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  1. Maintenance station dis-assembly

    I'm wondering why you are being so pedantic, I just want some help with my printer.
  2. Maintenance station dis-assembly

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  3. Maintenance station dis-assembly

    Hi, I have a Mutoh Valuejet 1604 I want to remove the maintenance station as there appears to be a blockage in the tube leading from the capping unit to the waste bottle. Can anybody paste a step by step guide on how to do this. Also the tubes leading the the waste bottle have been cut, at...
  4. VJ-1604 SubTankLo Error

    ok i managed to sort it. i removed the pipe just before the valve, ink started to flow and once it was nearing the end i reattatched it. switched machine back on, did a clean and then it printed fine.
  5. Capping station - checking for air leaks?

    Mutoh Valuejet 1604 I suspect there may be air leaks on my capping station. what is the procedure for checking and adjusting. I don't want to replace the capping station as I do not feel it's actually broken just not sitting right.
  6. What formula do you use to quote a job?

    Difficult customers (the ones that want everything for nothing) are easily swayed into parting their cash when you wave a free banner in their face, or a bit of cut letter from scrap vinyl. I got a large order of di-bond signs the other week by giving the customer some free T-shirts. Of course...
  7. Adwords: Money for nothing or works?

    Adwords isn't the thing for sign companies in my opinion in fact, it's a complete waste of money unless you are going to spend money on owning mutiple blogs and sites. Basically when you enter the world of adwords you are competing with millions of other webmasters. You need to approach it from...
  8. Value jet error E072

    I'm forever bending that thing back into place, are you sure it's ok to completely remove it, what's the actual function of that black wiper blade, i thought it was involved in cleaning?
  9. This was sign layout method pre-computer

    We are all young in our sign shop although we do hand painted signs every once in a while as we have 2 customers that insist on it. I remember it taking us weeks to learn how to do it! Lucky we had someone to teach us really or we would have lost both the contracts. I always enjoy these 2 jobs...
  10. VJ-1604 SubTankLo Error

    My machine is doing this again, try to print SUBTANK REFILL, leave it standing for a few hours and E122 Err SubTankLo M At the back of the machine there is no ink in the tube leading to the black (valve?) just before the subtank, however there is ink running down the tube leading to the head...
  11. VJ-1604 SubTankLo Error

    can you explain in more detail, where excatly is the valve located? Are you talking about the black valves at the back of the machine just before the sub tank?
  12. Popping and clicking when cleaning - Is this the MS gone bad?

    What would be the best course of action to take here?
  13. valuejet 1604 - how to align nozzles

    Are you sure there's no way to align, I thought that was what the alignment print in the technical menu was for, maybe its not the nozzles out but the head. Cheers
  14. Out of ink... can't get hold of any til tomorrow...

    I feel your pain on this. I use a bulk ink system on a mutoh 1604. From day one I made it compulsory to keep 2 bottles of spare ink of every colour. We have to insert these chips into our bulk system. The day before install everything was printing ok and one of the chips ran out. No problems...
  15. Popping and clicking when cleaning - Is this the MS gone bad?

    can you move this thread to the mutoh forum, cheers
  16. Is there color without light?

    If I remember correctly objects reflect certain frequencies of light and we perceive those different frequencies as colour. A print is reflecting light from the sun etc whereas a monitor has it's own light source which passes through a mesh of RGB cells. These dots are so small our brains...
  17. Popping and clicking when cleaning - Is this the MS gone bad?

    Mutoh valuejet 1604 When cleaning I've noticed a loud clicking & whirring sound and also some popping. Something is definitely not right. Any ideas what could be causing this?
  18. valuejet 1604 - how to align nozzles

    Can anybody tell me how you go about aligning the nozzles, when doing a nozzle check I've noticed that a few of the blacks are out of place. I went into the special menu and printed the nozzle check there and some lines are out aswell. What is the procedure for realigning the nozzles?
  19. VJ1604 E071 error code

    Guys, just to keep you updated, I replaced the encoder wheel and everything is working ok. If you're having this problem check the encoder wheel for scratches, mine was scratched.
  20. Large banding, about every 3 inches

    Had exact same problem with my valuejet, replaced encoder disk and all is ok.
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