First Post, Newbie
Just acquired my first roland printer/cutter SP-540i; used; the previous owner had replaced pump, heads, dampers, captops etc as he was planning to put It into long term storage but ended up selling it.
During the initial setup, no ink would flow to the print heads or dampers for that matter. Tried multiple powerful cleans, ink fills from the service menu and nothing, I tried to check if I could feel any vacuum when the pump was running by unhooking the tube to the damper and could feel any suction. so not sure what that problem is/was. I went to re-seat the dampers possible as there was a vac leak, when I unscrewed the metal brace/foam across the dampers 2 just flopped over on head 2, the manifold tips/nipples were broken off inside the dampers. Might have happened during moving the unit, not sure.
Obviously, this doesn't help the suction, tried to see if I could swap the manifold off of an older head in the parts bag I was given but the screw heads on the new head stripped out halfway through removal.....so looks like I am out this new head now. my question is can I send this head somewhere and they can rebuild it and send it back so I have a backup?
I am pretty handy and this was pretty frustrating as I spent 4-5 hours troubleshooting all possible scenarios. Once I get the new head installed if I am still having issues what else might you recommend I check?
Thanks!
Just acquired my first roland printer/cutter SP-540i; used; the previous owner had replaced pump, heads, dampers, captops etc as he was planning to put It into long term storage but ended up selling it.
During the initial setup, no ink would flow to the print heads or dampers for that matter. Tried multiple powerful cleans, ink fills from the service menu and nothing, I tried to check if I could feel any vacuum when the pump was running by unhooking the tube to the damper and could feel any suction. so not sure what that problem is/was. I went to re-seat the dampers possible as there was a vac leak, when I unscrewed the metal brace/foam across the dampers 2 just flopped over on head 2, the manifold tips/nipples were broken off inside the dampers. Might have happened during moving the unit, not sure.
Obviously, this doesn't help the suction, tried to see if I could swap the manifold off of an older head in the parts bag I was given but the screw heads on the new head stripped out halfway through removal.....so looks like I am out this new head now. my question is can I send this head somewhere and they can rebuild it and send it back so I have a backup?
I am pretty handy and this was pretty frustrating as I spent 4-5 hours troubleshooting all possible scenarios. Once I get the new head installed if I am still having issues what else might you recommend I check?
Thanks!