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The original problem with the JV400 was that it was $25,000 more than an HP latex. Mimaki really messed up with the pricing and timing on that machine. I'm sure you got it for a great deal. They gave them out for free with flatbed purchases and those users just ended up selling them for whatever...

It needs to be pushed down so it is flat. I always thought it was weird that they didn't hold that sensor down with anything.

The SP300V is one of, if not the best, used printers out there. Not sure why it's getting hate on here. It's outlasted every DX4 based printer out there and there are a ton of them still in use even though they aren't manufactured anymore. The price is the main issue. The heads are probably...

Digi-print doesn't have a support line? The station is sitting way too high it sounds like. These maintenance stations don't have any special trick to them. You install it and it works. If it doesn't, something wasn't put in right or the part is defective.

For what it's worth, if you have issues with the printer finding registration marks and don't want to throw away the job, you can set it up to only look for the first one. Also, look up in your manual on how to adjust the sensor sensitivity and make sure there isn't a very bright light source...

RGB has a much bigger color gamut than CMYK. On a non-profiled printer, you can trick the printer into printing a slightly wider gamut by designing in RGB and letting the RIP convert it to CMYK values. This tends to just saturate the colors more in my experience. Although this works, it is not...

It actually is there to prevent static build up around the head. The print head still fires without it but it can cause issues. It's also a very good idea to keep that part as clean as possible.

You probably need a new sensor. They go bad too. What kind of print issues are you having?

When you tipped the machine on its side, you put a lot more pressure on the ink system than it was designed for. This makes the ink flow through the heads and ink comes out either through the waste lines or out the sides of the cap tops. The ink is just dark greenish because it's all of the...

DPF8000 is the way to go. I have a few customers who use it specifically for high and low temps and swear by it.

The thermistor could still be bad. Try switching it with one you know is working and see if the problem moves. All the thermistor does is change resistance due to heat. If you unplug it, the resistance doesn't change and the machine thinks it needs to keep on heating up. If you find out the...

When doing the mechanical adjustments, make sure you tighten the screws in between printing the test print and adjusting the head. What tends to happen is you get it perfect but the screws aren't tight when running the test print and the head moves slightly before you get a chance to tighten it...

By normal adjustments do you mean the ones you normally do as an end user or the ones that are in the service mode? To me it looks like you need to do the service menu alignments. The vertical adjustment is definitely off but it is always better to do all of the alignments in the proper order...

99% of the time ink drop out during the print is caused by failing dampers. The other 1% is things like failing heads, sub tanks etc.

They limit you to 500,000 uses for images on a standard license. So if you sell 500,001 you have broken your contract. Here are the license terms.

I agree. Especially on legacy printers. I think if you pay for the machine you should get to know how to fix it yourself. There is a big fight going down with John Deere about this same issue. Farmers want to fix their tractors but John Deere won't let them!

That's my point. Anyone who is selling the manual just found the PDF online and is basically selling you something you could find for free anyway. And it's illegal.

If you bought a service manual from someone who isn't Roland or a Roland dealer, you got bamboozled. Even if it was cheap.

Mimaki profiles are specific to the model and size. If you grabbed the JV300-130 profiles, they won't work on your JV300-160. It's really annoying seeing how the print heads and ink are exactly the same.

Go to Mimakiusa.com and go to the Support > Downloads section. Find your model and then choose profiles. There are a ton of them but my customers are having the best results with the 3m and Mimaki generic PVC profiles. Download a couple and try to import them into Flexi. They should load as they...