Recent content by damonCA21

There are loads of random reasons a head can fail after two years. or two weeks or two months. It has nothing to do with you being 'ripped off' by the seller ( who have a good reputation ). It could be something you have done or not done, or just luck of the draw. Using budget inks though is...

To add to what Jim said, after replacing the head switch to Jetbest inks instead of Roland. They seem to be a bit kinder to the heads.

Definite;y needs a new head, knock at least $1500 off the price if you can't fit it yourself and need to get a tech to do it. To me it either looks like extreme clogging someone has tried to fix badly and it has damaged the nozzles, or the plate is starting to lift and causing the deflection...

OK, the LED on the mainboard should stay on all the time if it is working properly

You really need to get a technician out as there are so many reasons why it may not be printing. Was the head you replaced new, or a cheap'refurbished' one, and where did you get it?

Why don't you use VW as it is designed for the printer?

The o ring should be fine. If one fails you are more likely to get ink starvation to the head as air will enter the system. In an extreme case it could cause leaking from the damper onto the head, but this isn't that common

The panel board would be the first and most likely thing to try. If that doesn't fix it then you will need to delve deeper

As an aside, the one pump works on all heads, so if there is a problem with it, it will effect all of them, not just the black. You need to check things like your captop alignment, It may be ink starvation from a bad damper, or problems with the ink lines or ink cart dock, so you need to rule...

AFAIK you don't need to change the firmware when fitting the new pump. I haven't replaced an old one for years though, but don't remember ever having to do it before.

I have the VP300 manual and schematics, but they don't give any information on the signals unfortunately. It may be sending a signal to the main CPU, but it could be the incorrect one!

You are often better off with a tested used board as you know it has definitely been working. Sellers who sell new ( knock off ) ones don't test them so don't know if they work or not. If you do need one let me know and I can sort it out as all the used parts I sell are tested before the...

If it came from digiprint or china or similar then is definitely a knock off. You can't get new boards from Roland anymore. If it isn't the panel board and all cables are ok then my next guess would the mainboard has partially failed. These are getting quite hard to get working ones now though

Which fuses did you check? Has the printer been sitting without printing for more than a few weeks? When you run a manual clean is ink coming out into the waste bottle? Why did you replace the print carriage board? Have you ever had it printing, or is it one you have just bought? If you can...

Was the panel board sold as new? If so it is most likely one of the chinese copies, and these often dont work properly ( you can normally tell by comparing the print on them to an OEM board ). It is possible the mainboard has failed but other than checking components on it for shorts, then it...