XC 540 printing lines?

[jigsaw]

Hi all,
My XC 540 is printing faint lines(pic attached) but only when I print on pull up banner material, have never had this happen before, any suggestions?

 

[jasonx]

You tried the same file from the rip on a good material?

 

[kffernandez]

it feels like either semi clogged nozzles or an electrical/difficulty printing some dot size problem.

how are your nozzle print prints like?


kelly

 

[jigsaw]

Hi guys,
prints fine on IJ40 & IJ20 did a head clean and test print, all fine perfect test print, just prints the lines on pull up material!
Run out of ideas now.

 

[jasonx]

If you do a

Printer -> Test Print

from Versaworks on the pull up banner material do you get the lines?

 

[jigsaw]

no all heads working fine with test print on pull up .

 

[jasonx]

So its a problem with the Ripped file?

 

[jigsaw]

So its a problem with the Ripped file?

same file is perfect on IJ40

 

[kffernandez]

i'm still willing to put my money on the idea that your banner profile is using a different dot size compared to your other profiles...

kelly

 

[jigsaw]

i'm still willing to put my money on the idea that your banner profile is using a different dot size compared to your other profiles...

kelly

I Have not changed any of my profiles, and have been using printer for 15 months with no trouble until now.

 

[jasonx]

Does it happen straight away when printing or like 50cm into the job?

 

[kffernandez]

wow. really? could it possibly be the ever elusive static problem?

kelly

 

[Jeff South Florida]

Looks like static. What kind of pull up material? Do you feel any static as the media enters the machine (while printing)?

 

[jigsaw]

Does it happen straight away when printing or like 50cm into the job?

You might be onto something, it starts about 50mm in and gets a bit worse as it goes,

 

[Pacific Coast Sign]

You're absolutely right and have proven it by printing on other material and seeing different results.
When I see this kind of issue... my first question is "what type of material are you printing on?" then "Does it do it on other mater?" A lot of the times they discover its cheap material.

 

[jasonx]

If you can load another type of material and print the same file with no adverse affects it isn't the printer or the rip.

Has to be static.

I had this problem with static a few weeks ago with my linear encoder sensor. But the problem would persist on all medias not just the particular one I was having problems with.

Take one metre off your roll and remove the static and load that into your printer and start printing and see if the problem is removed.

 

[jigsaw]

thanks everyone, will try monday.