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  1. EOI Mimaki JV3 130 and plotter

    Looking at selling my Mimaki JV3 130SL works fine Just don’t use it much. Had new heads installed last year. Have 4 brand new 1litre bottles CMYK ,STS brand ink to go with it. also have a plotter. Chinese. Have cut one sticker with it. Comes with everything. As new. 1350mm wide feed...
  2. 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...
  3. Need Help JV3-130 not recognized by desktop

    My computer running Windows 10 will not see the printer when hooked up with the 1394 firewire cable. I am not getting any errors on the printer so I'm wondering if the Texas Instruments firewire card is bad in my desktop. My main question is if the 1394 firewire board is bad in the printer would...
  4. Mimaki JV3-130 SP2. HELP!

    I recently purchased a jv3 130. When I purchased it I was given a Texas Instruments 1394 firewire card for my desktop. The firewire card is working great on Windows 10. My issue is I'm not sure which driver to download from the Mimaki website to recognize the printer. The gentleman I bought the...
  5. Need Help Looking for JV3 160SP II firmware

    Hi! Our JV3 160 SP II recently had the main board burn out. I purchased a used replacement, however it turns out that it used to be for a 250 SP. Also, the v.7.00 firmware doesn't seem to recognize our CISS. Would someone be willing to share the v3 firmware to flash it back to a 160 SP II...
  6. smeared looking print on reflective

    The last couple of times we've tried to print on 5600 white reflective, the print looks "smeared". We have a mimaki jv3. Any suggestions/ideas? Thanks in advance
  7. JV3 strange problem

    Hello, I have problem with my printer JV3 - 160 SP. When I print on 16 pass 720x720 B/U it don't become, but If I start 4p,8p, it become and sometimes it become in the end of the prints and ruin my job. Mainly it come when it print magenta or where it have magenta . The problem is only in...
  8. Mimaki JV3 160S

    This sweet old girl is a work horse that has served us well. If we had room, we'd keep her but alas, we're out of space and it's time to find her a new home. We bought this printer, new, from Advantage Sign Supply in 2003. It has been well maintained and in operation the entire time...
  9. "Printer-Nu" from APC gives the prestige of a new Mimaki at a fraction of the cost!

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Printer-Nu Printer Upgrade Kits Mimaki Waynesboro, PA, April 1st 2016 - American Print Consultants, a wide format digital equipment and supply company based in Waynesboro, Pa announced the release of an innovative new product today that is taking the industry by storm...
  10. Can I disable a print head? JV3 160sp

    Hi Guys I recently purchased a used Mimaki JV3-160SP and have it working well apart from a few issues. The main one is when printing black text with a white background I get a yellow edge to the right of the black print ? I have aligned the printheads to the best of my ability and after...
  11. JV 3 Print Head MANIFOLD PROBLEM

    I Need HELP with the Print Head Manifold on the JV3 - the Black Thingy that attaches on top of the Print Head and allows the Attachment of the Dampers/Ink Lines. (JV THREE - Not the three three) The little plastic "Extension or Shaft", for lack of a technical name, had Snapped Off ( I had to...
  12. Mimaki JV3 Color Banding Issue

    Having an inconsistent color banding issue with my Mimaki JV3-160s. Pictures attached. Never seen anything like this. Anybody have any ideas? Tried printing from 2 different rips, multiple different profiles and medias, messed with the feed rate. I've tried everything you can possibly imagine...
  13. JV3 rework

    JV3 rework

    I have decided to buy MIMAKI JV3-160SP and completly rework it. I have spent lot of money because there are changed every important parts. For example i have changed: 4x Printhead Epson DX4, 4xhead plates, head springs, assy head cables, 8x dampers, 4x plastic damper holders, 2x head carriage...
  14. Mimaki JV3 Help - Head won't print, capping station won't fill

    We have a Mimaki JV3 -160S. When I do a test print, the first head will not fire. The capping station and lines won't fill with ink. What we have tried: -Replaced the head -Replaced the pump assembly -Replaced the slider board -Switched the cables from head 1 to head 2, they worked on head 2...
  15. JV3-250sp heater dead - no error

    Hey all. Weird issue with the JV3's heater, both pre and post: It'll heat up just fine, and start printing as it should when it reaches its target temperature, but at seemingly random points, after something has been printing for a while, it'll just stop. Both the "Heat" and "Constant" lights...
  16. 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...
  17. Mimaki JV3-160SP shop with parts

    Hi, hope this section is right for this post. Where to buy new original parts for mimaki jv3 160SP ? i need some e-shop which sending to europe to czech. Don't want any chinese product. Thanks :smile:
  18. Waiting for temp... waiting... still waiting...

    JV3-250SP being run by Onyx 7.3, on Windows 7 64-bit, through Firewire. Had a second overnight print do absolutely nothing yesterday, due to a weird temperature issue. Every now and then, when I have multiple things in the queue, it'll run through the first item no problem, and then it'll do...
  19. still trying to figure out the yellow head issue

    It has been a couple months or so since the yellow head began acting strangely. I dont think it is the print head and possibly the damper could need changing. Here is what I have found over this period of time. Friday nights I always run a 60 minute nozzle wash and then manually clean...
  20. JV3-130SPll With Flexi sign Print margins

    I was looking to see if there was a setting somewhere I had over looked that would change the print margins to a smaller margin that way I had less waste on the sides. I have a JV3-130SPll. I am running Flexi sign 10.0.1 software and Rip software. I have done the calcualtions and it would over...
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