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  1. Versaworks 4.8 printing "white" when I don't have white ink

    I have a VS-640 running Versaworks 4.8 and I had to reinstall recently and lost all of my settings. I know there was some setting I changed to prevent white from trying to print but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Basically I want to be able to send a file with a white...
  2. RIP Computer

    Anyone on here both Tech Savvy and running a print shop on a daily basis? I have a question about building a RIP Computer. I have some basic knowledge on building the PC and have built several for around the shop. I've always used one of my original office computers as a RIP station for the...
  3. VS-640 won't work with GR2-640

    I have a VS-640. Not a VS-640i. 2 different models. VS-640 came just before the VS-640i.
  4. VS-640 won't work with GR2-640

    That's a VS-640i. Which came out just after we bought our VS-640. 2 different models.
  5. VS-640 won't work with GR2-640

    Can you explain how I can get Versaworks 6 to read my VS-640? Every time I try to connect, it says that my printer is not supported by Versaworks 6. Also spoke to my dealer who told me that Roland said the printer is not compatible with Versaworks 6.
  6. Window Perf Question

    Hey Guys looking for some insight. Had a customer bring by a van that was installed back in August. It's kind of hard to see from the picture, but the laminate is completely ate through by something. The grey spots are adhesive from the laminate that have collected dirt. It definitely looks...
  7. VS-640 won't work with GR2-640

    Just trying to feel out if anyone has any suggestions before I ship my new GR2-640 back to Roland. Short story is we we have a VS-640 and we were looking to add a GR-640 to help with cutting backlogs on the printer/cutter. When we contacted our dealer they told us that Roland is...
  8. Pipe Sign Mounting Bracket

    Thanks for the response guys. I'll take a look at Lowes this evening. I checked grimco's site as well as several other suppliers. The smallest pipe size I found for the brackets was 2.5" diameter.
  9. Pipe Sign Mounting Bracket

    Does anyone have any experience with mounting signage to a frame similar to the attached picture. The pipe is approx. 1.25" diameter. I was thinking something similar to the bracket that I have a attached, but I cannot find it in any other post diameter besides 3". The other thing I was...
  10. Roland VS-640 / GR-640 Compatibility

    Hey Gene. Thanks for the response. I assume Roland Crop Marks haven't changed at all? Still the circles with the initial crop mark having the alignment rectangle? So I see no reason why Roland would say that my machine "may" work other than the fact that they want me to upgrade to a newer...
  11. Roland VS-640 / GR-640 Compatibility

    Our shop currently owns a VS-640 which we use for the majority of our print and cut jobs. We also use a GS-24 for smaller cut jobs and the VS-640 for basically anything that won't fit in the GS-24. We are getting to the point where the VS-640 is occupied too much with printing that we are...
  12. Head Height

    Thanks for the responses guys. Made sense to me that low head height is the way to go. Wasn't fond of that tech anyway and have since switched companies to maintain my machines. I'm glad I don't have to keep going crazy changing settings to fix the issue.
  13. Head Height

    I have a VS-640 and I've always run a low head height except when printing thicker material like banner. (This was from the direction of the dealer I purchased the machine from.) Once I had a Roland tech come provide some maintenance for me, the told me that Roland actually suggest always...
  14. Horrible nozzle test after Choke Clean

    Looks the same to me. Thank Goodness. I was assuming they wouldn't sell me generic but they aren't the actual dealer I bought my printer from since he retired and they bought him out. So I haven't purchased much other than ink and parts from them.
  15. Horrible nozzle test after Choke Clean

    No problem. Thanks for your help. I hope they're OEM because I assumed that's what my dealer would use and sell me. Their site doesn't say for sure if it's OEM or not and I don't see the name "Roland" on any of the packaging. I paid about $30 less than what you have your's listed for. When...
  16. Horrible nozzle test after Choke Clean

    I changed cap top, wipers, felt and ran another choke clean yesterday and the results got worse. Even less nozzles are firing. When we originally purchased the machine, we had a Magenta Roland Cartridge that leaked half the ink out into the inside of the machine. (Still within warranty) The...
  17. Horrible nozzle test after Choke Clean

    3rd party private label “Roland” ink carts from my dealer. Nothing was done but printing (and machine did a cleaning) before we noticed black dropped out. After choke clean is when everything went out. Inks flowing through the head because we replaced the cap top and we can see perfect color...
  18. Horrible nozzle test after Choke Clean

    I have a VS-640 running CMYKx2. Everything was printing fine yesterday until I noticed all of a sudden my colors looked very dull. I did a nozzle test and one of the black cartridges only had 1 nozzle firing. I then did a manual cleaning and got about 60% of the nozzles to fire. Then I did a...
  19. Hanging Sign Material and Bracketing

    Thanks for the insight. I've always been wary of the corrugated interior making the panel susceptible to bending so I never really looked into alumalite much. From what I'm reading, they are stating that they are pretty strong structurally. It sounds like it would be a very viable option for...
  20. Hanging Sign Material and Bracketing

    Customer asked us to quote signage for the attached frame. The sign from the previous business was apparently made of plywood and deteriorated to nothing so they pitched it. The frame will fit a 5' x 6' sign. We've used ACP for signs attached to walls, posts, frames etc. but never something...
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