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What resolution are you printing? In some rare cases I have seen bad color profiles have messed up resolutions that make files print like that.

As a rule of thumb, any time you see something priced significantly lower than what everyone else is selling it for, it's either pirated/cracked or stolen. This is especially true for fleabay.

You have to use the recommended mark size. When you go to make the crop marks there will be a little note that says how big the mark should be. The longer the print, the bigger the mark needs to be so it doesn't miss it.

Totally forgot about that. That may complicate things.

I would get one. Most manufacturers don't honor warranties where a power surge blows up the machine without a surge protector.

Sounds like a possible bad USB cable or port on you computer if it works on other computers.

The Mimaki UCJV300 is going to work best for you. The white works really well. If I remember correctly, Mutoh still uses the Epson based heads on their roll to roll UV printers and the Epson head have never done exceptionally well with UV for some reason. I would stick with the Mimaki in this case.

I would change the encoder sensor. Usually when you see this pattern and the encoder strip doesn't fix it, it's the sensor.

Try to get your hands on a tech manual. It will have a section in there on how to do it. I can't remember off the top of my head. Should be a post on here about the manual.

Another option might be to find a used one and retrofit it to your machine. There are plenty of broken down parts machines on Ebay and craigslist that might have one for cheap.

With the way this site has been lately I will probably get a lot of dissenters but no, Light Cyan and Light Magenta do not print better quality and just slows the machine down and costs you more money. The idea behind LC and LM is that older print heads didn't print variable dot and the dots...

It's probably the blade mechanism isn't engaging when it moves to the far left side of the machine. With the machine off, push the cut head all the way to the left side and push it as far as possible. Watch the blade mechanism and see if it moves down and locks like it should or if it pops back...

When nozzles don't come back after many cleanings and head soaks it usually means they are physically damaged either in the shape of the nozzle itself or an internal issue that just stops it from firing. As a last resort you can try flushing the head with a syringe and cleaning solution but it...

While it is true that printing in RGB will get a better color gamut, but not much, the colors in his file absolutely won't print. If you show the customer that file and then show them the print I guarantee they will not be happy.

One thing no one is mentioning is that most of the colors in the file are outside the CMYK gamut and will look much more washed out than they appear on your screen. You should get in the habit of designing print jobs in CMYK mode rather than RGB. The discussion you are going to have with the...

We sell the Hiker press which includes a box of 500 grommets + Free Shipping. Check it out here. While plastic grommets work in some cases you can't go wrong with the metal ones and they are cheap enough that you might as well go with them. Also, I have never spoken to someone who used a hand...

You should be good with that setup. Anytime your computer seems to freeze up for a second whenever you do anything, it can be a sign of a bad hard drive. Not always but it's a good thing to keep in mind for the future. Since yours is only in Corel it's probably good.

Exactly. I'm not bashing Signburst. I'm sure his product is top notch. There are just a lot of frugal people here on signs101 and building your own computer is the frugal option.

I'm sure they are well built but I have been building my own since 6th grade so parts are always cheaper than having someone do it for me. Things have changed so much a lot of guys in the DIY computer building circles call it, Adult Legos.

I checked them out expecting them to be high based on your comment and it's even higher than I thought! This is to be expected for pre-built computers however. The market they are trying to capture doesn't build their own computers so they tack on a premium. I built a computer recently with very...