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One of the best starter printer/cutters is the Roland SP-300V. It's an older printer but they have outlasted any other printer using the same heads as far as reliability goes. There are tons of used ones out there and you can usually pick one up for between $4000 - $6000 depending on condition...

Johnsonplastics.com is probably where you want to send him. You can order online and there are 1000s of different styles, sizes, colors, and thicknesses.

You don't want to use 1 vinyl for all of that stuff or else you will be losing money. There are a ton of options and different features for whatever application you need it for. Are you hand mounting or machine mounting? Hand mounting vinyl is a lot easier with air release features but can add a...

With the machine unplugged, check all of the head cable connections (head and slider board) and all of the connections to the main board. In transportation one or more of the cables may have been knocked out and the printer tries to protect itself. If all of the cables are good, unfortunately...

Make sure that the caps are OEM. We have tested many 3rd party cap tops and most of them don't use the correct material for the absorbent pad. This makes the fibers stick up and come in contact with the head which causes your issue. One way to tell if it is OEM is that the tubing is black and...

You have no space left to process the files. Upgrade your hard drive or get an external drive and switch the working folder to the new drive. Either way, you need to go through and delete files you aren't using anymore and run a disk cleanup. Anytime you have less than 15% of hard disk space...

Get some quotes from your local competitors over the phone and see what they are pricing. Don't go too much lower or higher than they are. Too low and you're selling yourself, and the industry, short. Too high and you aren't competing. You should be considering your cost per square foot on...

CJV150-160 Profiles - Official Mimaki Site Don't try to download all of them at once or it will fail. I have downloaded 20 at a time with success.

Woops. I was thinking of a Mutoh color configuration not a Mimaki. You are correct. If the membrane was broken you would see cross contamination in the yellow. It could still be damage inside the head causing the issue but I would start with a new cap top and check that the pump is working...

The membrane that keeps the channels separate in the head may have been breached which would cause this issue. You could test this theory by flushing cleaning solution through the yellow channel with a syringe. If you push the solution through one channel and it comes out of 2 channels, the head...

With the back power switch on but front power off, hit the following buttons in order: Down, Right, Left, Up, Right, Down, Left Then push and hold Left, Down and Right keys while powering on. You must do this within 5 seconds so it may take a couple tries.

Check out the Mutoh VJ628, 24" printer. About 10x faster than the Roland for only 6500.00.

It is recommended by the manufacturer that you change the dampers once every year. This is mostly because the damper has filters in it and can clog or break causing nozzles to clog. They also recommend you change them because the flexibility of the damper lessens as time goes by which causes the...

Ah. I am willing to bet that the BN-20 only works that way because it is considered an entry level printer and they made a driver specifically for it. The VS series is a professional model so they assume you need the RIP. I'm not 100% on that. Just a hunch.

I think this might help you out. It goes through setting up the printer driver in windows. I have never seen a Roland setup to print directly from illustrator. The PDF link above shows how to setup the driver in windows and it links the driver to Versaworks so that it looks like you are printing...

Usually you want to check the F2 and F3 fuse. It will be labeled on the board that way. It's very small, near the edge of the board near the black heat sinks that stick up from the board. The fuse being blown will not give an error. It just looks like it is printing and nothing comes out of the...

I'm not sure if temporary wall/window vinyl will work for your application. It could easily fall off in bad weather or just from moving around in the wind. Maybe someone here has done it with success though. Have you thought about using cheap permanent vinyl and then using Rapid Remover to take...

I have seen this type of issue before where it only drops out on the left side of the print and it ended up being the manifold was clogged and restricting ink flow. You could take the manifold off and flush it but that can be time consuming and it could also damage the head if you aren't...

You blew the head fuse. It's on the main board and can be repaired. It's a 750 milliamp quick blow fuse. Sometimes you get lucky and it's a newer model board which has the socket to just pop a new one in. More likely it is the solder type fuse and you will need to find someone to repair it for...

I think it's a natural progression of the industry. The general trend in the sign and printing industry is that it is getting easier and cheaper to get started. You could buy a $20,000 printer and make the payments off of selling 3 banners a month. This floods the market with untalented and...