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Boudica nailed it. Just went through this myself last week. "under-performing" box of Magenta. In my conversation with HP they made a good point....look closely at your prime bars. "under-performing" ink will jet weak at the leading/trailing edges. Very similar to the older scitex line that used...

Perhaps perform a controlled experiment using the potentially faulty roll? I.e. wrap a series of materials onto something around the shop with channels (such as your shop vehicle, or corrugated metal walls, anything that simulates your failed installs in question). Wrap it using a control and...

Not saying I enjoy forced obsolescence but it's not that bad in my opinion. My rule is that if a piece of equipment doesn't pay for itself in 18 months then it's not a good purchase anyway. So after 5+ years it's just gravy on top in my opinion. If you can push it to 10 years then the machine is...

Watching this thread, haven’t heard anything but want to know any updates if anybody comes across anything :-) anybody who’s owned an HP before knows this is coming on any given machine, usually it’s a 5-7 year cycle. Trick is to not buy the first generation of new technologies because it’s...

Shhhh don't tell my competitors why I'm beating them regularly even though I'm not the lowest price...turns out answering the phone and replying to emails is perhaps more important than the product itself.....shhhhhhh.... I once asked my biggest national client why they use me when they know...

plus one for lintec, or go with clear vinyl like a oracal 3651, reverse white ink print, second surface application....even if you don't print white you could outsource the vinyl print and apply it to acrylic in house. Or if you know any calligraphers, they could just paint pen it on...in my...

That's my favorite pet peeve! Seems like some people just want to get professional advice so that they can feel special by ignoring it! Little off subject here, but kinda related...I love it when I send them a design sketch that I'm very happy with, and they like it but can't make up their mind...

It's based on the frost line for your area and the size/nature of the sign...upstate NY would be 3'-4' in the ground on a 10'-12' pole for a post/panel sign....meaning on a 12' pole, top of pole would be roughly 9' out of the ground. Dig the hole, set the post(s), back fill with dry set cement.

Yikes! Sorry to hear that, sometimes proper support and communication are more important than the hardware itself! Best of luck moving forward!

No I ended up avoiding AutoKarv, just out of lack of information. We actually haven't bought anything yet, as we are comfortable without it and my employer changed their mind about it due to some transitions we are undertaking at our shop (generally positive transitions). So someday I'll end up...

Oh another good tip is to put masking tape in strips along the belt in the areas where the ink builds up the most, like the user side edge. We actually have like 10-15 strips of blue masking tape running along the Y axis of the printer at the spots the most ink builds up for our jobs. When the...

I have 2 go to methods to clean my FB550 belt....I print large amounts of high tack (oracal 3105) and am often left with a few useless feet at the end of each roll, and I save trimmings scraps of the high tack....then stick all that high tack onto the belt, squeegee it down and tear it off...

The wider rolls allows "sway back" lol! Meaning that because it's so wide it sags in the center, and because the fabric isn't rigid it exacerbates the issue. You can see this represented by the nature of the wrinkles in your pictures. Try creating something that supports the center of the roll...

go to tools/service printer/device tests/pod test....and type in the up/down code I gave you and that will access the service menu. Don't change things here unless you know what you're doing....once you've typed in that code go to tools/service printer/set head voltage adjustments....from there...

Another thought could be air in the ink lines...fill the problem heads with air 3 times, and the fill them with ink 3 times (these can be done via maintenance/purge menu). And see if that helps.

Man that's a tough one! My first guess would be a bad head but if the problem doesn't move with the head then that's not it. My next guess would be media thickness sensor giving a bad reading and it's raising the head height more than it should, resulting in overspray. If it's a head height...

Yeah I love the printer itself but can't stand HP support. Their support is really bad...I have a few horror stories about them but I'll spare most of it in this conversation. Moral of the story is their techs are not as savvy as they should be considering the amount of money we pay for these...

Sounded like an air leak on the head(s) to me as I read through this thread. Turns out that was it. Not sure why the tech didn't start there and with the ink filters first! Could have easily moved those to another spot and diagnosed it right there. Head change on these things is like a couple...

This one is kinda directed at you Wild West! I know you're the embroidery guru around here, and maybe the only one watching this forum haha! But anyway I was wondering if anyone had any tips on embroidering large backs of hoodies. I've got it nailed down really well and doing some cool work...

So another tip here...perhaps a little irrelevant to the OP but hey.... Production on 1 is a lot different than 100 obviously...so if I was doing just one I'd cut or print/cut and be done. But when doing big quantities take the time to put weed lines into the file and it will save a ton of...