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So i have been having trouble with my jv3 since i swapped over to third party inks. I have tried everything from new dampers, pumps, flushed heads capping station etc etc.... So i decided to swap back to the ss mimaki inks i had in the cupboard to see if the inks were the problem. After i...

Yeah i was wondering if it would stop. Anyway i am still having issues with ink starvation or intermittant banding or whatever its called. The last prints i run before it came up empty on Yellow were all black with some white text with orange outline, and some very light grey areas. The black...

Well i started to print my van wrap and the bloody thing came up empty on Y.All cartridges are full but now showing empty...aaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!! this frickin printer will be the end of me. So now i got to order some chips for the inks.

Thanks sightline. would of been real guttered if i had to wait for new chips coming.

Ive just had my machine tell me the ink was near end in my Yellow. I replaced the cartridge with a new one and that also read near end. I swapped the cartridges around, and now all my yellow ink cartridges read near end. I replaced the sensors inside the machine but the cartridges still read...

Thanks Mike Hope the info helps others.

Wow, nice reply. I'm pretty confident this time its fixed. This is only the third time its **** it self. If I could afford a latex printer I would be running one. No need to be a P***k

All fixed now. Check new thread for details..

So i was having major issues with the printer Mimaki JV3 160SP. Banding, Ink Starvation the lot. So went through all the normal procedures.( I am now running third party inks,the problems started after about 100m of print) Cleaning Heads Nozzle Wash Checked Capping Station Cleaned Capping...

forgot to mention, when i bought the machine i fitted 3 heads i salvaged from another machine i have for spares. the head rankings were all put into machine apart from the Cyan which didnt have any numbers, just a weird symbol. Would this cause the head to run bad.

I started to get intermittant banding on my prints as though i had ink starvation (JV3 160 SP), after doing a CMYK test print i found that the Cyan seemed to be starving. The print would start off ok then fade after a few passes, then would go good repeating this cycle. I had the tech out and he...

A pic of the banding, not the best

HI Guys, I am having issues with my Mimaki JV3 160sp. Its started to band intermitantly, like every 8 - 10 passes on 8 pass profile. The banding is visible in the orange and lighter colours more. It was also banding every 8 passes on a large blue print i ran 2 days ago. The blacks are great. I...

Thanks Guys. Now for my VW Transporter Wrap. Need to make a statement so gonna spend some time on design. Will post pics of design for thoughts. cheers

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Well after 2 weeks of hell and a lot of sleepless nights my mimaki jv3 is finally making money yay. I would like to thank all the peeps who offered there advice and took the time to respond to my crys for help lol. I started with a machine that was banding badly and had 3 dodgy heads and now...

Well heres my 2 cents worth. I purchased one of these printers 2 weeks ago from another sign company who told me it hadnt been getting used as they had bought a new epson. I went and had a look at the printer and it was running but test pattern was down. I bought it expecting to need to put 3...

Thanks for reply MIKE. Ive gone through the Head adjustment procedure today, well some of it and my issues are improving. I am gonna set aside a full day and go through all the head adjust menus. Theres alot to do but i either do it or pay a tech a full day to do it and that will cost me a fair...

After a couple of posts regarding my banding issue with my printer, i ended up buying a used mimaki jv3 for spares and managed to recover 3 of the print heads. The guy i bought it off told me the heads were not firing 100% so i stripped them off and flushed them through and three came back 100%...

Thanks for response Vinyl, ive done all the cleaning i can on the heads. Ive soaked them on nozzle wash over period of two nights. Each morning doing clean after clean. Ive had capping station out and cleaned and checked this. If i pull the yellow head and gently flush through with cleaning...