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  1. down time on HP fb500 Scitex printer

    I habe a FB550 and it is about the same as FB500. " NEVER turn it off ! " - If it is a default self diagnostics, it is running at 2:00 am, every night - It runs a self cleaning and runs the belt travel, home all servos, etc. - every morning also check for power out, so if machine will be off. (...
  2. HP Scitex FB550 Light Cyan Not Printing

    Learned this week, we have some Cyan and Magenta bad ink batch, I flushed the head with air ( service mode ) and refilled ( ( lot shake all the inks) a new one, after that all problems went away..... So before anyone decided to change the head, flush the inks on the line and install a new ink...
  3. CNC Router Conveyor Option Pros and Cons

    My $0.02 cents... I recommend the Colex flat bed 5'x10' ((-) $20-30K), AxelMk have one and seen what it does ( not far from me) I end up getting the the flat bed instead the belt system.. Belt system help if it is lot decals and banners to cut. If you will be running Hybrid 2-4 hours a day ...
  4. Need Help Weird Shadow Lines - Latex 310

    Cyan/Black (1 of 2) print head is going out , or Lc/Lm print (1) One of the 3 heads need replacement.
  5. HP Scitex FB550 Light Cyan Not Printing

    I Had the same problem with this Cyan and Low Cyan heads, YES CONFIRMED COLD ENVIRONMENT can damaged the heads..... end up changing 4 heads.... all 2 C, 2 Lc, Back last year HP had a bad batch of Cyan inks, that maybe end up been one of this inks. GGS Texas had some, but all fixed as far I...
  6. Strongly not recommend Flexi RIP and that's why

    ONYX - About print Shift or total image loss or no image...... Learned in some Adobe Products (PDF), the color change and Shift some layers, So the work around is to bring the PDF to Illustrator or other software that can raster the image, after that no more surprises. Yes I use Onyx 12.05...
  7. Strongly not recommend Flexi RIP and that's why

    I was the very first 2 1/2 years ago to get the bundle HP335 Print and Cut, Learned the best decision I made was to return the unit with the cutter, and Got back a HP 335 latex with Summa S2 D160, (SAI Flexi ) Since the bugs was so much with color, show up another color from Ripping and a list...
  8. Need new Ink supplier, who do u use?

    Phil, I would stick with 440cc size OEM, build a aluminum, housing And work around the space problem. Mixing the inks chemistry, may gell in the heads And you will have a premature fail. Specially if usage is low.... mean minimal ink flow in the heads. Or if you really consider moving...
  9. Where can I find these icons?

    Jeremi, Use sales@sigmagraphics.us, Attn: John, they are actually in India..... yes I know.... but 24 hours turn back, and you also can request fonts attached.... and more you use.... the price goes down. Like this is I wanna say about $5.00 ..... So I don't waste time on rebuilding files, but...
  10. Question Premium Vinyl vs Flatbed Printing

    This is my results In Houston Texas - AVG from 40f - 98f. vertical install. I have the 4 machines: UV flat bed Scitex HP550 - rated 3 years outdoor..... depending the area Fails about 14 months with no lamination. UV Flat bed EFI - rated 2 years outdoor ..... depending the area Fails about 6...
  11. Still printing red.... new profile helped a little, still red though

    One of the heads Magenta/Yellow is bad. Find out the one is bad: - home screen - Settings - Image Quality Maintenance - Clean Print heads - Print Test Plot. * will print the heads status, head 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, all have to show up. so Ex: If head # 5 is bad, replaced it and machine will ask...
  12. latex print and cut combo (335) GO or NO GO???

    " Dahhhh didn't see the date....(old post) got in fresh in my box.... let me know how are you running yours!" Myles, I had and have a 335 combo for 2 years ( but not he HP print and cut combo), and pretty much gone to all the surprises. - lets start from the bundle..... it is a great entry...
  13. Roland print problem

    ========================== Possibles: - your head just died. or a short in the main board burned the fuse, it mean if you clean too deep and wet the eletronics or removed and not inserted the cable correctly caused a short. So replaced the cable, head and service the board or new ( if you see a...
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