Mimaki UJF-3042 restoration

[Smoke_Jaguar]

Digiprint seems to be cheapest game in town, unless you can find a salvage one.

 

[Tipgypsy]

Getting the pump head plate assembly out wasn't particularly easy, the capping section had to be unscrewed to make it easier (had to come apart anyway for cleaning)

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Separated the pump heads, and flushed through the peristaltic tube sections with ethyl acetate just to clean up a bit so don't get ink everywhere when removing the barbed connectors to replace the tubing!
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The piece of tubing laying loose at the bottom and extricated earlier for measurement of replacement hose (Platinum Cured Silicone, 3.2mm ID, 6.4mm OD was ordered) has a nice split in it:
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The caps (cleaned a little) and capping assembly separated for attempted repair of the top plastic plate... They appear to be in pretty good shape. will clean the springs and apply a little grease on reassembly.
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The top plate that's split in several places, going to attempt gluing it first (after decontamination!), as it's not difficult to get out again if a more durable repair is needed.
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I wonder if the plastic here has been weakened/attacked/made brittle by cleaning solvents or possibly ink itself along with the spring pressure (interestingly the dark grey paint coating on the printer inside panels peels off a bit in places too where ink has sat presumably for years).

to be continued...

You can buy these covers for 3$ at IDS heres the link https://www.digitalprintsupplies.com/collections/mimaki-ujf-3042?page=2

 

[kehall]

You can buy these covers for 3$ at IDS heres the link https://www.digitalprintsupplies.com/collections/mimaki-ujf-3042?page=2

Thanks, yes I've seen them and indeed added to basket but as I'm in the UK I was looking to combine with something else to make cost effective use of shipping, and now I've just found they don't / no longer ship to the UK that's a bit of a problem!

 

[Rebelious1]

Hello all, I am new to this forum. So, maybe someone might have an answer to my question.
I have a Mimaki UJF-3042 and it says Error 12e. The manual says that it needs firmware update.
Does anyone have a copy of firmware?

Also, I have a second 3042 which was printing perfect when my tech support fixed the issue. The freight company bounced it around (rough handled) it and now it will not run. I fixed one issue (belt attachment fell off in transit), but now it has a boot up error.

Any direction might be helpful.

 

[kehall]

Please create a separate post for your question, this thread is about the 3042 restoration.