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Late last year I blew a fuse on the main board of our Roland SJ 745-EX. It had soldered-on fuses so I shipped it out to MacMedia International for repair. We got a board shipped back quickly and it had been converted to clip-on fuses. Upon installing the board we found that it was no longer...

I need to send out my mainboard for a repair and it may take up to a few weeks before I get this machine up and running again. What's the best way to store this thing with zero power? Just fill the caps with cleaner and park the heads? The printer is a Roland SJ 745EX - Thanks.

I made the stupid mistake of powering down one of my printers without setting the periodic cleaning to on and then leaving on vacation for a month. Of course when I returned a couple of the heads were blocked. In the process of trying to bring the printer back to life I blew a mainboard fuse...

Can anybody recommend a vendor (besides macmedia) that does diagnostics and repairs to Roland mainboards? I did see mention of Jemmings but their website seems to be down. I had already sent the board from our SJ745-EX to macmedia for repair but once it was "fixed" and re-installed we still have...

Just returned from vacation and found I'd left the periodic cleaning turned off on one of our Rolands. After replacing the dampers, cap tops and drawing ink through all the heads with a syringe I'm still getting poor results and I'm not sure how to proceed. Can somebody have a look at the test...

I've tried repeatedly to correct the print cut alignment on my 540 (limit initialization, env match, replace encoder strip, print/cut adjust etc. etc. etc.) to no avail. The alignment is still out approximately 3/16" along the scan axis. I have heard a better, more precise way to adjust is...

We need to source a subcontractor to pump out a few 12' x 16' seamless prints on vinyl or preferably banner stock to cover some existing signage for an upcoming film shoot at Vancouver Intl. Airport.; of course this being film we have ridiculously little time to get this done. In years past...

We've recently added a Roland Soljet Pro to our shop. We'd been running an SP540V, designing and sending jobs directly to Versaworks from Coreldraw as if sending to any other printer. Since we added the Soljet, whenever a job is sent to Versaworks from COREL, Versaworks by default adds the job...

Looking to purchase a US Tech laminator. Pricing aside, what are the advantages or disadvantages between a cold laminator versus one with heat assist or a hot laminator? Assuming that the heat just gets rid of any silvering quicker, any other benefits? Thanks if you can advise. - Boyd

Printing and cutting bumper stickers in batches of 12. First batch results were perfect. After the second batch the profile cut start fine (furthest from keypad) but get progressively off (low) as the cutter progresses. Did an environment match, performed a print/cut test and made a slight...

Wondering if this is a common issue... Have used several rolls of Postermax over the past year and have had problems with every one. The media will unroll nicely for the first third or first half of the roll, then it gets progressively stickier. In other words, it won't feed into the printer...

Had a jam yesterday, Now when I do a print/cut, the cut is off alignment by almost two inches. Have tried the feed - scan adjustments, cleaned the encoder strip, resetting to default values, all to no avail. One other issue I'm finding is if I try to print a graphic and set it to center on the...

I'll apologize in advance, firstly because I'm Canadian and it's in my D.N.A. to do so, and I because don't mean to come off like a grammar nazi but just about every time I visit this forum I'm struck by the spelling and grammar mistakes made in posts. Your for you're, to for too and some just...

Trying to re-print a job from Corel X5 that I successfully printed last week but now all the deep reds are defaulting to black when brought into Versaworks. First time I've seen this...any ideas? - Boyd

Doing some partial wrap work on our own shop truck which is black. Some elements of the job will be a full bleed black print that will leave an exposed white edge when cut and applied to the vehicle. What are standard techniques in this kind of situation...Sharpie? - Boyd

Finally asssembled the Kooto Cutter and used it and my Big Squeegee for the first time. Super impressed with both products and will definitely be ordering more sizes of the BS! Don't know how I managed the past few decades without these things. - Boyd

Not really a new member, just changing my username to reflect what I do now. Formerly I was known as "stargategfx" as I ran the graphics department for MGM's Stargate television series for fifteen years. The show was cancelled a couple of years ago and I've been freelancing, working for several...

Just finished installing Corel X5 and tried a test print using their included Versaworks colour palette. I can see the full Roland colour library in Corel, when I send a print file to Versaworks, it sees the contour cut line just file but it reads the fill colours as black...any ideas? - Boyd...

I've been working as a signwriter, designer and fabricator for over 25 years. Changes within our industry have pushed me to leave the union umbrella and to open my own business and work as a contractor to my former union. Business will likely be relatively slow to start although I'm certain...

We're not a retail sign shop, we do graphic work for a specific market segment that relies on very fast turnaround times at competetive rates. We're looking at relocating our shop and the choices have come down to two locations...one is across the street from one of our major clients which...