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My Nephew loves McGyver and watches the reruns like they just came out yesterday! Hopefully it will be around for a long time.

The ink end sensor is most likely broken. It's a small piece of black plastic towards the back bottom right side of the cartridge holder. Look into the cartridge holders and compare them. You will be able to tell if it's broken. It's a small piece of flimsy plastic and a lot of the time you will...

Try using the USB port on Flexi or, even better, power the Gerber on with the communication cable plugged in and then open Flexi. Go to change port and see if USB_Printer_0 is now an option. If it is, choose that one.

We carry the Mimaki SS21 inks for $111 and it's free shipping on orders over $200. Here is a link: Mimaki SS21 Inks We also carry the Bordeaux brand inks for that machine for $72.95 if you want to go after market.

What you want to do is unplug the machine. Hit the power button a couple times to discharge it. Now get to the main board and take out the memory. Air dust the terminal and clean the leads of the memory to make sure there is no dust or debris on them. Re-install the memory and turn on the...

If you were printing all colors before you pulled ink into the damper and now it prints absolutely nothing, you may have blown the head fuse. If you didn't unplug the machine and the head cable was nudged or ink got on it, it will shot out and blow the fuse. Sometimes even if the machine was...

Normally the chips on Mimaki 3rd party cartridges are for 1 liter which normally is enough for a 440 cartridge. The ones that are forever chips for bulk systems need to tell the machine a new ID number every time the machine senses that the ink is or should be empty. The EPROMs they use on the...

It's mostly trial and error. In general 2 on the print count and anywhere between .1 and 2 seconds for wait time. It all depends on how well the ink dries and sets into the vinyl. I bet someone who runs a shop for a living has some better advice for you.

I generally use Flexi to setup the double strike. The tab to the right of the profile tab is the printer settings tab. this tab has the heater settings, motor speed, effect etc. Click on that tab and you will see the options for double strike which may also be called, "Overprint" in Flexi...

I don't see a lot of people profiling for Rasterlink for some reason. You can get the profiling software from Mimaki that makes them specifically for Rasterlink but I believe it is expensive for what it is. If it helps, Rasterlink is just a special version of Wasatch made for Mimaki.

Haven't heard of this yet. If it works, that's a nice feature.

I don't usually recommend metallic ink unless you have a product that sells constantly and in large quantities. Pros: -It's a cool effect that may sell a few more decals -Sets you apart from the local competition by adding a new product Cons: -Maintenance is a huge problem even with...

Start offering full color decals and sub out the job to a local print shop until you get an idea for the market. If it ends up failing, you don't stand to lose much. If it takes off, I would look for a used Roland SP-300V in good condition. That is a machine that a lot of people start on and...

I have seen well maintained machines run for over 12 years. I generally see solvent printers lasting about 6 - 8 years before being junked. If I owned a shop, I would probably replace my equipment every 5 years. The main concern is what maintenance is costing compared to the cost of a new...

The bi-directional alignment is mostly affected by media thickness, head height and head wear. If you are printing on multiple types and thicknesses of media, that would cause some to look good and some to not. That is why Mimaki gives you 4 different setup types to save your alignments in for...

To skip pre-heating just hit menu and then enter. The printer will start printing and keep heating up as it goes. The vacuum fans will stop after a while or if you unload the material. The CPU fan's will not stop unless the power is tuned off. The heaters can be turned off after printing by...

Cross contamination happens for three main reasons: 1. The pump is partially clogged which is not allowing the cap to drain fast enough which causes ink to flow back up into the other colors. 2. The damper on the cyan and/or yellow is failing which can cause ink to drop out of the head when...

Refresh on the JV300 series is not like the refresh setting on the JV33 series. Refresh on the JV300 series is the new, less ink intensive, automatic cleaning function. Although there is still an option for auto cleaning, it uses much more ink and should only be used in certain circumstances...

Thanks for the order! It's much easier to run the nozzle wash function from the machine to soak the head. No lint free cloth necessary. The machine will fill the cap with cleaning solution from the wash cartridge and then lock the head on the cap top for however long you set it for. Then it...

This is the slider and her is the cap top as well The plastic erodes on the tabs that is slides on and eventually prevents the cap from making a good seal. I have been noticing it much more recently on older machines. The other day a customer was having major ink flow issues and was about to...