Recent content by mcbirdman

Thanks guys, I appreciate that. I tried to get it to find the cutlines and it seemed to, on two points as the sensor slowed down it's movements a couple times but ultimately failing. I will try that stuff on an upcoming project. As you've suggested..... I will clean the sensor, make sure to...

looking at old youtube videos showing reinsertion into machine and can't see a light on them. Thinking maybe somehow my studio lights are shining into machine too much because if there is a light for the sensor, not bright enough to see so it might not take much to have my studio lights shining...

It took a lot of work getting my printer to work about a year ago. Everything has been good but for the first time I tried to laminate and then cut. It cant find the crop marks. My question is: Is there suppossed to be a light that illuminates under the sensor head that lets it see the...

Revisiting this thread. Thanks for not "hanging me up" I meant didn't want to forget to expresss.....lol.... Thanks Joe, I didn't see any obvious hardware or holes left behind. I had thought that maybe if the cover was on, with the heating element would heat the enclosed area a little...

Ok thanks, I will keep eye open. Can't afford/justify a real exensive one right now but found one that is known to work 54' up to 4 foot in before it starts putting a wrinkle. I went and got it. 150.00 and motorized. Good enough for now and GBS? Artic Titan. Can at least do smaller...

Thanks guys. Thanks for response. Sorry for the delay, but I didn't want to express appreciation. I did some work regarding setting cutting blade pressure after replacing blade. The few times it cut it had seemed to work. I made the mistake of trying to cut some cricuit glitter type...

Hi All, Have the roland vp540 up and running. It is missing the safety cover in front but I wonder if it actually helps with the drying or not. It seems like it would. I thought I read somewhere that many people don't have it installed anymore??? Read so much helpful info this forum I...

I bought a new motherboard. I will deal with old ones later... New one installed Says Sum error. From what I have read, it means time to install firmware. I see the files my brother had in a file that said vp_540_v480 he used on old boards. He always tries to get the latest and greatest...

Thank you that makes sense regarding jams. The P.O. removed the switch and shorted it together. Even rubber banded together, actually the wires on switch twisted together it is telling me to close the cover. Once I get past this error and get it running I could add it back on but for...

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to turn off the cover open error through software? I seemed to remember someone said it was possible but don't know any specifics..... I know the switch if not working is supposed to be closed/short but it still halts the startup of the whole machine...

Thanks for taking the time looking at this most frustrating problem. What is unique is that the offset colors and stray offset lines are exactly the same on all colors. To me, it would seemed more than a bad cable. So yesterday I swapped out the current board with the original board which was...

Okay so after 60 DAYS of waiting for Parts From Florida Digi ! I have installed the encoder card and head board. All 4 colors print with same open non sollid grid pattern with same offset strips and pattern. I have tried to keep the 4 new heads clean and flowing while I waited.....RRRRR...

I got all 4 heads put in.... Same Pattern on all of them.... waiting for the encoder strip..... not sure if there is anything else I should / could do..... thanks :)

ok so I put the heads in and it is as I expected. Same pattern same size and alignment on all colors. I am waiting for linear tape to arrive. Want to mention we had blown a fuse on F1 we had. found a transistor on mainboard that wasnt reading 40k so I replaced it and no blown fuses and all...

Okay, here it is....While waiting for encoder strip I tried adjusting detailed and basic bias. Same overlapping with thin line offset to Right ON Both Colors - Hard to see but they are the Same...... ..... Removed Cyan and Majenta....I switched ribbon cables on remaining Black and Yellow...