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Can no one help me with this sort of artwork? This type of job will probably take over a week to input and three days to make and apply as I am a stickler for detail on jobs such as this. I just cannot be put out of action for nearly 2 weeks at the moment. I even have to check my schedule for...

Probably more lightly to be dampers. Techs are always wanting to blame on after market inks. I have ran my 1604 on after market inks for the last 7 years with no problems. Post a picture of what your bulk ink system looks like. It will come up as a sub tank error if their is an issue with them. SC

I have a good friend who has had a London Trolley (Horse Cart). This one is a bit special though he wants it to be vinyl graphiced and not sign written as they normally are as this one is off steel construction and has all sorts of bells and whistles (hydraulic disc brakes). I am looking for...

I have found the sponges to be very expensive for what they are. You can make the printer spit onto the material. SC

I didn't find an issue with banding on the valuejet and much like most printers the colour gamut is acceptable. Adding more colours into a printer can just add more things to block and go wrong. If a client is getting fussy about matching colours perfectly, maybe they should go elsewhere. SC

It is a very strange material indeed. You can heat it and heat it and it seems to stay stable. I think maybe the issue you had a start of the roll Dunbar is a contamination one. Biggest issue with this material is the Controlac repositioning is not as good and it can grab a little to fast for my...

I loaded a roll of 3M Envision 480 SV480Cv3 into my Mutoh Valuejet. I gave it a light wipe over with some isopropyl Alchol on the leading edge, as I do with most substrates I load into machine. This is just in case their is any oily fingerprints on the material by the previous person who...

Why not another Mutoh? My old 1604 is built like a tank and much better built than the smaller 1204, 1304 and 1324 machines. It will be 10 year old in September of this year and still prints as well as the day it was installed. I do 95% of my own maintenance now with consumables and main parts...

I have had very little good results trying to unclog print heads on DX4s. Sometimes their is other issues and the nozzles have failed causing the clogs. I realise new DX4s are becoming harder and harder to source and maybe it would be a good idea rather than wasting hours and hours trying to...

Sometimes it just isn't possible to match some colours with a palette that only consists of 3 colours and black! We all struggle with reds, blues and greens. In fact you really need to educate your client with the limitations of digital printing and sometimes trying to colour match a certain...

Chloroform!!! I haven't used it since the 80s. We got it from the local Vets of all places as it was what they used as animal sedation!!! Bloody dangerous stuff. You can dip each sheet and place it on top of the other and it will seal perfectly. The only down side is Chloroform is water...

WOW. I fitted a banner flat to a building over January which was 48'x5' using a banner track system. It was nice and tight but due to my on going argument with the client with regarding the bad weather and location this stayed up for a grand total of Three days!!! Yes and as you will guess "The...

+1 for the encoder disc clean. I have also found that their can be a build up of adhesive on the black media hold down guides either side of the platen. These are easily removed by taking out the two screws and removing the stop plate on the left hand side. I find glue from the adhesive on the...

I would be contacting 3M direct and get them to send over the details. Probably would be better if it was an official piece of information rather than something that you have created. Try this:- http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/680101O/3mtm-wrap-film-series-1080.pdf SC

You can sometimes get the S/C card error due to bent pins on the card readers. Most of my time has been spent on the larger valuejets but it looks as if yours uses a similar cartridge/card system this may also be an issue. sc

Your head is on the maximum life time for one of these machines. I thought the manifolds were bonded to the head on the DX5 and were non removable. If your head is still printing fine I would be changing the head cable, dampers and a new maintenance station. Even if the station is newish I would...

What is wordmark? SC

I'm still struggling on this one any help please as Linotype Atomatic is still a bit away. SC

Any help on this one I know I have this one but what is it?!! Does anyone know of a good program that I can upload an image and scan through my fonts with? I had an old program within Vinyl Master Pro that worked amazingly but this was an old 16 bit edition that I no longer can use. SC

I am usually all for change. But when logging on this afternoon I had to check twice to see if I hadn't come to the wrong site. Signs 101 layout was more than user friendly and as they say "if it ain't broken, don't fix it!" Their is enough crap going on in my work life without my favourite...