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  1. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    It does not appear to be losing fluid through cracks or anything. I'll have to find a replacement tube anyways. Does the gap of the tubing about the cams have little impact? I'm in the stage of isolating and pressurizing each tubing section. It might be a problem at the capping station...
  2. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    The fingers were not broken. I attached some photos which show some of the components. From the attached views, I have a few questions and made a few assumptions. 1) Both left and right pump side cam sets need to be somewhat in sync. It looked like one set was engaging when the other...
  3. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    Understood. It makes the most sense. As 1 cam rotates in/engages the other rotates out/disengages. I'll double check it within the next week or so. Thanks for the suggestion.
  4. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    It sounds like you saved alot of money by avoiding a new pump, maintenance station, and tubes. I heard the same issue about the wiper arm which gets jammed up with ink within a plastic channel. The wiper may not go back and forth and the finger that drives it sometimes breaks off. It...
  5. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    'Solvosclerosis' seems to return 2 or 3 days. I took the pump and maintenance station apart and cleared the tubes with solvent. The tubes were clogged. A tube could be collapsed. After clearing the tubes, my step was to align the heads. The mounting screws on the heads were loosened and...
  6. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    After speaking with the Mutoh service dept (AZ), who was very helpful/knowledgeable, I found a few more clues... 1) While executing a 'charge' command, push the heads over maintenance station to the far right detent (as if manually priming from the waste tube end) and listen for a change of...
  7. vicious cycle (Mutoh Faclon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss

    vicious cycle (Mutoh Falcon Outdoor 48) ink priming and nozzle loss Does anyone have a solution for the following Mutoh issue(s)? Any help would be much appreciated! I've been working these issues for the past 2 months, reading and working through many of the basic steps found here at...
  8. Mutoh Falcon Outdoor I issues

    No. I don't any setting to change the clean time, but it might exist.
  9. Mutoh Falcon Outdoor I issues

    Yeah, the wash cycle lasted about 4 minutes and wasted about 10% of the new ink supply. I'm still trying to figure out the best place to buy the eco-ultra CMYKLcLm outdoor inks. I understand that one of the earlier ink formulas caused the capping station sponge to swell. Not sure about the...
  10. mutoh print head falcon series not working

    I'm new at this, but managed to get 2 dead heads semi-working and have been reading alot of advice. -Lint free cloth (or coffee filters as suggested) soaked in solvent placed over the capping station, under the heads may loosen the ink. re-apply every 30 minutes. -I took the left side...
  11. print head diagnosis

    Thank you for the help!
  12. print head diagnosis

    Are you saying to pull off the dampers while the heads are off so that the muck from the maintenance station does not back up into the lines? Also, I was also told that isopropyl alcohol created problems with some ink (creates some precipitates and gums up the head). I'm not sure if the...
  13. print head diagnosis

    I will print a file with the 6 - 1" 'pure' color blocks as you suggest. I'm suspecting to see the same issue that appeared on the black lettering. Printing every 2 or 3 days makes sense. Printhead 911 said that they'll guarantee a 100% recovery. They have a special test print station...
  14. print head diagnosis

    Thank you for the advice. I will replace the dampers and o-rings for good measure and will do a soak again. We did soak and syringe the heads which brought them back to life, but every 4 or 5 days they needs to print -else it will clog. That seems to be a normal requirement. Do you think...
  15. print head diagnosis

    Hi, Attached are a few pics of a test print and a nozzle check. We finally have a Mutoh Falcon Outdoor semi-functional. The heads are not aligned yet. We can see that a number of nozzles are out. Rather than printing pure back, streaks of different colors are embedded which leads me to...
  16. Epson, Mutoh or 'other' DX2 printheads

    Does anyone know if there is a company other than Epson or Mutoh that makes the DX2 for the Mutoh Falcon Outdoor 48"? (I think Mutoh just buy them from Epson..) Is it likely that anyone working with pizeo print heads would refurbish the DX2 print heads? Thanks
  17. DX2 Print Head Refurb ?

    Does anyone know if there is a company that refurbishes DX2 print heads (repairs; above the cleaning process) ? This print head goes to Mutoh Falcon Outdoor and similar solvent ink printers. This was the only company that seems to do anything related: http://www.jxpkj.com/index_e.htm , but...
  18. DX2 printhead

    It seems that Epson is the only one that manufactures them for Mutoh. Neither Mutoh or Epson wants to support that head, but charge prices to help get certain models obsolete. I don't understand why anyone would worry about after market sources (if any exist) if the company does not want to...
  19. solvent resistant tubing

    Are you saying that its oem latex tubing (solvent resistant) that is inside (in contact with the rollers)? I did not see that sold as a sererate part, but may have to find it through the sources that you and everyone suggest. I was looking at an older pump that was replaced and did not...
  20. DX2 printhead

    DX2..model types Thats good information about the Digiprint - Epson source for print heads, but understand that it may not work out for everyone. Thanks. Does 'DX2' refer to a general generation of print head. I see various geometries/types of DX2 heads. Also, I'm looking for a left...
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