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  1. Mimaki CJV150 printing grainy/faded

    I have a Mimaki CJV150 which had a new printhead installed last year. Has been working fine up to about a week ago. The Test print shows that all nozzles are perfectly fine but the print comes out very grainy. Has anyone got any tips?
  2. Mimaki CJV150 Cross Contamination Help

    To cut a long story short our cjv150 was dripping ink onto the media last week. We replaced the dampers and capot and the problem was resolved. This week we now have cross contamination in the yellow channel. This is present as soon as we turn the machine on after it has been left overnight and...
  3. Mimaki maintenance mode

    So someone had shared with me the way to get into the maintenance mode of my Mimaki UCJV300 by holding down F1 and F3 buttons on the printer at boot. It appears Mimaki has updated the process. I suspect they [Mimaki] added a specific time count to hold it as I caught the tech still using the F1...
  4. Rasterlink 7 errors

    Hello all! Newbie here. We are printing vinyl on our Mimaki UJV100-160. Everything prints out great, but after a few prints, Rasterlink 7 stops working. By not working, I mean: Sometimes it will give us a weird error message in the log (something about print & location) Sometimes it will...
  5. UJF 6042 MKII

    Hello guys i'm new here, i recently got a mimaki ujf 6042mkII but i'm having some troubles ink filling, can someone help me please?
  6. Mimaki cjv150 dot position lines wonky

    Hi, Has anyone ever come across wonky lines on the dot position adjust. Recently our machine has started to print certain patterns with wonky lines (see attached image). It looks like some sort of calibration issue but I cannot understand why it would just start doing this. Any help would be...
  7. mimaki ucjv300-160 RIP Spees

    Hello all, i have mimaki ucjv300-160, i would like to know how can i speed up the RIP process in raster link rip software? any tips? Should i upgrad the RAM? Thanks
  8. Finecut Connection issue

    Hi all! I have acquired a Mimaki CG-130FX and cant seem to connect with Finecut. I have seen plenty of people with this issue here but nobody has posted the fix... -Windows 11 -Mimaki CG-130FX -Finecut 9 on Coreldraw 2021 -USB Connection Device is seen and connection check is ok but when I go...
  9. Mimaki JFX200-2513. buy or no buy?

    Hey everyone, We are looking at our first flat bed printer and we’re considering the JFX200-2513 (Or the ex model). Would anyone be willing to share there experience (good or bad)? Anything we should know going into this printer? We currently run epson S80600 printers which are awesome...
  10. Mutoh VJ 1324 upgrade

    Hi there. My old Mutoh is getting a bit long in the tooth. Thinking about an upgrade. My issue is I don't use it a lot. (but of course when I do I need it to perform well). I realise that solvent printers need to be used. (this could be one of the reason I have quite a few issues with my...
  11. Ink Drips? JFX200-2513

    So yesterday, Tuesday February 1st, i printed pretty much a full bed of sign faces (file attached) on a sheet instead of pre-cut pieces as sort of an in-house test. Well once all the faces were printed and cut out i went through and inspected them and noticed 18 out of 27 faces had what looked...
  12. Mimaki cap adjustment help

    Hi. To cut a along story short we have refurbished a civ150 and adjusted the station height to 5mm as per the service Manual. The problem is though that when we adjust the cap position the slider should be 3mm per the service manual but ours has to be about 5-6mm before the head locking latch...
  13. Lines showing up in print with white plate layer

    Please help. The white ink is not printing solid. I did the test print and did nozzle recovery but still not printing all the lines. (See picture) Resulting in very visible lines in the artwork. But this only happen to the prints on darker material that require white plate underneath. There's no...
  14. Permanent Chips for Mimaki 6042 MKII

    Hi, Does anyone know a reliable source for permanent chips for our Mimaki 6042 mkII? Thank you David
  15. Permanent Chips for Mimaki 6042 MkII

    Hi all, does anybody know a reliable source for buying Permanent Chips for our Mimaki 6042 MkII? We use the LUS-120 inks. Thank you, David
  16. Mimaki UCJV300-160 Where do buy parts in UK?

    Hello, I'm a happy owner of Mimaki UCJV300-160. Sadly the Control panel need replacing but I can't find any on the internet. I contacted the dealer and they told me they won't sell me a part because this has to be fitted by a Mimaki engineer. The part itself cost £35 but with engineer...
  17. Mimaki JV300 160-Plus Ink Chips & 3rd Party Inks

    My company recently bought a Mimaki JV300 160 Plus to upgrade from our struggling Roland XJ640. We run a bulk ink system with third party eco-solvent inks from Easy Inks in Germany. Our agent didn't inform us of the chips that cant be turned off on these new printers so now we have come to a...
  18. Mimaki Deflected Cyan Nozzles CJV150

    Hi I have noticed the cyan nozzles have become slightly deflected and I am wondering if this is something I should be concerned about? The machine is 2 years old and has had the following work on it done Cap Top Replaced 6 Months Ago Wiper 2 weeks ago Pump still on Original never replaced...
  19. Need Help JFX200 White Ink Problems

    JFX200-2513. I am having problems with the white ink. It is creating almost like a mist, deflection, or shadows to our prints. I have replaced the white ink filters, put in new white ink. I changed the head gap to 1.5mm, I have done all the digital alignments. Have adjusted the head voltage. We...
  20. Mimaki CJV150-107 Not Printing any thing

    Hi I got mimaki CJV150- wide format, print head is moving, making all the moves for print command, nozzle check etc But in reutn not printing any thing at all, not a tiny drop even. The printer was not used for few good months and was on expired inks, I have done few good hard clean and left...
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