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If your RIP allows you to, try lowering the motor speed and print unidirectional. That can help with fine details as well.

I agree with DL above. I would also add that these older JV33 models tend to need the ink lines and o-rings throughout the whole machine changed. Anytime I have random ink flow issues on a JV33 or CJV30 I change the dampers, then the damper connector and o-ring and if that doesn't do the trick...

Yeah it will be much easier if you take the whole black plastic piece off the top of the station. That way you can get to the spring from below.

That makes sense. Unfortunately that part only comes with a new station. That being said, if you can find someone with a used one, you can swap it over to yours fairly easily.

Yeah that all looks right. Can you tell exactly what part the head is getting hung up on?

OK so something is either up with that maintenance station or it's not installed correctly. Basically as long as all screws fit and you didn't have to bend anything to get it in, the head should never get hung up on the station itself. There's also no position adjustment for it so you should...

Exactly. The motor is drawing too much current which means it's getting stuck on something. It's very common for it to be the head lock malfunctioning.

E6 isn't a standard error code. Is that a typo maybe? Post a video if you can. It sounds like the station is either deformed, not installed properly, or the head might be getting caught on the head lock mechanism which is common. If the head lock bracket got bent out of place during the...

If the dampers are over 1 to 2 years old I would. Anytime there are ink flow issues, the dampers are always good to rule out if you can.

When you changed the dampers, did you also change the o-ring between the nut and ink line? If not, I would start there. Ink naturally wants to go back to the cartridge and the damper is supposed to stop it. If the damper is attached and the ink still recedes, it's usually a sign that air is...

If it's happening on all of the colors, this is usually a sign that your maintenance station isn't working at full capacity. The machine only estimates how much ink is used during printing and during cleanings. If the maintenance station isn't pulling as much ink down as the machine thinks it...

I don't blame anyone for using OEM ink but if you get a well known 3rd party ink you will save money and they are much more reliable than they were 10 - 15 years ago. The main thing you want to avoid are cheap refillable bulk systems. If you are getting cartridges you should be fine. Two very...

We just installed our first unit and my first impressions is the prints look amazing with the new Epson I3200 heads. The XY slitter actually works! But it's very slow. The customer made the comment that he could have probably just cut it by hand faster.

Both machines you're looking at should print fine details better than your current model. Just keep in mind that it could be profile settings and alignments that are holding you back from printing fine details as well. I have a customer who runs 2 of those CJV150s to make small labels with...

I'm not sure if the 1617 allowed it but most of the Mutoh printers in that generation allow you to use the Mutoh Status Monitor to bring up all of the media types and custom name them/edit them. You have to join Mutoh's little club to get it but it's free. Here's the link...

Part of the reason for this might be that the LUS inks are used much more often on the larger flatbeds and roll to roll printers so they go through much more than the smaller ones.

If the same colors that were not printing on the old head are not printing on the new head, that points to ink flow issues as well. Do you see any air in the lines above the damper? Did the damper for the magenta and yellow fill with ink? If not then it's probably just air getting in from a bad...

You probably just have air leaks in the system. With the magenta since both are missing, I would check the cartridge to make sure there is actually ink in it. If that's good then I would go ahead and change the ink line and o-rings at each connection as mentioned above. You're most likely...

You need to run the alignments in service mode. Your bias and vertical alignments are probably off.

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