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  1. Questions about selling used printers

    The place I work has three printers they want to move; two Rolands SJ-1045EX wide format 104" (one for parts only, and not many useful parts at that), and a Mimaki JV5-320S grand format (129"). We replaced them with an HP Stitch S1000. The Mimaki only has one head out of four right now, and is...
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    Need Help Roland SJ-1045EX not printing reliably; nozzles and heads dropping out

    The company I work for bought a used Roland SJ-1045EX off eBay that worked perfectly when it was put into storage (yes, yes, I know, big red flag there...). It's been a nightmare since then. Most of the heads have been replaced at this point, all of the ink caps and dampers, the wiper, the lines...

  4. Ink selection

    I've been getting some unusual issues with my cyan inks. An expert at CCS Digital in German looked at my color replacement, and noted that while I'd already removed all the magenta, the photos of the final print were still showing some. He suggested that my cyan inks weren't 'pure' cyan, but...

  5. Linearization and profiling

    I'm running into an issue here, and I don't know quite what's going on. I'm using Onxy Thrive (I think that's v19?), an XRite i1 Pro, I'm printing with dye sublimation inks on a Roland Pro II SJ 1045EX, and I'm transferring to tri-poly. When I get to the second stage of the profiling process -...

  6. Banding in cyan only, Mimaki JV5-320S

    I'm printing on a Mimaki JV5-320S, using Beaver Paper TexPrint XP95 paper, and Kiian sublimation inks. Only one of the four heads is currently used (because Epsom DX-5 heads are expensive, and the owner doesn't want to buy three more). I'm running Onyx Thrive as the RIP software, and using...

  7. Need Help Profiling - curves not smooth, less-than-ideal gradients

    I'm getting some odd readings on my calibrations - the generated curves aren't smooth. When I try to import the profile to another identical printer and then calibrate for that printer, it says that my readings are out of range, and can't be clipped. (In other words, I'm going to have to rebuild...

  8. Printer service call labor costs vs. doing the work yourself

    I'm not the owner of the company, I just handle the graphics, RIP, printing, and transfer (dye sublimation) parts. I'm not a money person at all. We have two Roland SJ-1045EX printers that have been converted to using dye sublimation inks (on paper - image quality seems better than direct...

  9. Need Help Service/Maintenance manuals: obsolete Roland and Mimaki

    I'm looking for service/maintenance manuals for Mimaki JV5-320S, and Roland Pro II SJ-1045EX. I think I've found a listing for a .pdf download for Roland for $1 on eBay, but I'm not sure how legit it is. I can't find anything for Mimaki. I don't mind paying--or, more correctly, I don't mind my...
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