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  1. Check out my nozzle check

    Lost all 3 printers same day. Can somebody look at my attachment and let me know what caused this? It is a nozzle check on a rj900x dye sub printer. Where can I start troubleshooting? All parts maybe 6 months old...New maintenance station, new print head, new dampners. Printer been running...
  2. Color shift on Grey pressed Apparel?

    Im stumped if anybody can help. Just printed and pressed 50 hockey jerseys and on some panels my grey is slightly pinkish. It does not match. The printer is not laying down the same ink all the time? Impossible to tell by looking at the print its self prior to pressing as it all looks the same...
  3. Mutoh media take up turning off

    My Mutoh media take up is turning off after 60 secs. Im stuck having to turn off then back on. The media take up is the Mutoh brand VJ13tup20a. Can this be turned on for longer or is the unit faulty? Ive searched and browsed in set up with no luck, tried several different settings in set up. VJ...
  4. Complexity of unlocking Mutoh's...NO ink detect.

    Anybody know the complexity of unlocking mutohs so it does not detect cartridge ink levels? I had a guy do my years back but I lost his contact details. He left the files with me and MSA. Just got a vj 1624 that needs overhaul but need to get passed the ink detection. Are the .mpi, .ulk files...
  5. DX5 print head leak on side of face plate

    this is the second time my dx5 head stopped working, slowly losing all nozzles with every clean. Upon removal of head noticed ink/air is leaking from the side of the shiny face plate. The plate that has the 360 nozzle holes. Ink is seeping from the edge of that plate. Not sure how the face plate...
  6. Mutoh Printing but No ink on paper!

    My Rj900x had a head strike with the paper when the paper roll came to an end. The head stayed in that position over night so not sure if thats critical or not. After rebooting now the printer prints but no ink is being laid down. The head is not damaged as I installed it in my Vj1304 and it...
  7. flushing dx5 eco for dye sub

    I would like to flush my Mutoh dx5 head used for eco solvent to accommodate dye sub ink. Anybody know if the butyl cellosolve+acetone formula would do any harm to flush it? 4:1 or 5:1ratio? I would flush the lines and install new dampers.
  8. Wasatch glitching

    Using wasatch 7.4 and suddenly it no longer works correctly. But only on the 4 pdf files I need done. Files are ripping in the rip queue but not moving to the print queue. If I restart wasatch the files now move to the print queue and printer starts printing by itself. The only issue it only...
  9. service call 0121 thermistor

    Can anybody tell me where I can get thermistor cable for dryer? Its my first roland printer and I would like to get it going. First need to get past my service call 0121. The cable to the little screw is broken. SP540V. Thanks
  10. Color inconsistency...Ink quality or rgb print

    Hello just wondering which would be a more probable cause of color shifting during very large printing eg. apparel printing. Low quality ink or printing in RGB? Mutoh RJ900X. I cannot achieve certain colors printing CMYK but little worried to try RGB again as it gave me unstable colors in the...
  11. press paper lines leaving ink

    Hello Im used to doing cut and saw print/press and never had this issue but when I press logos on premade garments there is always ink pressed on edge of my transfer paper. Ive tried everything with no success. More pressure, less pressure, taping paper with teflon tape. I use tacky paper...
  12. mutoh rj900 printing grainy.

    Tried reading on here to find solution but cannot solve. My prints on transfer paper are coming out grainy...ink is light. That said only the lighter colors. Just days ago it was printing fine. Next day started to get light. Did not change ink, paper, settings in wasatch. Cannot lay down enough...
  13. Grainy prints mutoh rj900

    Tried reading on here to find solution but cannot solve. My prints on transfer paper are coming out grainy...ink is light. That said only the lighter colors. Just days ago it was printing fine. Next day started to get light. Did not change ink, paper, settings in wasatch. Cannot lay down enough...
  14. can mutoh vj1304 print dye sub

    I need a spare oe second printer to my Mutoh rj900 that is dye sub. Can eco vj 1304 be converted to use dye sub inks? Even if it means buying new print head. All the research Ive done point to that a green connector dx5 print head is good for both eco and dye sub ink. Just looking for any input...
  15. print head carriage very slow in Wasatch

    Just wondering what would be the best way to print higher number of copies in wasatch. Im experiencing very slow carriage movement on my mutoh rj900. It will pause at times for 3 secs per side. The options are: add 10 garment pieces on my pdf file (which can be tricky at times since Ai will not...
  16. RJ900X LOST ALL MAGENTA

    If anybody can please share some input. Fairly new printer minimal use... printed perfect nozzle check for 2 years then suddenly lost magenta. Both channels. There was maybe 10% magenta working. Every time I did head clean it got worse. Now nozzle check shows zero magenta. Then lost 1 channel...
  17. greys cannot solve problem

    Wanted to see if anybody can give me any advice. Have been experiencing the same problem for years and still cannot resolve. Long story short just printed 4 jerseys so in total 12 pieces and I have like 4 different greys. Sleeves do not match and front and back differ its a mess. Ive always had...
  18. Value Jet refillable ink cartridges...confused

    Hey there Been printing for quite some time now and have 5 large printers from epsons mutohs and roland. I have always been able to buy refillable ink cartridges and reset the chips on them. My dye sub mutoh rj900 does not even have any chips. My latest purchase is a (used) vj 1304. New to eco...
  19. epson sky blue always presses tiel

    Using epson 9880 Ive been making sports apparel jerseys for several years now with no issues and suddenly I cannot get a blue to work. Looks blue on transfer paper but comes out tiel after pressing. Made a set of jerseys for a team few weeks ago and it all went fine. This week they needed a...
  20. epson 9600 printhead pools then releases ink on media

    My Epson 9600 has a new printhead and new mainboard. When printing it seems as the ink pools in the printhead then release leaving a huge mess on the media? ANy thoughts from anyone? Eg. printing large document 48"by36" it will print half of it perfect then sudden release of all colors in large...
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