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Can you tell me about the comparative between your FB and the R: How is second side printing justification; are there any issues with alignment, or loading the sheets? I read that the R2000 is limited to a 47x98" sheet size; do you know this to be true? Do you have your power supply on the...

I made another request to Canon and they sent out a tech. He found the brushes were bad on the carriage motor. As it turned out one of them was cracked. Replaced the brushes and it was up and running like nothing happened. I know it was stated to check the brushes but I was looking at the gantry...

We're in the North East, USA. I do not have the key. We would have hired a capable technician but there are none in our area as I am aware of. Are you traveling to the US any time soon? M

Like AMGearhart said, on these machines when the center of the print head is dropping the heads are going bad. Even if you run the health check and they are firing the condition still occurs. The last I knew heads were $1750 per head, and replacing them is not that bad, but calibrating them is...

I went through several test runs yesterday to try to isolate this issue, and the more I look at it the more confusing its getting. The gantry lights never go off green, even on error code. On error I noticed when the machine began to move the gantry home, that one side began moving before the...

Thats good to know. I checked the lights, and they remain green on full travel and back, No amber, no red. The only thing I noticed that raised question is if it's normal that the pickups are mounted so the lights are facing opposing directions is normal? Ironically I found a brand new set of...

So I checked the beast this morning and here's what I found: Brushes have a lot of life left; photo shows the worst one with some scoring but looks healthy otherwise. Encoder is clean, but it dose have what appears to be a wear mark down the center of the strip. Do the pick ups make contact...

The machine is an XT. Please pardon my ignorance, I am unfamiliar with this machine; I don't know what the coals on the gantry engine refers to? I do not see movement when sliding out maintenance drawer. Gold encoder strips; I did clean those as I suspected they might be the encoders. They...

Hello all, and thank you for the suggestions! The ink line burst on side where the carriage motor is, within that lower housing. It completely dissolved. I spiced it and i'm prepared to swap out the full line set. The issue with the head not getting vacuum was the both of the white filters...

Background: The machine has been sitting for a few weeks un attended. I suspect the vacuum problem may have been the initial problem, but I'm not sure. The waste station filled with ink, then the white ink line dissolved and burst and the line. The line has been spliced and now the head won't...

My FB700 is new so we haven't much opportunity to run a lot of substrates with a wide range of file types, but I do know there are substrate options in the menu, and on Maxmetal it runs on max DPI. I was told the shorter passes both add more ink and help better cure the ink for maximum adhesion...

For those who own these machines; Do you feel the lower print speeds necessary for acrylic, translucent vinyl, or Dibond are worth running through the machine vs. alternate methods of production? When considering the application for White, to me it seems the only sensible application is long...

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Are you printing Coro, Banner, PVC, Aluminum, paper, lexan... 2M

I have to say that I really appreciate this community. You have all be very generous about sharing information, and I am most grateful! :U Rock: M