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  1. Review of the Roland LG-640

    Review of the Roland LG-640 (2023-Nov) Do NOT buy! As little info is available online regarding the Roland LG-640 (LG-540 & LG300) I decided to write a little review of my experience with the new Roland LG-640 during the last 4 to 5 weeks. TL;DR. Do NOT buy. Reasoning. Excess amount of ink...
  2. How to exit service mode on ROLAND Truevis LG-640

    Recently Roland LG Truevis installed by my tech, but it is stuck in service mode. Can anyone assist with exiting service mode? Power on and off with switch doesn't work.
  3. For Sale Roland VS-640 Wide Format Printer

    Selling our Roland VS-640. Needs a magenta head but still in good working condition. Regular cleaning. We need the space and are doing all of our printing on our HP Latex 365 machine. Comes with inks, version of VersaWorks, misc consumables. We switched to Flexi to run our print jobs on the...
  4. Need Help roland sp-540v on versa6 troubles

    hi, all i used sp540v on win7 last 7 years, but cant use old laptop anymore. my new PC have no legacy boot mode (only uefi) and it is most reason for using Win10. i trying siple copy old versa (5.5.1) from laptop but isn't work same. on official roland site in this moment only versa6 is...
  5. For Sale Roland SP540v Wide Format Printer

    I need to sell a Roland SP540v Wide Format Printer. It is still in good working condition. It operates on Roland VersaWorks. It has been well-maintained, cleaned regularly and used regularly. It has only ever had service or work done by certified Roland technicians. It was in operation as...
  6. Versaworks Not Fully Cutting Design

    Hi guys. Have a large 8' x 32' sign I need to do. I planned on using the Versaworks tiling feature, but it's not playing nicely. Without the tiling, it will cut fine, but once I ask it to tile the art it will all of the lines. Without the the tiling it will cut fine. Attached is what I'm...
  7. Camouflage Patterns

    Anyone have a recommendation on the best place to get different camouflage patterns for printing? I have a customer who wants a boat wrapped in camo but does not like the ones I have. For printing, not camo vinyl. TIA
  8. Need Help Print problem Roland BN-20

    Hello, I've had a big problem with my BN-20 printer for a few days now, first it all started because I wanted to change the print head damper (because the yellow wasn't coming out anymore), during the 1st reassembly I had a bit of liquid in the print head cable plugs, and when I restarted I had...
  9. Sp300i Cutting Problem

    Hello, I have an SP300i model, I have been having a problem for the last 1 week. When cutting the media, when it cuts at the beginning, it does not cut completely as seen in the photo, but the cut gets smoother from the beginning to the middle. What do you think could be the cause? Our cutting...
  10. He Ain't Heavy... He's My PRINTER

    Just wondered if anyone has had much experience in moving a Roland TrueVis Printer? My new TrueVis3 SG540 is arriving at the end of the month (very excited) but I have to get the machine up the stairs onto a small landing and then through the door into my print room. Going to have to lift the...
  11. Suggestions SP-300V/Versaworks 5.5.1 Perforated cut No Force increase

    Hi All, My first test I used 70-micron Vinyl. Using a 60° blade, I have adjusted the blade depth, scored 2 cuts of vinyl layered over each other making sure the top layer cuts through, bottom is scored. The machine pressure is set was set at 45gf. I have adjusted the pressure for normal cuts...
  12. How to get a more accurate ink-level reading?

    VersaWorks Dual gives ink level remaining in 25% increments. Is there any way to pull a. more accurate reading from the printer? Like from a network command line/web interface? I've used a Canon printer way back when that had an 'ink check' via a web interface -- it was surprisingly precise...
  13. VG 640 Ink waste!

    Is this a normal amount of ink in a week's time with very little usage?? Every other time loading material goes through a clean cycle. Driving me nuts with the waste!! And then a slight clean for test print. (I want to see what the test print shows before a slight clean.) Vg640, TR2 ink...
  14. VG 640 test print woes

    Every morning the test print looks like the attached and after 1 reg clean comes back perfect and prints like a champ. Replaced all captops and had the tech install and made sure it's seating correctly. Fairly new heads. It also used to jump from one channel to the next. Now its only on the...
  15. VersaWorks Contour Cut incorrectly applied

    Hi, I am having trouble with my contour cuts from VersaWorks. It appears the contour cut is slightly off probably because of the Pixels. The contour cut is correct on Flexi. However, when I send it to VersaWorks, it is incorrect. How do I fix this issue?
  16. For Sale 2005 Zund M-800CV Flatbed Cutter Plotter *FOR SALE* (not summa F1612)

    We have a 2005 Zund M-800CV for sale. This is the Conveyor style so it will cut unlimited length files. Can be configured for any application desired for any cutting material. It has a camera setup available to read crop marks. Asking $15,000 or best offer. Free to come and inspect and take a...
  17. Roland Cutting Plotter , Vinyl Cutter Blade. Help!

    Hello folks I had my original Roland Cutting Plotter, somehow they broke and found this one almost same as mine - https://aliexpress.com/e/_DDxfJ1T Since I dont like to buy on aliexpress before I buy it just want to hear your exp... thanks folks!
  18. Problem with new cutting blade sp-540v

    Hello! A few days ago I changed my cuter blade, and i noticed that it makes a loud noise when cutting. It doesn't cut through in some places, and i can see that it was cut like this on some - - - - - - - - (if you understand). The cutting blade is from the same package that it came from...
  19. Roland LEC 540 Ink Configuration Change

    Hi We have a Roland LEC540 running CMYK plus Gloss and White however we do not use the gloss so it gets wasted in the waste tank. Does anyone have any info or guides on swapping the printer to CMYK plus White White as we use white a lot. I have done this process before on a mimaki however there...
  20. Roland SP300v - can't access service mode - boots up on it's own

    Trying to help a friend with his printer, however we cannot get into service mode as the machine keeps booting up on its own when the main power switch is turned on. We're both stumped. See video for visual reference.
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