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Your reasoning is spot on. A siphon definitely occurred here, but finding out why it occurred can be difficult. I would flush every tube running through the waste station including the larger ones. Get as much of the dry/gel like ink out as possible. Take the air release tube off the station and...

Not too familiar with these machines but in general, on a two head machine, one head will be the base and the other one adjusts to it. Usually you can adjust the tilt of the first head but not the up and down position because they want you to adjust the second head to align with the first head.

If it is only for a few days, just leave the heads capped and run a cleaning once everything is up and running. Some people would soak a lint free cloth with come cleaning solution, lay it on the cap tops and then dock the head on that. This will help the nozzles from drying out over a longer...

Is this cutter new to you or have you installed new software to run it? When it cuts the little lines on the side, can you see if it is actually cutting little numbers and letters? If that is the case, you just need to change the command settings to match your software. Graphtec software uses...

8 pass is a very standard print settings and pretty much any printer should print well with it. You might need to run some head alignments. Also, check the profile settings. Sometimes the profile will have it's own feed compensation value. Set it to let the printer handle the feed comp if that...

This will get you going right here. You will also need to run all of the print head alignments as they are now set to defaults. Remember, you just replaced the brain of your machine. It thinks it is a brand new printer that hasn't been configured yet.

Make sure you have installed the latest Mimaki USB driver. If it is not up to date or not installed at all, that will cause this issue. Also, make sure the printer is connected to the computer and turned on or it won't see it. Make sure you select the printer from the list of available printers...

I know it sounds weird but, what operating system are you using on that computer? I recently had a customer who was printing to a Mutoh printer and was having the exact same issue. I setup my laptop with the same exact software, settings, profile and printer settings and was able to print blue...

I have a customer who prints banners for sports teams all around the country. His sales come completely from online. You can customize the banner with names, sizes and colors and they have themed backgrounds etc. He contacted a Russian guy to build the whole site for him. He said it was a pretty...

If the numbers you have stated are 100% accurate, you are being rushed into making mistakes. That being said, it sounds like you need to be checking each job and approving it to go to the next step. So have your designer make the files and have you or someone else proof read and check for...

Mimaki has changed how they handle legacy machines and the firmware for that machine doesn't even show up on my dealer side. I would call Mimaki and see if they will send it to you. I know they have it on a server there somewhere.

Most printable transfer materials can be printed with any glossy PVC profile and will work fine. If you want perfect color results, make a custom profile.

Just so you know, those aren't DX7 heads. Those heads look like they come from an Epson desktop printer. I have seen them used in Chinese knock off printers before. When you pushed ink through with the syringe, did it print anything? Even a couple nozzles? Once ink has gone through the head...

What does the banding look like? Your test print does not indicate that it would cause any banding. That being said, it is possible that the head is failing electronically but it would be rare this young.

I have always been under the impression that you always want to laminate window perf. If water gets in the holes, you lose the ability to see through it as you should. Laminate helps with the install and protects the print. As long as you use optically clear laminate, there should be no problems.

In perfect condition, you could probably get 7k to 9k on the high end. We sell a lot of SP300V printers used which is the same model just 30". Out of the last 4 or 5 I would say that the average going price was around 5K. These printers we sell are refurbished to factory standards and in perfect...

But I found the same decal in China for $3 with shipping included! Can't you match China's price?

I haven't run into the VS series too much in the field yet but it should be fairly similar on that model as the older ones. Basically, you just go into service mode and, in the service menu, find, "encoder setup". Hit enter, follow the prompts and it automatically runs the encoder setup. This...

Any roll to roll printer with a name brand on it is going to work for you. Everyone here on signs101 will have their 2 cents on which ones are better and it's usually the one they already own. People have had great and bad experiences with all of them. You want to get one with solvent or latex...

In the service menu you run these in order > Bias, Vertical, Horizontal, Bi-Directional Default Then in user mode run these > Bi-Directional and print feed calibration I always like to run the encoder setup, calibration and environmental match before aligning. Run the print/cut alignments...