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After two more overnight head soaks and no improvement, I decided to replace the printhead. I went with the MUTMIMDX7 and swapped the memory board over from the original. This was really easy to change over and saved me a lot of money doing the work myself. The printer is back up and running...

Hi SightLine , I appreciate the response. I did inspect the head using the service area on the left side of the machine. There is no visible damage to my untrained eye. These pictures were taken one after another. The right shot is just with a flash. I think it has to be clogged nozzles...

I have installed a new capping station. And four more nozzles of Cyan came back and the deflection in the magenta nozzle has been reduced as well. I'm going to soak the head over night and then try again in the morning. I've read that doing an ink fill can help clear nozzles. My ink levels...

I'm waiting on the replacement cap. I'll give an update once the part is replaced. Two new pieces of information: 1. I ran a spot color check to see if I could get the black to print solid. It did print solid, but there are splatters to the left side of the print. Is this because of dirty...

I have dripped cleaning fluid into the cap. I can watch the pump lines pull ink from the cap and it doesn't look like there is any air bubbles when the cap is sealed to the head. There are air bubbles when the head fires ink into the cap and the cap is below the head. I can clearly see all...

Thanks for the advise. I'm assuming this is the plastic bump block that you are referring to? The capping station and head look to be lined up right in the middle. Just to see if it made a difference I shifted the block so the magenta side of the capping station would be covered a bit more...

Hello, I'm fairly new to wide format printing. I purchased a Mimaki CJV150-75 in '22 to be able to print marketing materials in-house (stickers, banners, posters, etc). I don't print every day, but I do at a minimum run test prints everyday to make sure everything is in working order. About...