Is it time for a Damper change??

[Netter26]

I have a Mutoh valuejet 1324. It’s dropping ink (cyan) after a couple feet of printing. Is it time to change Dampers? My nozzle checks are 100% perfect and the Printhead is 5 months old.

thanks

 

[signage]

Dampers area consumable part of the printer. Depending one how much printing need to be done in certain intervals.

 

[FatCat]

How old are the dampers?

Did you not replace dampers when you installed the new printhead?

Long story short, if the dampers are more than 1.5-2 years old I would change them.

 

[Johnny Best]

And a new maintenance station if that was not replaced either.

 

[Netter26]

The dampers were replaced with the printhead and maintenance station is 6 months old. I slept on it and replaced the dampers this morning. All is good Now after the first couple feet I tried. I just thought 5 months was a little soon to replace them. Thank you for the advice!

 

[heyskull]

My 13 year old 1604 has had one damper in its very busy life. The tech that replaced the head 8 years ago (still a perfect nozzle test) insisted unless their was a problem on the dampers only replace when needed.
I have found the best thing for these machines is to use them a lot. The more you use them the more reliable they are.
Currently got a 1614 to reinstate which looks like it has a harder life or more than likely run by operatives that did not have any idea on running these machines.

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