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I would leave these in. That will keep your ink system sealed up. If you take them out, likely the ink in the tubes will leak out at one end or the other.

We deliver new, assembled printers, plotters and laminators regularly. You can leave them assembled. Lock down any moving parts with supplied brackets or tape, so they don't shift during the trip. Set the wheel brakes and strap them carefully to the trailer (we actually use a box truck for our...

It's been many years since I've used Monaco, but check and see if there is an option to optimize your grays - it may involve printing another set of swatches that are mostly gray, but vary by a little bit. Also, check to make sure that your illuminant setting is either D50 or D65 when you...

It looks to me like your head 1 and possibly head 2 have been knocked out of alignment and need to be re-seated. You may also need to replace one or both of them. I don't think that this is affecting your color issue though, but is probably contributing to your overspray issue. It also looks...

You'll also want as many pinch wheels on the reflective as you can fit. We usually add one or two extras when selling these plotters to a road sign shop. Then, make sure you get the blade depth set correctly and make sure your blade isn't chipped or worn. The new loupe that comes with these...

She must be out back in the woods...;)

That's because it has nothing to do with the OP

Also, which white foil are you using? Make sure your using the correct foil assignment in composer.

Start with the basics - replace your cap tops - use genuine Roland cap tops, wiper and make sure you clean the bottom of your print heads. Do a couple of cleanings and check it out. Next step would be to replace dampers - again, I'm a big fan of OEM parts here too. Be careful that you don't...

Hey Charles, It's too bad that your boss doesn't see the value in strong color management skills. They will easily pay for the cost of training - especially since you're trying to manage 4 printers. If they're all running off of Onyx, then you're a step ahead. I would check out Onyx's...

Do yourself a favor and spend $20 on a thermometer/hygrometer that you can keep in your print area. At least then you'll know if your humidity is too low/high or just right. But there are other things that can contribute to this and they can all sort of pile up on top of each other to the...

You state the temperature, but humidity has a greater effect on static then temperature does. What's the relative humidity in the room? A hygrometer is a cheap investment for tracking down these gremlins. It looks like the pinch wheels are charging the vinyl when they rest, which is attracting...

Over what period of time does it take to build up to this level of misting? It's not unusual to see a printer look like this, but here are a few considerations: 1. Are you using high head height? This will create more overspray. Use low head height whenever possible for better print quality...

Sounds like a defective cartridge. It happens, but not often. Ask your dealer for one that works.

Like GTS said, yoiu need to replace the M/Y head. Magenta nozzles are the worst here and that's what's causing your magenta banding. That's an obvious issue here. There may be other issues, but till that is corrected, you can't reliably do any other troubleshooting. Good Luck

I would at least calibrate the profile you're using before trying to do any color matching. The onboard profiler is pretty easy to use and creating your own profile would probably take a couple of hours and a few yards of vinyl. This should get you closer. Then do as dypinc says and start with...

It's the simple or obvious that will trip you up half the time. Glad it's working again. Joe

The way those lines look uneven, I might suspect the media. Have you tried this print on another media? Try a quality media like a cast 3m or Avery product (or both). If we can rule out the media, then I would say to print some solid blocks of each primary color - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and...

Can you post a picture of the nozzle test print?

As Big Easy asked, which direction is that banding? Scan axis or Vertical? I'm not familiar with Caldera enough to go over the nuances in that software, but again, I would look at options for dithering, ink limits and drop size if they are available. Also, is Caldera sending over any printer...