol.

The platen heats up fine. Any idea how I can resolve this?
Thanks!

I've had a couple go like this and both times it's been the heater relay board.