I recently purchased a Mimaki a used JV3-160 SP printer. However after purchasing, the seller claimed after doing a test print the black head wasn't printing on all nozzles and so he performed a head wash. After that none of the nozzles were printing. The other 3 heads are printing just fine. It had been sitting for about a month or so. Any suggestions?
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JV3-160SP Print Head Problem
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MikePro
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welcome to s101:Welcome: search function has tons of similiar issues.
it might be worth having a tech come out and take a look at it for you, set this machine up right, considering you most likely got a deal on the used printer in the first place.
these printers are tanks, and could easily run smooth for the next 6-10yrs with proper user maintenance... assuming they're setup correctly on the front-end.
otherwise pictures and exact events leading up to the failure would be helpful to toss out here, and hopefully we can point out something simple for a quick-fix.
can o' worms is most likely your diagnosis, however.
(start with a new wiper blade, carriageout & clean the capping station, run a disway wash, set a 99min nozzle wash, run a fillupink, set another 99min nozzle wash, and then do a test print.)
it might be worth having a tech come out and take a look at it for you, set this machine up right, considering you most likely got a deal on the used printer in the first place.
these printers are tanks, and could easily run smooth for the next 6-10yrs with proper user maintenance... assuming they're setup correctly on the front-end.
otherwise pictures and exact events leading up to the failure would be helpful to toss out here, and hopefully we can point out something simple for a quick-fix.
can o' worms is most likely your diagnosis, however.
(start with a new wiper blade, carriageout & clean the capping station, run a disway wash, set a 99min nozzle wash, run a fillupink, set another 99min nozzle wash, and then do a test print.)
Thanks Mike. Well before I did anything I went ahead and cleaned the capping station. Pulled the hoses from the capping station to the pump. They are completely blocked. I couldn't even get air through them with my syringe. I am going to replace all hoses from capping station down to waste tank first before I try anything else. This printer must have been sitting dormant for quite a while.
So I took a syringe and pulled the ink through the black head below the capping station and it did a test print almost perfectly. The yellow ink also sucked through fine. However I a not getting a good seal on the cyan and magenta. Can't pull any ink through and I can tell there is a leak somewhere. The capping station looks perfect.
