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Bad Black

Mosh

Mosh

New Member
My black is still banding and is very blurry. Cleaned a bunch of times, did a heavy head clean twice, changed dampers...what should I try next?
 
Mosh

Mosh

New Member
Sorry been busy all day....what should I try next?

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SightLine

SightLine

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Been fighting this a couple of weeks and it's not getting better. Not sure what all of the low cost fixe you have already tried..... not sure on your machine but aside from dampers, then it's capping station top(s), pump(s), and finally the printhead itself.
 
Robert M

Robert M

New Member
Cap tops

I would change the cap next (clean it first and see if that helps) How old is the printer, those first generation versacamms had the old style pump with the white tubes and they failed often. The new style don't seem to ever break.You are getting a lot of deflection which is hard to cure. Check the wiper to make sure it is keeping the head clean. Next pull the damper and gently push some cleaning solution through the head.

If that fails I have plenty of heads here in Denver
 
Mosh

Mosh

New Member
How do you soak the head?

I cleaned the cap, are they easy to replace, I can't find a vid on doing it.

I replaced the pump 3-4 years ago.

I replaced the wipers after this started.

This seamed to just happen all at once. One day it just started printing bad, the same time our air conditioning broke down.
 
SightLine

SightLine

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I think 3-4 years is really pushing it on the life of a pump.... I'd def look at replacing the pump(s) and capping tops - max about 2 to 3 years. Could very well be your pump or the tubing within it is done for or the capping top is just worn out.
 
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