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Thanks for the link. That's for a 300 series (the 28500 is one generation older), but in any case, there are zero led's lighting up. Shure do.

Point noted. Just to be safe I flipped the breakers about 30 more times to make sure I couldn't smell anything burning, seems fine. We'll get hold of a service manual, but it does look like it's going to be covered by machinery breakdown insurance so it's likely we'll get a tech out. Ian...

Hey there, We just moved our L28500 from one premises to another, and it won't power on. We loaded, unloaded, and transported it ourselves, so the only damage it could have sustained was from the normal bumps and vibrations while on the road. We suspect the issue is this, which seems to be the...

We have a 360 and it was retro-installed for free as it was still under extended warranty. I know it was intended to minimise the fluctuations in print length over multiple tiles, but to be honest it didn't make a noticeable difference. It seems to me that the weight of the take-up is only one...

This. Especially as you mention that there are issues when you switch to a wider media. There is a small amount of vapourised ink that mists around the printhead when printing. You can't see it and it doesn't appear on your prints, but over time it adds up and clogs the vacuum holes...

We had similar problems from the start, and in the end the only way to make it satisfactory (it's still not perfect) is to connect the printer directly to the rip computer, not through a router. So to do that you have to get an additional network card, and as was mentioned above, manually assign...

Unfortunately, customers rarely share that virtue.

Yep, same stuff that worked for us. A bit more expensive than the CG421A (2nd gen only) but being able to use it on all machines (we have a 260, 280 & 360) is worth it for product consistency.

We print a lot of the Avery 1105 on our 360 and are extremely happy with it. We run the material using the settings for just a generic SAV: 10 pass CMYKcm 110% ink 105 degrees (c) 12% optimiser / 35 vacuum / 175 airflow / 15 tension (most of these would be the default). Because of previous...

If you're sticking with HP paper, the cheap stuff that works brilliantly on the 2nd generation (CG421A) doesn't work on the 300 series. It doesn't feed evenly on each side, so it skews going through, causing both blurring and double-image on the print, as well as there being literally a 3-5%...

Heat is most definitely an issue. We were having sticking problems even with zero vacuum, because the heat would make the (already printed, now down-facing) first side stick to the platen. Dropping down the heat fixed it, but consequently didn't cure the ink properly so we have to do...

We have a 28500 and it was our first latex printer. Yes, we only ever use the larger widths for banners, but the machine is worth it for that reason alone. We're constantly scouring for clues on whether they'll ever bring out a current-generation printer at the larger width, simply because our...

We're using 1105 on our 360 (and 260 & 280), but using the 6460 laminate. It's awesome and is now our preferred wrap bundle (previously 3M 180/8518).

You're probably looking for "Crystal Etch", which is a Metamark 7-series frosting vinyl.