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  1. The sound is making me crazy!!!

    you know, bruce they don't just put the fans there as a decoration the cooling air flow prevents some sort of (normally expensive) component failure that sort of background noise has never bothered me much
  2. Roland Sp540 no ink printing

    also, check your soldering, recheck the driver transistors (they dont go bad often, but, they do go bad....) CAREFULLY CHECK the transistors driving the black print head the collector of one of the complimentary pair should have 41 VDC (center pin of the transistor) the collector of the other...
  3. Roland Sp540 no ink printing

    do a couple hour headsoak on the black pull ink through (don't be afraid to throw a little ink away) then try printing black again. black has a lot of solids in the ink
  4. Question leaking between black head & captop

    years ago, we ended up doing a "smoke test" with one of the machines car mechanics used. this was the only way we found a VERY MINOR leak (a bad bushing) on a baffle on one of our dodge caravans (i always liked coming up with the test to prove a weird problem's solution) same principle, it...
  5. Question DX7 Printhead Dented/Destroyed? Visible damage. No ink is printing at all. How did this happen? Help?!

    media clamps are the first thing i thought of one of mine ate a black printhead very recently
  6. Roland SP300v Head Soak Question

    i don't want to sound like a broken record, but, it is worth trying a 5%to 10% solution of acetone in the cleaning fluid (AT YOUR OWN RISK) followed by enough cleaning cycles to be sure the acetone has gone past the pumps into waste container. we have had very good luck with this DEPENDING ON...
  7. Question leaking between black head & captop

    already changed the manifold. it was cracked, but, both tests were with a good manifold we always have them (we keep dx2, dx4 & dx7 manifolds) i will see where the smoke comes out of.
  8. Question leaking between black head & captop

    I will use a can of "smoke test" we use to certify fire alarm systems. Bobby filled the manifold with cleaner & pinched hose on laptop but I am not sure.otherwise it's dial indicator time.
  9. Question leaking between black head & captop

    damonca21 it is odd, it doesn't seem to be tilted. there are 6 dx4 heads. black is in the b group heads on both sides are seating we had a pretty good head strike damage the black a while back. IT HIT A MEDIA CLAMP i was still printing a perfectly acceptable high quality print. the head strike...
  10. Question leaking between black head & captop

    oops, roland sc545-ex i guess i lost that line when i cut & pasted. sorry
  11. Question leaking between black head & captop

    i have been unable to get a good seal between black head & captop we have done this lots of times for clients AND FOR MYSELF, but we have a substantial vacuum leak where the head would seal with captop changed damper, captop (twice) substituted an old, defective printhead. yellow is still...
  12. Not sure if this is the correct category.................................................................................

    the two things the attorney will tell you: (1) never ask a question unless you already know the answer (2) never ask a question YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO
  13. Who runs Caldera on Linux?

    or DIGI usb anywhere (a favorite of mine![i believe you can share 16 usb ports over 1 ip
  14. New Employee Training

    Gino, the saying is you teach him everything HE KNOWS, but not everything YOU KNOW
  15. Question How do you prepare your install crew for an install?

    a great gift item for signs 101 members would be if they flipped automatically like the license plate in the old james bond movies then you could do any kind of crappy install you wanted
  16. Question How do you prepare your install crew for an install?

    when the code officials come around, you say "are you sure it looks different?"
  17. Nix Color Spectrometer

    this is great! we have 4 or 5 of the xrites.
  18. Question How do you prepare your install crew for an install?

    sunday night is the best time...
  19. Question How do you prepare your install crew for an install?

    I'm sure drill bits are important, too
  20. Question How do you prepare your install crew for an install?

    and GIN (it worked for the Brit's) takes the edge off all the meth
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