EEEK Help Roland is leaving white space?

[Velocity]

At around the 3 foot mark on the vinyl the image is left blank in a half inch line and its only at that point. This is driving me bonkers.

If i take a 1 foot wide image and print it in that spot, Presto the line appears like something is blocking off that sector?

Has anyone seen this?

 

[Velocity]

I was afraid this was a unique issue.

 

[Columbia Signs]

What RIP are you using and have you tried re-rasterizing the image? I wish I could say what it is, but I've never had it happen to me.

 

[Velocity]

Using Flexi to rip, dosent seem to matter what file, material or profile it just seems to leave a perfect no ink zone right at that spot every time.

 

[Replicator]

What Printer ?

 

[ChiknNutz]

Your encoder strip may be dirty. I periodically have this issue, though not a huge blank stripe, usually just a thin line of off-color. The encoder strip is the nearly clear piece of plastic, about 1/2 inch wide, that is directly behind the guide cable. Clean it the entire length, both sides, with a soft swab and some IPA or similar, especially in the area of concern.

 

[Gino]

• How is your cable hooked up ??
• Is anything interfering with the signal ??
• And last.... the encoder strip is a very good possibilty

 

[Velocity]

Great, thanks I will give it a try.