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Sounds like you have ink contamination which is caused by a poor seal around the head and capping station allowing ink to siphon back up into the other colors. Either your capping station needs a thorough cleaning, it needs re-aligned, or you need a new capping station altogether. Take a close...

Personally I am a bigger fan of VMWare Fusion vs Parallels. (Personal preference) All my Adobe and misc software runs on the Mac side and the Fusion side runs Quickbooks, MS Office, GraphixCalc, etc... No worries - what you are doing is nothing to worry about.

Also, make sure your media clamps aren't loosening up on the ends of the feed roll. I sometimes got skewing on full or heavy rolls of media until I realized the ends were sliding out of the roll. I just put a piece of masking tape or scrap vinyl on it to make sure it doesn't move at all and no...

3rd party ink that is out of spec from OEM ink can cause those problems. Especially if the pigment particles are not ground down to the same size. Once a nozzle is plugged for a long time it is almost impossible to get it back. Especially on the DX5 head which is what the ValueJet uses...

I dunno - the model name is WORF AK-600. Just google US TECH LAMINATOR and it will get you there.

Pete, the US Tech is not a "dummy proof" machine. However, once you get the hang of it it's really simple. (I just ran two 4x16' pieces through it earlier this week with no issues.) Basically when laminating you only want to use the weight of the top roller itself, which is like 150 lbs...

6-color machines (CMYK,lc,lm) don't really expand your color gamut, only aid in making smoother transitions in gradients and tones in your prints. The only way to go outside traditional CMYK color gamut is to get a machine like the Epson GS6000 which is an 8 color machine that adds green and...

Another vote for the Master (Worf) series laminators. I bought the 65" AK series cold laminator earlier this year and have used it to laminate multiple box truck wraps and other large projects. I did ruin a few prints when I first got it until I learned how to set the pressure correctly - but...

If your dream is to have your own printer, and you have a small budget, the Falcon you have could be an option. Just realize you'll likely have to rebuild most of it in order to make it work - and that is only -IF- there is no electronic/board damage. (Wondering why the guy just parked it with...

I'll quickly throw my .02¢ in on this issue... I bought a 1.5 yr old Mutoh VJ-1204. The printer was a repo that looked like it never had used it's first ink cart. However, the supplier (Rayco out of Chicago) had replaced the head, capping station and dampers and basically brought the thing...

Very creative!

Another vote for Mike at Insignia.

The 1204 is a great machine and will be big step up from your Falcon in speed, print quality and reliability. I stress to keep the capping station and drain tubes clean. Every issue I've ever had is a direct fault of either the capping station not having a good seal and/or the drain lines...

Yeah, I'm surprised nobody mentioned this up until now. Unless you've been living under a rock, the Mac will run Windows all day long - and run it as fast or even faster than an economy PC box. My Mac has all my Adobe stuff, fonts, art, etc. on it and on the Windows side I run Quickbooks, MS...

What kind of equipment? A good indicator is ebay or possibly craigslist. Also, realize that certain equipment will be worth more in some areas of the country vs others. Sorry couldn't give you a more concrete answer.

Welcome from Columbus, Ohio!

Dave (the owner) at solventprinterconversion.com is a very knowledgeable person regarding converting old Rolands to solvent/eco-solvent. He runs 2-3 older Rolands in his own print shop and also buys/sells/rebuilds/repairs them. He is a super guy and I've talked to him many times in the past...

http://www.signsupply.com/Hardware/Used_Equipment/usdplot1.asp They have both a refurb $19,995 and a demo unit $24,995

Haven't personally seen it before, but as you describe it sounds like it might be something similar to your head losing prime or some kind of reverse vacuum that is pulling your ink out of your head initially, but then comes back after the printer prints for a bit. Does it do this if you...

I feel for ya, go home and have a beer. ;-)