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jv33-160

  1. Help with my JV33

    Hello, I hope you are well. I am writing this post because I have been having issues with my JV33-160 DX5 head for a few days now. This machine had been sitting unused for about 8 years and we decided to repair it in July. We changed the head, the entire capping station, dampers, ink lines...
  2. pixeling on jv33-160

    Hey guys and gals of Signs 101. I am sorry not being on thread for awhile . I have had a few scares with wife for last 10 weeks. I have hade surgery my self but, back at it got printer finally printing! but it tiles in text with every color except black I printed test pages and c,y,m show lines...
  3. Need Help Mimaki jv33 No yellow and no magenta, sudden loss

    I have a jv33 160 been running great for four years. Suddenly last week both yellows went out completely mid print. I changed the cap and got everything working again. Then within a few days I lost both yellows again mid print…and now one side of the magenta. I will list what I’ve done so far...
  4. JV33 resetter not working after motherboard change

    I use the MIMAKI JV33-160 for sublimation printing. When I changed the printhead I accidentally burnt the motherboard (cannot download the CSV from the old motherboard). So now I changed the motherboard (bought a used machine for little money) and installed the 2.20 firmware on the machine. I...
  5. Mimaki Jv33-160 not printing one side of yellow

    Printer was printong normal, ink ran low on yellow so replaced cartridges. Lines had air, so I manually filled the dampers. Now dampers are full and when I do an ink fill the dampers fill and drain like the head is taking the ink. One channel prints come, the other prints nothing, but has shown...
  6. JV33-160 Photo Paper Profile Help-Wasatch RIP

    I have recently ordered a new paper for printing photos and art. Can anyone help me find a suitable profile? We run Wasatch for RIP. The paper is Satin Solvent PE 225 gsm. I have attached the spec sheet. Any help is greatly appreciated!
  7. Need Help Converting from ES3 to SS21

    Thinking of switching from ES3 inks to SS21 inks to try them out. Is this a big, huge, painful process? And I may want to switch back shortly thereafter. This is on a JV33-160. Currently running a Triangle bulk ink system. Thanks, Jon
  8. User to user question about jv33-160(bs)

    Our company just recently acquired JV33-160(BS) tho it's out in the market for quite a long time I just have a few question regarding the operation and maintenance of this machine, answers based from your experiences is truly helpful! 1) During a technical difficulty do you call? Your Supplier...
  9. JV-33 Color drop out

    Yesterday I was printing on Perforated media on our JV33-160, in the middle of the print the yellow and one of the light cyan dropped out (we use 8 cartridge SS21 ink). Test print revealed the drop out so I ran a hard clean and then test printed again, both colors came back perfectly. I...
  10. ??Rasterlink Pro 5 SG available for sale??

    Good day all, We just got a windows 8 machine to replace an old XP PC that runs our RIP and Estimate software. I'm running Rasterlink Pro 3 on the XP machine for our JV33-160. Our supply vendor (Grimco) suggested that I should reach out to the sign community and see if there is anyone not using...
  11. JV33-160 Head Alignment?

    I purchased a used jv33-160 recently and have not been real happy with the printing results so far. As far as I can tell I am having trouble getting the head aligned properly. Is there any detailed head alignment procedures available. Is the maintenance manual the best manual to use for this? I...
  12. Jv33-160

    Hello, i'm getting on my mimaki jv33-160 error 250 y coordinate i would like to know if changing the slider board will help for this? Thanks
  13. HELP! Mimaki JV33-160 leaking ink

    Yellow ink is flowing freely from our JV33-160 . Yellow is bleeding into all other colors. You can see droplets forming on the bottom of the printer head. We are printing on canvas. I have attached a photo. Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are a small business and this is our...
  14. JV33-160 Ink Performance

    Hi, People of the mimaki forum, I´m a new member from venezuela :biggrin:, sorry for my bad english je je! I just bought a brand new JV33-160 for my shop and I´m wonder about the ink performance, I mean how many mt2 can I espect to print with a CMYK load of 440ml cartridge?? I know is...
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