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  1. Need Help How to switch XC 540 from 6 color to 4 color CMKY mode?

    Hi, how i do that? from 6 color to 4 color mode? I don't print much and the 4 color mode will simplify things, Apart from that i started last year to use cheap inks so it will be much easier to color profile it, or at least that's what i think, as i have problems with colors. Mainly because i...
  2. Roland XC 540 sucking back ink problem

    Hi, can not figure what's happening. The printer has 6 heads . The 2 furthers to the right heads are Ml and Cl respectively. What happens that when printer left for a day or 2 sucks the Cyan light UP in the Magenta light head up to the damper and a bit up also. Both are connected down at...
  3. Question how to check ink compatibility?

    Hi, Roland XC 540 printer, DX4 heads. Eco solvent ink / max/. Will be changing ink brand and just received new inks / better price/. I am running compatible ones. No problems. Don't want to drain ink system, now its not the moment to throw $$$ in the bin. So i am wondering how exactly to...
  4. Need Help Acrylic Neon LED or faux neon, some help needed, how to fabricate it?

    Hi, i am an experienced fabricator, have small sign shop and CNC. I more of a "do it all " type of business till now. But would like to specialize in something specific and was thinking Acrylic neon like signs. Not the flexible led which is not really bright, i am talking about super bright...
  5. Need Help Led sign box, some questions

    Hi, a client of mine wants illuminated from within 900x60cm sign box. After this and that we went to the conclusion to make sign like this: Now the not so standard thing is the design printed on transparent acrylic from within, where letters are to be - no print. On top of letters go opal...
  6. Rant Any way to make versaworks Work faster on a good laptop?

    Just ranting, Win10 on a top notch laptop with loads of memory and working fine, and it takes a lot of time to RIP. Ok a min or 2, but why it does not utilize properly system resources? Can i make it think faster? ;) Its not limited by my machine so why does it goes slow?
  7. Question dx4 XC-540 wiper thickness?

    Hi, just received 8 blue wipers from fleabay but couldnt fit them . Seem too thick, will not enter properly and hit the metal in front of the wiper cleaner. So are they color coded or sth? I don't know why i bought the blue one, just liked the color. Old wipers are so smashed... I have to...
  8. Need Help DX4 cap cleaning?

    Hi, the new/ old/ XC 540 i bought last week developed a magenta head problem the day before which after looking here and there i diagnosed as a cap clog. As it prints, some nozzles start missing, but when i try to suck from line connected at the pump, nothing comes. As much as i pull. other...
  9. Need Help What Low Odour or No Odour Eco solvent ink?

    Hi, this week i will be getting used Soljet XC 540 Roland and it will go in my very small shop/office. I mean really small, but point is it has to be visible so to attract clients as i am a new business in a small town. It has some compatible inks called Premium Ink NR4.2 Roland SOLMAX...
  10. Need Help Looking to buy locally Soljet III XC 540, some questions

    Hi, i am a one man small sign shop. So after long thought i found near me used XC 540 in more or less good shape and price / 3k euro installed in my shop/ . I started from BN 20 and thought even for a new Epson which i can not justify, as i am still 1 year old shop. I know about the benefit of...
  11. Water based inks for signage? What happened ?

    Just read some old papers that there was an in called Sepiax around 2010, and it was like or better than latex. Epson DX4 and DX5 printheads. Searched for it on internet and found some old talk that some people in UK were using it and did not cog heads. Cured it at 50-60C, so much lower than...
  12. Best print quality printer

    Hi, yesterday was on a show / C!Print Madrid, Spain/ looking for a printer and to compare and view some in real life. I have read a lot on forums and have experience with Canon and HP large photo printers. And apart from signmaker i am a professional photographer. I have a small sign shop...
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