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Mimaki printers have memory boards on their heads. If they aren't plugged in or damaged, you get this message. I am assuming either you just forgot to plug that in or it's head that wasn't from Mimaki in which case it wouldn't have a memory board.

The print head and maintenance station are the same. There are a few other minor parts that are the same but obviously anything that has to do with the width of the machine will be different.

I would update the firmware and software to make sure you are on current versions. Older versions had issues for sure.

The happy medium is making your own profiles which would definitely fix your issue. A quick fix would be to go into your RIP and find the color replacement tool. It's not called the same in every RIP but it essentially lets you select a color using the eyedropper tool and then input your own...

It's another one of those sign industry things. Half the guys have never waited to laminate and say it's fine. The other half either does it because, "it's the way you are supposed to do it" or they had one print fail 5 years ago and never chanced it again. In my experience out gassing doesn't...

I normally use a tapered syringe and hook a piece of solvent resistant tube onto it. Then just attach the tube to the manifold where the damper normally connects to the head. I push cleaning solution through gently at first until it sort of bubble out of the nozzles and then push harder until it...

Just took a break to let things cool off. Didn't want to cause a bunch of drama which we all love on the forum right? ;)

Weird. When I open it in my Illustrator, when I select the clipping mask, it shows as overprinting in the attributes window. I'm on an older version however. At the end of the day something is telling the RIP to overprint the gradient and I don't think it's the RIP misinterpreting. I think the...

I'm telling you that saving without preserving editing settings is creating a clipping mask around the gradient and for whatever reason the clipping mask is set to overprint. If you open the file after saving it without preserving illustrator editing the gradient circle is now a square gradient...

It's the way you are saving it then. Make sure the, "Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities" is selected. When I save it with that option it preserves the circle gradient. When I save it without that option, it makes a clipping mask. That should do the trick!

You shouldn't be able to see any white in the cap top if the station is working properly. The lines you see are from the head firing into the cap which means those nozzles are firing but the station isn't pulling the ink through like it should which would make sense why the black isn't firing...

I'd flush the magenta channels before trying anew head. It can damage the head but it's worth a shot as a last resort. A lot of the time it just flushes out and you are good to go especially on younger heads like yours.

The bottom bearings wrap around the back just like the top ones do. You can't see it well but you can get back there with a swab and alcohol to clean it. Make sure you re-grease it though with a very thin layer of synthetic grease. On a 12 year old printer the bearings making noise are...

I don't have your fonts so ignore that but see my copy of the file attached. I made the circle with the gradient and didn't use clipping masks. If you bring this file into your RIP it should not turn green.

It's the clipping mask that is throwing everything off. This seems to be a glitch in the way your design software makes gradients. When I select the circle on your original file without changing anything, illustrator says one or more components selected are set to overprint. If you select just...

I brought it into Illustrator and it looks like the way the gradient was made was a square gradient and then a circle clipping mask was made over that. For whatever reason when the clipping mask is in place , illustrator thinks it is set to overprint because when i turn on overprint preview, it...

All manifolds sold separate from the head are aftermarket. Epson doesn't sell the separately to anyone. I have had good success with the ones we sell. It took many sources to find one that worked well.

One thing I miss about living in Ohio is all the German heritage. Haven't had a decent Bratwurst in years! Have fun!

AS said above, garbage in garbage out for the most part. There is a new AI based enlargement software that seems to do a pretty good job but it's always better to just have a super high res image to begin with. One mistake I and many others have made is downloading the thumbnail instead of the...