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Ink level display won't be fixed by Firmware. The system is very primitive and only guesses at how much ink is being used and then subtracts that from the 440mL chip. If you are ending up with unused ink in the cartridges, it usually means your maintenance station is bad. If your cartridges are...

I have never seen a printer that didn't have some sort of capping station across brands and printer type. It seems to be a universal thing. If you don't cap UV heads, light can get to the bottom of the heads and fry them. So I am not 100% but I would be very surprised if the Flora didn't have...

You can also make a display that you can show them to illustrate what you are trying to get across. People just don't understand graphics when they aren't in the industry. But if you make a little display that shows the same image at different enlargements, they can see what you are trying to...

Make sure your RIP is set to 16bit and not 8bit as this would cause gradients to be segmented. Also, in Illustrator, try making a rectangle with the white spot color and then overlay another rectangle with a black to (non-spot color) white gradient on top of the white spot color. Now turn the...

Interesting. What has Mimaki said? I only have experience with the LUS 150 and 100 versions and they don''t do that.

Are you sure about the $1600 price? I just replaced the foam/rubber material on a laminator roller for about $150. It was a non-heat assist model which may be the difference. It took some soapy water and an air compressor to get it on but it was worth the fix. It's possible your model works...

You can test the resistance (OHMS) of the thermistors and hold them between your fingers. The resistance should go up as your finger warms the metal. A better way, as stated above, is to use the infrared thermometer and read the temps of the heaters. If they get up to the proper temperature and...

Most likely your sensor is failing. The first thing to do is clean the sensor with rubbing alcohol. Most of the time there is just ink build up blocking the sensor. Other than that, you may just need to change the sensor.

You can manually move the head when ever you want. And yes 440s can be put in one at a time but since that machine doesn't officially support 440mL you may find that they do not empty all the way so you may have to trick it into using the last 50ml or so. A lot of people do use the 440mL carts...

I have seen the 20/20 inks destroy printers. It's something about the solvent they use or just the amount of solvent they use. Whenever I get a service call and someone has 20/20 inks I tell them to flush and switch to something better before I even show up.

Always be careful when picking a 3rd party ink. There are good ones out there but there are a lot of bad ones. I fix printers in the field and I have fixed machines from Colorado, to California to Virginia for the last almost 10 years and I have never heard of or seen those inks in a machine...

Your thermistors are probably failing. They tell the printer when the heaters are up to the proper temperature. If they fail, they either give an error or just never heat up to the proper temp. You would need to replace them if they are bad. Also, if you are in a very cold environment, that...

Absolutely. The machine can be great but if it doesn't print on your material, it's worthless.

Make a file with just a Pantone 288 colored square and save it as a PDF instead. Print that and see how it looks. EPS files don't embed input profiles so that is probably messing with your RIP.

In reality, because you have to load the material on and hit the button, it may be more like 7.5 per hour but if you have a good employee you could get 8 per hour. If you add white or any other color configuration it drops to about 5 or 6 sheets per hour.

For $100k or less take a look at the MImaki JFX200. It's probably the fastest entry level flat bed out there. If setup in the CMYKx2 mode, you can get 8 full sheets per hour. The quality is on par with other flatbeds and they generally go for around $80k - $90k depending on what options you...

Have you changed anything on the computer recently? It could be a firewall or virus program blocking the connection.

We don't get charged for 48"+ but there is a charge for oversize boxes which I believe starts at 61". Make sure you are entering the dimensions into the form when creating the label. If you don't and they have to adjust the weight based on their dimensional weight formula, they charge you extra...

Here in Colorado we are required to keep a physical copy of their state sales tax license. Even if they have a sales tax license we still have to charge tax on printer parts because they don't end up in the end product. Check out your local laws. It's going to be different everywhere.

I believe on that model you have to tell the feed and take-up system that the roll is reversed. If I remember correctly it's a switch on the feed system itself and not an option in the printer menus.