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lol I'm sure I would! I guess I haven't been in one of the major trades so it's been different for me. I've been fixing printers in the field for over 13 years. Every tool I've ever needed was either provided or I bought it with the company card. Just bought metric feeler gauges the other day.

If I was an independent contractor and was asked to bring my own tools, I'd say, "Of course." If I am a regular employee and my employer asked me to buy my own tools I'd tell them to pound sand.

A watched pot never boils! The JFX200 is considered entry level as far as speed goes. It's a good compliment to a sign shop but it won't have you competing with wholesale yard sign manufacturers that's for sure.

You're right. Guess I was thinking of another printer!

You can clear the error log but that won't stop the error from popping up. Mimaki keeps it simple. There's a float sensor that reads the water level and if it's too low it just gives the error. Maybe the float sensor is stuck? I'd give it a few taps to see if maybe it's just stuck in the low...

Rasterlink's preview is not usually a 100% accurate representation of what's going to print and cut. It's more just for layout purposes. But it sounds like you're actually printing and cutting it and the cut is off? I'd start by running the print/cut alignment. You can download the user manual...

Try Joe Reyes. I know he works in Texas but not sure how far he travels. Worth a shot. 210-376-8783

He means the actual original factory parameters. If you email Mimaki and give them the machine model, serial number, and ask for the original factory parameters, they'll send them over to you. The factory default set is not the same as original factory parameters. Each machine gets calibrated...

The first error you got means the lamps were overheating and the second one means it detected low coolant. When you fill the coolant from empty most of the time it requires you to turn the machine on and let it cycle for a little bit to fill the lines and then you need to add more to fill it...

If I'm understanding correctly, you just want to use the half cut function so that you can cut normally using the half cut tool's softer protections strip? You should be able to go into the tool setting for the Half tool and simply turn off the half cut. That will make it cut like a normal tool...

The error basically means the slider board isn't being detected. Check your connection between CN8 on the slider board to CN6 on the main board. Then check CN1 on the slider to CN101 on the main board. Those are the connections that communicate between the boards. Make sure the cable is still...

Make sure your not just in local mode or something. it's one of the more annoying things about Mimakis that you have to be in remote mode for it to communicate. Also as netsol said, make sure all of your power management settings are set to never power off. Is the static IP address reserved in...

The RIP is generally going to be better at converting from RGB to CMYK so I would try that and see what the customer thinks. I would inform the customer that going from RGB to CMYK is always going to be hit or miss and that in the future they should just design in CMYK to begin with. There are...

It's a preset so you can save multiple settings for different materials. So you can set it up in Flexi and have different tools with different pressure and speed settings saved so you don't have to remember them every time you change material.

It's either a connection issue or the RIP is set to RIP while printing and the file sis so large that the printer can print faster than the computer can RIP.

It's true. My buddy works in a company of about 110 people and they are constantly tested. The top people who don't fail any tests get a gift card. If you get too many fails, they just fire you!

Even though Mimaki say specifically in it's pre-flight for the JFX200 not to rotate it at all, I've seen Mimaki themselves rotate a machine 90 degrees to get it in their show room! Must not be too much of an important requirement.

Most viruses come from clicking bad links or phishing attacks. I've used windows defender and malwarebytes for over 15 years without a single issue. I also back up physically and to the cloud so if something did happen I could be up and running again easily. At the end of the day I think buying...

I'd say inspect and clean the encoder strip next for sure. You can also run an encoder test in service mode that will tell you if it's reading off. The dampers might fix the issue as well as when they fail they can do so intermittently.

Are the nozzles that are missing moving around after cleanings or are the same nozzles missing in the same spot every time? If they're moving around a lot, it's most likely an air pressure/ink flow issue. If it's the same nozzles, they might just be clogged unfortunately. If they move around a...