Recent content by The Duke

G'day fellow sign makers and printers! only proper to introduce myself as the rest :) I have 20 years experience in the sign industry and own a small one man show business on the east coast in New Brunswick, Canada. I've always had a passion for the printing industry. I blame it on my father...

Printed this with my Roland VP-540. I can match colors based on the CMYK or PMS codes. Most digital printers are bit different, so its good to have a reference to match a clients color. I took my PMS book and matched the colors of this print. was a bit different. So its much easier to print...

When i had the issue with the oracal... its almost like the vinyl was cold. the feel and sound of weeding the vinyl just wasnt the same. Vinyl felt "stiffer" and the glue you could hear it separate as your weeding. I've been in the industry over 20 years, the brands Oracal and Avery are my go...

I had the same problem a little while back with Oracal 651. I have a graphtec as well. I ended up buying a cutting strip, thinking it was time to replace because i never did since it was new.... Luckily the cutting strip took forever to arrive. i ended up using some avery i had laying around and...

that is my exact thought. Due to the stressed board, traces inside broke. Heat makes it expand or bend under pressure and temporary makes the traces work. Like i mentioned above, i thought about baking the board like the old HP laptops... but im afraid it could ruin it, then i'd be forced to...

haha you were probably typing the reply as i did the edit on my post regarding the ping test. As for the power management settings, thats the first thing i did when i got the printer for the screen saver. I had also came across a post in a forum somewhere, probably here, with the network power...

I don't disagree. The guy that swapped it didnt have much faith it would fix it. I decided to do it because some people have had success. Luckily for me, the attempt to "repair" wasn't too costly since he's an old friend. He did have the schematics as well. His employee, my old coworker, did...

I have a VP540. I looked at many threads from different forums and i have come to the conclusion that i need a new board. I had the oscillating chips changed and the problem remained. I was also given a donor board when i purchased the printer a couple months ago. the donor board did the same...