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Could be either. The streaking you are seeing means the signal to the head is shorting out. The fact that you were getting the fuzzy prints earlier could just mean the head is progressively failing as well. The streaking could also be other electrical issues but start with the head cables and head.

That type of streaking is usually the print head failing electronically/physically. It could be as simple as a damaged/dirty print head cable but I would say it is more often than not just an old worn out head. As stated above, static also causes this issue and if your environment is not within...

Ask yourself if the time you are using to figure it out and the time to patch everything back together is worth the savings and then just price the waste into your products and live worry free.

If the chips work in another printer and all of the readers look good on the new one, the most likely culprit is the heater junction board. I just changed one recently for the same issue and it fixed it. Unfortunately the board is around $400.

This is just my opinion but I think Mimaki started to using Panasonic and Ricoh heads to move away from Epson because Epson has been slowly putting a choke hold on Mimaki, Mutoh and Roland for years now. A good example is that, from what I have seen, in the past 5-6 years the price of a DX5...

Media for sure. Other than possibly bad ink I can't think of any way the printer could malfunction like that.

Are you sure you are using the proper rated fuse? It should be a 1.6 amp, 125 volt, Quick Blow fuse. Check the long trailing cables that go from the slider to the main board and don't forget to check the terminals the cables plug into on all of the connections. Damage can occur to the...

With the CJV30 model you want to check the country of manufacture (Near the serial number). If it says Japan, these are great machines and can compete with any Roland or other brand in it's class. If it says China, I would be cautious. The ones made in China had issues with the Y bar being...

Either the thermistor in the head is malfunctioning or the head cable is not making good contact with the terminals. My money is on the cable/terminals.

The Mimaki plug-in works in both. I don't have a lot of experience with Corel though.

Both are a good upgrade from the GCC. The specs are going to be just about exactly the same and both are trusted brands. I personally prefer the Mimaki because it has the illustrator plug-in that cuts directly from Illustrator. The Graphtec has something similar but it exports it to another...

Most RIPs these days have a RIP While Printing option. I know Flexi, Wasatch and Rasterlink have it and it is a time saver. It RIPS the first ~10% and then starts printing and keeps on RIPing as it goes. No waiting on RIP!

We had a display for Arlon DPF-8000 in our show room that was mounted to the concrete brick painted wall. It stayed up for 10 years until we replaced it with a new design. It was indoors so we didn't laminate but if you laminate it, it should be pretty bomb proof. The only issue we had is the...

I would test for clogs in the cap top tubes, the Y connector, the pump, and the waste tube. If you can flush solution through it should be good. Next I would replace dampers which you already have. If you didn't change the O-rings along with them, I would put new o-rings on. Check for damaged...

You could easily get a used SP300V or SP300i for around $4000 and be up and running a contour sticker business. Add a simple not frills laminator for around $1500 and you have bomb proof stickers for the people who want them. I have so many customers who run this route. They go for a couple...

It's in the service menu under "EXCONTROL". You can test the solenoids which just opens and closes them on demand which breaks them free most of the time.

The Falcon JRs also had a serial to Ethernet port adapter that kind of looks like a dongle as well. The reason the technology seems to be outdated is because that machine was manufactured when I was in elementary school, not kidding. It's 6 generations removed from current technology.

Scrap it. These machines have been riding on their last legs for years now. It's time for them to retire. They were work horses when they were new and one of the most popular machines but age has caught up with them.

It's an interrupt sensor so the only adjustment is to make sure the flag is moving properly. The flag moves, and the sensor detects it, when the bag empties and refills letting the machine know when to close the valve. Is it a sub tank low error? Sometimes a sub tank low error will pop up and go...

That's what warranties are for! Let us know how it goes.