Recent content by chriswinks

Hi I have a versacamm VS540i and for the last week the magenta has been missing. A clean brings some of the bottom magenta strip back slightly but no top magenta strip We tried a light choke clean and the top strip came back perfect but the bottom strip disappeared. No amount of cleaning could...

Hi All I have a Versacamm 540i with UV inks. It has always printed a good finish on the prints however we are currently having issues with it printing on a couple of different cast / wrapping vinyls. The finish is what I would class as chalky uneven print. Never had this before on vinyls. One...

Hi All Need a bit of advice if possible I currently use signlab 9.1 versaworks and the computer it is currently on is on its way out So i am going to use it till it gives up. In the meantime I have set the signlab up on a new temporary laptop (just to check it will work, which it does). It...

Hi All Update time again Thank you again for advice. We have had the service chap out again and replaced Dampers which has stopped the ink leaking. However We are still missing one row of magenta ink and one row of cyan. The other Magenta comes and goes as it likes! Both blacks are fine as...

Hi A quick update on our ongoing leaking blue ink. It is still leaking and the magenta seems to come and go. Having spoken to service they have mentioned replacing choke valves (the invoice for these mentioned 4 choke valves) I have not heard of choke valves before and wondering what they are...

Hi Again It seems that were not fully fixed yet! Capping station seems good and the issue we seem to still have is blue ink leaking from the print head. I've googled for solutions and it seems that some machines have white dampers in that can be replaced and that these might need replacing...

Hi All Thanks to Papajo and VanderJ for your advice. We ordered a new cap top and this has seemed to help with a recurring semi missing magenta issue we have had for a while. However back to the sticking capping unit / station. After shining a torch in to the station, it appears the spring is...

Hello New to the forum and currently have a 3 year old versacamm VS540i Recently the print head has been bubbling / leaking cyan and messing up print quality. We have noticed the capping station used to move to the right before a spring pulled it back to the left. This no longer is happening...