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paint the top of your cap top to that head with some black ink and then park the head carriage on the caps... now with a flashlight, look at the bottom of that head. the ink from the cap top will transfer to the bottom of the head. make sure the cap top imprint is centered and not laying off...

brand new head may have some vapor lock inside of it. pull a vacuum with a syringe at the pump line. send in a test print of what the head is printing. also, do the missing lines move around? or is it always the exact same lines missing?

known honest asian suppliers (inkmed, bonjet, special-color, field center).

there are some industries that have unilateral price fixing. the framing (art framing industry) has a spec's sheet that is released by some framers of america or whatever that gets everyone in line to charge 350% mark up for this 400% mark up for that. for instance a piece of 30x40 framers...

also get the room deadly quiet and get an auto repair stethoscope. you can hear an air leak and pinpoint it if you get a room quite enough. i mean no computer fans, no hvac, no nothing.

also, i wouldn't concern myself with gross sales. if it takes $2.8m in cog to net $200k from $3m, you don't need that many headaches for a $200k payoff. each shop should have a niche product that no one can compete with. you'll do better as a specialist selling to the country, then being a...

it's not about the machines or the prices alone. for big numbers you will need a very talented aggressive sales staff, poach some guys with big accounts already set up, etc. this is not, "if i build it, they will come" territory. you get to $3m by getting to $300k then $500k then $750k and...

it's just a trade name for polyester. he probably mean "clear stuff printed reverse" there were a lot of artists in the early 80's that would do reverse images (painted and leafed) behind mylar. i love working with polyester, it's crisp, solvent resistant, heat resistant, etc. but as a...

think about the math on this. the r1900 costs around $450 retail. that means epson sold the entire printer plus the boxing for about $225. that means the printhead inside the printer is worth about $112 wholesale to epson. and most likely even less... $85?

i can get that thing running for $900.

i would quit discussing this. or it won't be long before epson put on some kind of printer recognition chip. much like the chip on an oem cart.

it's also a corporate pricing decision. there was a day that a dx2 was pricey. eventually as the tech got older the heads were very cheap. with the dx4's they just adpoted a different pricing structure. keep 'em high and force upgrading to the next head tech. i've busted a dx4 open and...

the rest of the thread was very interesting too. a "genuine" epson water based head with a "genuine" solvent roland head rank sticker underneath it, and then a "genuine" solvent mimaki head rank sticker underneath that. i bet they'd have put a "genuine" mutoh sticker but it started looking a...

will be working my third all nighter this week. very big order going out. crazy complex pieces. i'm amped but my help is exhausted and i'm doing my best to avoid mutiny. if you hire someone part time for an emergency job at first anything goes because they don't have rent. but after that...

the files in the upload are clean. ...unless a mimaki engineer planted a virus. maybe someone could reupload to a newer download site?

the one after the media comp look about as good as an isolated head file looks. heads benefit from added channels dot gain dithering and allow more even printing. much like if you were spraying a car and could follow the first spray gun with one right behind it. the finish would be better...

if the black data looks grainy going to the magenta head, then no. if the black data going to the magenta head looks good and the black ink going to the magenta head looks good then you should order a new head.

...the line about the 2million dollar auction? or the dates?

famous japanese anonymous painter sells dates painted on canvas as "self portraits". one has auctioned for almost 2 million dollars. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/06/on-kawara-at-david-zwirner-a-million-dollar-enigma.html

so where are you officially at as far as absolutely isolated to "not be the problem"? can you make a list like slider port magenta "good" black and magenta damper "good" etc.