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  1. Need Help Mimaki CJV 150-75 Misfiring issues , Cyan mark most visible on Pinch roll lane

    Hi guys , first time posting here , hope to get some help I'm using mimaki CJV 150-75 print & cut with original mimaki BS4 ink , recently i have issues with cyan ink dripping from the head , my technician said it was a damper issue , he then check the damper and says it's still in "ok"...
  2. Need Help VG2 Banding on Cyan

    Hi all, In the last few days, my machine has been banding all types of blue--mainly light blue "cyan" as-well as dark blue. I have tried both CMYK colors and Roland colors. So far I have done: Nozzle tests Medium Cleaning Manual Cleaning Media Gap Adjustment Calibration Drained Wiper Tray...
  3. Cyan banding Issue Arizona 550GT / Acuity HS

    hi All, im hoping someone can help or advise. we have had a couple of engineers out and still have the same issue. one of the cyan heads has been replaced so we know it isn't that. i have attached a few images of some 100% cyan tests ive recently ran on the flatbed and the RMO. i have also...
  4. Need Help Mimaki JV3 160SP dumping cyan like booze at an open bar wedding!

    Hi again folks. I'm tinkering with a jv3 160sp and got the electronics sorted out and was on my way to getting the heads unclogged and all of a sudden during a pattern test it starts dumping out the cyan like mad, from the moment it leaves the capping station till it returns to park its a...
  5. Question SP300V - Service Mode Test Print - What Does It Mean?

    I'm getting strange results from the service mode test print (see attached). Cyan seems fine in the standard test print, but when printed in service mode it has a wavy column with light coverage in the middle of each pass. Has anyone ever seen something like this? Cyan is showing signs of ink...
  6. Question SP300(V) Printing Issues - Cyan Ink Starvation / Black Overspray

    My SP300 started acting up lately. While printing 4" CMYK test squares, I noticed that the cyan square had light coverage and minor overspray and the black square had overspray. I shook each ink cartridge and discovered that the cyan was empty. After replacing the cyan ink cartridge (OEM inks...
  7. Xerox 8265 / Rockhopper III cyan/magenta problem

    Hello to everyone! I have a problem in printing magenta and cyan on my Xerox / Mutoh machine. I have done all proper maintanance, also changed dumpers but problem persists. Do you thing it is the print heads? It's been 4 years since i changed all of them and now it would be hard for us to buy...
  8. Need Help Cyan over spraying in 1624

    I'm running 3 printer Mutoh 1624, Wasatch Rip and Mutoh UMS ink, suddenly one printer started over sparying cyan specially where there is high contrast in the printed image. What ever the media, whatever the file. Nozzels check is perfect, encoder clean, capping station new, every thing that can...
  9. Need Help Roland SC545 - No Cyan or Magenta?

    Hey guys. I printed some signs last week and noticed there was magenta ink down the side of the printed vinyl which wasn't meant to be there. I then done a test print and the magenta and cyan is barely showing up on the print. I'll add some pictures to show. I tried cleaning group a print...
  10. Roland Rs-64, Printing Wavy Vertical Lines For Cyan.

    First time posting , i've had this printer for a few years now, i just notice that some cyan ink is crossing to other colors, i went into service mode and printed the test patterns and this is what i see , hope someone knows what might be the problem, just one note, print head is about 4 months...
  11. Need Help Light cyan shadows?

    Hello, I have a problem with fuzzy cyan shadows on my prints. I recently did a head alignment in service mode and my light cyan was blurry in my DT1 tests and gone in the DT3 tests. I did a regular print text and everything looks fine. I have done several cleanings. Any suggestions?:banghead...
  12. Mimaki JF 1631 - cyan/pink drift on whites and grays

    Hello I am trying to print some grayscale images and there seems to be a cyan or oink drift left behind on all white areas of the image. What might cause this?
  13. Help

    Does anyone know what this problem might be, I'm refilling my JV3 with ink and only my cyan, lt cyan and yellow is coming out on the test print. I tried drawing ink from the back of the printer and from the damper still can't get it to fill the dampers, even on new dampers.
  14. Need Help JV3 - I needed to fix the CYAN...

    Be careful what you ask for! I needed to get my Cyan head printing again, and this is what I got :D I went from intermittent partially printed lines, to a full blown CYANAGEDDON >:O Any clues as to what caused this?
  15. HP Designjet L25500 Cyan Blocks of death

    I have a very urgent question for the Signs 101 Community... Over the span of the last 3 months our wonderful printer started to develop this disgusting habit of printing Cyan Blocks randomly in the upper quadrant of our prints. When I say Blocks I mean perfectly sized Cyan/Light Cyan Print...
  16. cyan casting a blue shadow on everything - please help

    Hi I have a soljet pro 2 545ex and have the cyan casting a blue shadow on all text and pictures. I have attached a image to show an example. I have installed a new encoder strip, done what calibrations I know of, googled everything i could, Have talked to my rep here and nothing has helped...
  17. JV33 Blue ink head

    Yesterday, I started up the printer to do its regular Monday maintenance and I have been having trouble with the blue test prints. Since I was out of the office last week, I haven’t printed anything since 1/15/2016. I have done ink fill ups, nozzle washes and replaced the damper and put...
  18. Have problem with CYAN on my VP-540

    Hello, i have a problem with my printhead cyan, i have change my 2 cyan damper and always the same ! HELP ME !
  19. JV3-160 SP cyan overspray and odd test print

    Hello I'm having issues with a JV3-160 SP. It way oversprays cyan at first then after a while oversprays about 50% less but enough to ruin anything with cyan in it and half of the cyan test print comes out slanted and jagged and seems to have some deflection. The head and dampers have been...
  20. Mutoh 1304 Cyan Issue...

    Well.. looks like I finally have the cyan issue on my Mutoh. I am getting inconsistent prints when printing straight cyan or blue... it almost appears blotchy and cloudy. I have done numerous head cleanings (regular, strong, low charge) to no avail. I have also tried different head heights. I...
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