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Will do on the print head.

I seem to remember you stated in a post you were located in South Florida. Where? I am based in Delray Beach.

Checking my sources for print head availability. I can almost guarantee the ribbons are not your issue. I would say this comes under shxx happens. Any head strikes or crashes? What ink are you using, as this can be a factor. Roland ink is always good, and there are some 3rd party inks that are...

Here's the thing about nozzle test prints vs. actual files. The nozzle test is like starting your car and it idles great. There is no real load on the printhead to print a nozzle test. Now you drive down the highway and at highway speed, your car is running rough. This is the print head working...

I can definitely see the loss of density in the light cyan.

Try this file. It is the first file I print after creating a profile.

Actually, it explains the warm shift exactly. RGB and/or CMYK gray depends upon the balance of CMY(LcLm) in the linearization and the ICC profile. The loss of cyan density will result in the magenta now becoming stronger, resulting in a warm tone in the grays and a color shift in any color using...

My assessment is, unfortunately, it is the printhead. I do not feel it is the damper, as that typically results in banding, not overspray. FYI, the damper is a dual damper and one side can be problematic without the other side going bad. When the head was replaced, were new dampers installed? If...

It appears you have all your nozzles back. The cyan overspray would point to the cyan or light cyan channel is possibly starting to fail. I would suggest printing the fill test in service mode. It is here - service mode-print menu-test pattern-fill. This test prints each channel at a middle...

"Initialize the limit" to fix this issue. Front power off. Press left, up, and right buttons all at once and turn on the power. Follow the prompts. Note - when it says to set cutter down position, push the cutter head all the way to the other end of the printer THEN press the enter key. Power...

You can try soaking the print heads in cleaning solution, but my assessment, based on experience, is your printheads are toast. With that much deflection, the large groups of missing nozzles and the massive overspray indicates some serious issues with both heads. Solvent printers that sit for a...

Check the lines from the caps to the pumps. Go into the maintenance cleaning mode so the print head carriage is at the other end of the printer and the caps are exposed. Attach a syringe on the individual line from the caps for the magenta, yellow and light cyan caps and see if you can pull...

You are missing the adjustment part of the blade holder. The blade holder costs $50-55 depending upon the supplier. This will not fix your issue, but should be replaced so you can adjust the blade depth correctly. As Scott said, it is most likely the ribbon cable which goes from the main board...

James, The first thing I see is your cutting blade is sticking out of the blade holder way too much. It should only stick down the thickness of the vinyl and 1/2 the backing. As that can be difficult to judge, have the blade stick out maybe 1/4 to 1/2 of the angle side of the blade. Does the...

I would suggest running the "fill test" in service mode.Watch the prints the entire time it is printing and watch for any kind of dropout while it is printing. Even a little dropout on one of the printers will cause a color change on that printer. I presume you are using Versaworks and running...

I believe you have an SP-540V, correct? You may have a bad pinch roller assembly, not just a bad pinch roller. Do a print-cut with just the outer rollers in the machine and then repeat the job with all the middle rollers installed. Compare the error in the cut and see if it is less with all the...

If you are using aftermarket wipers, this is likely your problem with the wipers not coming out. Most aftermarket wipers are stiffer than Roland OEM wipers and the wiper motor isn't strong enough to overcome this stiffness on the outward movement. Either use OEM or Solventinkjet sells an...

The mottled look can be caused by not enough heat, too fast a print head speed for that material, or, as suggested, a mismatched profile. The light lines can be caused by media compensation allowing the media to feed too much between passes, but if you have adjusted that, I would suggest first...

Be very, very careful if you decide to pull ink through the cap as you can easily damage the head by pulling too hard. First, I would suggest checking your cap, making sure it is in correctly, the spring is attached and the cap moves freely, then perform the flushing adjustment. Regards, Jim...

Just realized this was an old thread, but the info is still good. Check with Solventinkjet.com. They have a soft wiper that works very well with the Roland series printers that use that wiper mechanism. Just specify to them you want the soft wipers. Regards, Jim Hancock