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  1. SC-545 ex not pulling any ink

    I'm not a techie or anything but had some experience with one of the worse third party inks from china on my VP-540 and i did experience this before and have switched back to Eco-Sol Max ever since. To remedy the situation, we'd usually park the heads on the capping stations (think the...
  2. Head Cleaning Tip

    I've got 3 black lines missing. Will this help?
  3. Roland FJ 500

    I've got a FJ-500 running on pigment based inks.
  4. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Thanks for the tip JET, I finally found the solution to my problems and it's divided into two parts. 1. The caps were wicking ink out of the the heads thus the overnight leaking into the drain bottle. 2. Due to my fear of losing more ink and testing whether the lines would leak ink over nite...
  5. Replacing Dampers

    GEOMETRICALLY i am in Brunei! It's in Asia Pacific beside Malaysia and Singapore. So the inks will definitely leak out into the drain bottle if i pull the carts out over a long period of time? I had a wicking problem earlier where all the inks leaked out overnight. And i think i've fixed it...
  6. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Hi JET, Thanks for the info, i did the flush position adjustment and it reduced the banging sound significantly and also kinda stopped the leaking for a day. What i noticed is. As i was writing this the inks started leaking again and i thought by moving the head away from the cap station would...
  7. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    I think u're right John, that's what i did, manually adjusting the cap station and not turning it on then off after that. Am monitoring it the next few days. I think Gene and Charlie's right too. What i've done was to adjust the flushing position for the caps and so far no leaks. But am still...
  8. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Is pumping inks into the ink lines manually with a syringe advisable for VP-540? we're used to doing it on our pigment based ink printer.
  9. Replacing Dampers

    Hi Guys, Just wondering what are the steps to changing dampers for a Roland Solvent Printer namely the VP-540? I guess it should be the same for all Roland Solvent Printers as they have two dampers for each color? And what to watch out for when i do this? Another question i have is, what would...
  10. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Still same problem. Everything leaked out. Hope someone out there can help me answer the following questions. 1. Is there a rule to replacing dampers? like any precedence order? 2. Is it ok with i move the carriage out after i've switched the machine off and push it back onto the caps again...
  11. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Alright, i suspect the problem is caused by the way i've pulled the inks out. Previously i pulled it out with both dampers unplugged from the head. But now I tried pulling the inks out step by step with the inner damper first, plug it back in then the outer one then plug it in. Tested it and so...
  12. Vp-540 service mode and Manual

    so adamfilip, did you manage to get the manual? and was it useful? i'd subscribe too if i can get my hands on it :D
  13. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Not sure, i'm out of options. The inks lines are empty now and am trying to check whether the machine has an automatic function to suck the inks back! If not i may have to manually pull the inks into the dampers again.
  14. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    I wonder how he did that :S. Will try and see what i can do with that one. I can see the heads are not the same height, the black (the one that isn't leaking) is slightly higher than the rest. Can't seem to find a way to adjust the height. Could it be also due to the fact that i'm only on...
  15. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Alright, took out the cartridges last nite and when i came in this morning, whatever ink that was left in the hose line is gone and they've all drained out to the bottle. could it be a pump issue? Funny thing is, this didn't happen to the black as we never really tampered with the damper or had...
  16. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Thanks guys, pardon my noobness but.... how do i backdown the capping. The previous owner was not kind to the machine. :( Ink spills everywhere inside! Ciber : Changed all caps, wipers and even the scraper. Wanted to change the pump too but dealer had no stock.
  17. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Just turned off my printer and checked the top caps and they're still full of ink. Is that normal?
  18. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Hi Gene, I've just changed the caps to new ones prior to switching to ECO-SOL Max. :) Any other possibilities? Thanks for the quick reply!
  19. VP-540 leaking inks to drain bottle overnight.

    Hi all, I've just bought over a 2nd hand VP-540 and have just flushed out the 3rd party cheapo ink the previous owner had used and replaced it with Eco-Sol MAX. What we've done was to install new 220cc catridges, drain out all the inks and suck the new inks into the damper from the bottom of...
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