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Hello Gray!
I remember you from years ago. I think we discussed Signlab and stuff on another board.
You have Cam River Signs?
I'm in Adelaide. Still signwriting and vinyl and printing.
Been hand lettering some roller doors today on a scaffold.
Good to be still able to be doing it. I'm 62 and I...
You can test whether it's electrical or plumbing related by doing a damper swap.
Have a search on here in the Mimaki forum it's been covered ad infinitum.
Basically, unplug the black dampers and plug them into say the cyan head channels. And Vice versa.
If cyan ink comes out the black head...
Unplug the 2 yellow dampers from the head and swap them for the cyan. Plug the yellow dampers into the cyan head nipples and vice versa.
See if the cyan ink will print through the yellow channels to verify that it's not the head or electrical related. It's probably not.
Check the cap seal is air...
Well, I have an old CX24 that belongs to a friend here, I wanted to install through Signlab to verify that the cutter works.
So, I've just done it. And it worked.
I used a USB to Parallel adapter as I don't have an LPT port on the computer.
Windows (7) set up the cable driver. I installed the...
It's probably wrong to think the head is getting "clogged". It's just not getting ink going through it. Flushing with solvent isn't necessary.
You need to find out why the pump isn't pulling ink through the head when you do a cleaning.
It will probably be an air leak somewhere.
Maybe where the...
Sometimes it's just the batch of ink - or it may be old or has thickened up a bit.
Are you using OEM? In carts or bulk?
One way to verify if it's the ink or the head is to unplug the 2 magenta dampers from the head and swap them with say the cyan head channels.
Then do a clean to pull the ink...
I disagree with Damon. The eco-sol inks re-wet with the cleaning solution. You should be able to bring it all back.
I bought a JV33 recently that had been sitting switched off and basically uncapped for 6 months throughout our hot summer.
I was able to clean it and get it up and running 100%...
I have a JV33 BS that I picked up recently. It allows for all other ink types. Maybe a tech swapped out the mainboard at some stage? I don't know.
More likely there's some parameter that he could change.
It was set for ES3 when I got it, I've switched it to SS21 and am running Jetbest New Eco...
Start the machine in service mode by pressing/holding function and remote.
Go to maintenance menu...I can't remember exact menus or names but you'll work it out.
Write down what your settings are before changing them.
Check Refresh level - set it to 0. This is the frequency of spits per passes...
I agree with this. Probably went out of alignment when the new head and capping station was installed.
Get the cap top to line up perfectly under the head, to create an air tight seal and you should be good to go.
The fact that the magenta comes back tells me it's not the head (electrically), but I'd have a good look at it from underneath to see if you can see anything.
Clean the bottom of the head and around it, clean the cap. Clean and check the wiper. Replace the wiper if you have a new one.
This.
When I first got my Mimaki CJV30 I could not stand the fan noise.
They have a small fan at the end of a "tunnel" full of components - blowing through and making a tin whistle sound.
Ridiculous.
I took the back cover off and unplugged that fan and uncovered part of the "tunnel".
Then I...
You've gotta be super careful swapping the ffc cables. Aside from all the electrical precautions before you touch anything.
Everything has to line up perfectly.
As an example, we were diagnosing test points and found we got different readings if we unplugged and re-plugged the cables.
If the...
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