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  1. Errors on UCJV300-160 : 61b Supply Ink and 61d

    I've recently acquired a used Mimaki UCJV300-160 and it has started acting up. I made the mistake of leaving town for a few months without a maintenance plan in place for it. Since I've been back, it has developed a handful of errors that I'm hoping you clever folks can help me resolve. The...
  2. Need Refresher on 'Head Soaking'

    In a nutshell, we moved and printers had to sit for a bit, thus having issues with some clogs. Need help in doing a head-soak - DX4 solvent type. I know and have done the procedure of clamping and such, just haven't in a very long time and can't recall how to get the heads out of the way and...
  3. Swapped printhead adapter and clogged new head, repairable?

    Ugg. Like a dummy, I was moving the dampers around and I heard the sound you never want to hear (CRACK), and the damper on my BRAND NEW black DX4 printhead went loose. I quickly found out that I had snapped the plastic nipple off inside the damper! So in a panic, I grabbed one of the old...
  4. JV3 Printhead needed? YES? NO? MAYBE?

    I have attached a picture of the test pattern from our JV3-160sp. One recent Monday morning the test pattern showed this missing block in one of the yellow patterns. Although it looks like a head strike and a possible damaged head, there is no visible sign of damage by looking at the head from...
  5. jv3 160sp, change the pump?

    lately i've noticed a puddle of ink in the black/magenta cap. figured it was just a mild clog. so i went to cleaning the line. but still nothing after a lot of cleaning. i've got a new pump here (from ebon for $45!) but don't want to put it on unless i'm sure the one i've got is dead, rather...
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