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  1. Mimaki JFX 500 'Refill Water'

    I work at Skywatch Signs in Zephyrhills, FL. We have a Mimaki JFX 500-2131. The machine is about 3 years old with relatively small amount of problems. However, the other week it gave me a message about 'water lack' so I read up on the problem, drained the water out of both tanks then...
  2. Need Help Color issues

    I have been using Corel at our shop for the past two years, no problems with color of any kind... seems like right after Labor Day things changed on my pc. Now when I export a jpg out of Corel and then print. My printers are doing a washed out version of what is on the screen. Never had any...
  3. Need Help Yellow ink draining out directly into waste tank for no apparent reason

    We have a Mimaki JFX 500 2131. It has been a good machine overall. When we first got it about 6 months into ownership ... the yellow ink started being a problem. It was dripping out of the head and onto the substrate a bit, not a lot but worrisome. Anyways now the machine has an issue and the...
  4. Suggestions Looking for New Print & Cut machine

    Hey this is John with Skywatch Signs, I am looking to purchase a new print and cut machine for the company. I am looking for a 60" wide machine. I would like suggestions for a high quality reasonable price machine.
  5. Ghost wiping

    I am printing on a JFX 500 Mimaki flat bed... when I pull the plastic off my polymetal and then I print.. I get this weird ripple effect under my images... ? any suggestions on how to remedy this..I have wiped it clean with alcohol to no avail.
  6. Suggestions Prin Laminate cut

    I am looking for info on how to do contour cutting after a print is laminated using Wasatch software and a roland printer.
  7. Suggestions Wasatch Contour Cutting after Laminating Info

    Hi this is John. I need some instructions on contour cutting a printed image after it has been laminated. I have the printing down, I have the registration marks down, and I have the laminating down. My problem is I don't know how to proceed once I get the image printed and laminated. I know I...
  8. Ink cost per square foot/ Mimaki JFX 500

    Hi, this is John, we just got a brand new Mimaki JFX 500 at my job and I'm in charge of it... O boy... lol I am really excited/scared of this machine. I need to figure out a cost basis per square foot so we can bid some large square footage jobs. Anyone have any ideas on how to go about that...
  9. Suggestions (E150 err Airheat TH. L.)

    Good Morning, I have a Mutoh Valuejet 1608 Hybrid. I keep getting this (E150 err Airheat TH. L.) . Looking for any suggestions/ info regarding this error. Someone said it might be the sensor but having trouble location that sensor.
  10. Suggestions Mutoh Valuejet 1608 Hybrid / Black Ink Not Printing

    Hi ... Yes more issues with the Mutoh Valuejet 1608 Hybrid. I finally got my computer/software to communicate with my Mutoh and I can print! However the black ink is not working/printing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  11. Need Help Mutoh 1608 ValueJet Hybrid

    I am having a Thermistor Error 150 on my Mutoh 1608 Hybrid. I have researched this till the cows came home not sure what else to do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
  12. Need Help Mutoh Valuejet 1608 Hybrid

    Hello I am having a problem with my Mutoh Valuejet 1608 Hybrid. It is a used machine that we are trying to get to print. I think I am doing everything right except that I keep getting a "cannot open port" error ...any ideas?
  13. Need Help Mark Scan Error

    Need advice on figuring out how to get around this "Mark Scan Error" problem. I have the correct registration mark thickness and I am using type 2 mark. All other parameters are correct as well as far as I can tell. I put my printed design in my Q100 cutter and it reads the first registration...
  14. Need Help Add a new model printer to flexisign

    Add a new model printer to flexisign So I am trying to get a Mimaki JV33 to print from my Flexi 8.1 software but that model is not in the dropdown box... any way to get the JV33 in the dropdown box?
  15. Mimaki Print / Graphtec Contour Cut

    Mimaki Print / Graphtec Contour Cut. So I am working with some old computers and old equipment .. trying to get going to make it to the next level. I am using a Mimaki JV33 to print large format images. I want to cut contours around images with a Graphtec Q100 .... I've tried everything I know...
  16. Mutoh Valuejet 1608 HS

    Hi my name is John, I am working on getting a Mutoh Valuejet 1608 HS up and running but I keep getting a few errors that I can't seem to find any info on. The first error is (undefined media) ... I got past this error the other day and got the machine to read the media as coroplast, however...
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