vj-1204 not original Magenta

[yonu]

ok am needing a bit of help I just pulled my spare vj-1204 out of storage and had planned to convert it over to sublimation ink however in seeing if everything is working all I get on the Magenta slot is not original it doesn't matter whether I use a empth mutho cart which i would think should read ink end or a 3rd party or a bulk smartcard i get not original I have cleaned the contacts on the printer and nothing the firmware is 1.16 any suggestions on what to try?

 

[heyskull]

On our old VJ-1604 the card reader pins would get bent when fitting cartridges.
This became such a common occurence I had spare card readers to fit when this happened.
I am guessing this is your problem also.

SC

 

[Johnny Best]

Did’nt the 1204 change awhile back where you had to use 3rd party inks because you could not use the Mutoh ecosolvent inks anymore?

 

[yonu]

so i actually removed the cartridge bay so i could look at it i cleaned the chip reader, and no change so I am guessing i just need to go ahead and replace the chip reader board?

 

[yonu]

Well I replaced the ink chip reader that's in the cartridge slot and I still get the same error not original even if I put in an original cartridge so what are suggestions for what I should check next

 

[netsol]

is your supplier pirating the cards?
there is a good profit in cutting mutoh out of their end of the transaction.

if it is a "spare"

swap the cartridge set. see what happens

swap the black with one of the other colors, putting wrong colors in 2 slots.

is the firmware version the same on both machines?