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  1. Print quality issue

    Hi there. Getting this. See photos. Oldish Mutoh. (running via ColourGate). Horizontal lines. Trying to do a high end sign. It will be viewed close up. I know I can fix by uping the ink (say going from 8 pass to 9pass). but this will obviously make it darker and customer has already ok the...
  2. gross thick banding lines on both(!?) printers?

    We've been having this issue on our Roland VG-540 for some time, and also with our new VG-2 pretty much right out the box. These big thick horizantal bands that will appear sometimes just once on a print, sometimes a few times, but always at a random spot. This issue comes and goes...
  3. Need Help Duplicate Lines / Overlapping

    Hey everyone, I have an issue where if I download an AI file and unmask it, it has several overlapping or duplicate lines. Obviously if I send this to the cutter or laser it goes across that area the number of times its duplicated. The design looks fine on the screen, but when there are...
  4. Need Help Latex 260 banding issues

    Hi, I’m experiencing some banding issues on my Latex 260. Substrate is HP Vinyl Adhesive— using Sai RIP I have completed a print head cleaning and let the printer warm up with several prints for an hour. Printheads have been replaced recently and calibration performed. I’ve attempted to change...
  5. Need Help Cutting on Stahl's SuperTEK Printable Clear Matte

    Good afternoon, I have a few questions regarding the cut lines when cutting on the material in the title. I use a Versacamm SP300i with a 60 degree cutting blade. On SuperTEK clear, I get cut lines that are perforated and although it's not impossible to weed, it's a little aggravating when...
  6. Need Help Line appears on co-workers print but not mine, same art, same printer.

    Need some help understanding why my co-workers prints get this mysterious line but I don't. We use the same printer but different computers. We use Versaworks on a roland vesacamm 540. If you have seen this problem & fixed it, please help. Since I don't get the line, cleaning is not the problem...
  7. Question Random Black Lines

    Random Black Lines appeared right at the end of a 2500 mm print it was the 2nd of two the only thing i changed is I made this one 1cm bigger in Versaworks the rest of the print is G8 I was feeling so good after changing one of the heads and getting it this far with lots of help from this forum...
  8. Question Part Missing outline

    When i print sometimes it doesn't print a line all way around the print does anybody know how to fix this please
  9. strange lines appear

    I have a Mimaki CjV150 and theses lines appears each side of the print someone know why ?
  10. Need Help Roland VS540 printing random blue lines

    Please can someone help me.. My Roland VS 540 has been printing blue lines in the exact same place (the middle of the media). Sometimes it looks like bar code lines other times just random lines. I thought it might be a communication problem between my versa works and printer, but network cable...
  11. 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?
  12. Graphtec FC-8000 cutting through one side of the weed lines..

    This just started happening. Say I send something to cut with weed lines..the design cuts fine, all the weed lines cut fine, except the final one closest to the origin side. You can see the blade actually push down on that last bit and it slices through the backing paper. Anyone else having...
  13. Calling mutoh gurus! Help me please

    OK so I recently rebuilt a toucan lt 64: flushed printheads, replaced lines to pumps, and replaced ink lines from the metal lines to the dampers . My question is do I need to prime the ink at the dampers or will the pumps prime the ink? I don't have a manual so I'm not sure how to get to ink...
  14. Font Identification Help

    Hey guys, Yet another font I can't put my finger on. I've found fonts with similar tails, but nothing that lines up. Any ideas? Thanks! David
  15. Mutoh troubleshooting

    Hi everyone, My name is Ludo, I'm from Nouméa, New Caledonia (Yes, I'm a Frenchman!) and I'm having some trouble with my Mutoh VJ 1604 since it doesn't spit ink anymore!!! the print head isn't clogged though and my ink lines and dampers are full... I think it must be some electronic problem...
  16. Color dropping out on Mimaki JV33-160

    One of the yellows keeps dropping out randomly while printing. At first, I assumed it was caused by air in the lines somewhere. So I syringed it and it would work for a time and then drop out again. I then replaced both the yellow dampers. Problem still happened. I just tried swapping the...
  17. Need Help Mutoh rockhopper 2

    Hi friends .. if anyone has an idea why plotter does not print clean ... especially when print the red color leaves black lines
  18. Strange lines appearing in middle of prints! Xc-540

    Hi again all, I have a strange one for you. XC-540. After a good run of say 20m, i started noticing strange lines appearing in the middle of the prints. It is not to the left or the right, just in the middle. I adjusted the head height to low and they dissapear. When I put the head height to...
  19. Mother board fromFalcon/Rockhopper 46 into a 62. Wont see paper end.HELP

    Hi all. Long time listener and first time caller. I have a 62 Mutoh Rockhopper/Falcon that has been giving me errant head firings. They show as vertical lines the width of the head in all colors from both heads. Sometimes there is 1 or 2 in a poster and sometimes there are hundreds. It occurs...
  20. Cutting lines on a traction fed plotter

    I've had the Summa D120 Summacut series plotter for about a year and a half now. Prior to the Summa we had a Gerber sprocket fed plotter that just wasn't cutting right anymore. I purchased the Summa thinking that it could cut everything from text, logos and lines perfectly. Well I found, to my...
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