Need help printing TEST PATTERN FILL in service mode.

[No Lemon]

I am able to get service mode but it says "SETUP SHEET" if I press the menu button I am able to get to to the TEST PATTERN FILL but when I press enter it says"SHEET NOT LOADED, SETUP SHEET. I have vinyl loaded in the printer but cant get past this. What am I missing?

 

[InkjetAuction]

Setup Sheet

So which model are we talking about?

You should load your media, lower the pinch wheels and press the setup sheet button (if applicable) before selecting the FILL TEST menu item.

You will know that the media is properly loaded when you see the appropriately measured setup width on the display.

Only then will you be able to run any print tests.

~E

I am able to get service mode but it says "SETUP SHEET" if I press the menu button I am able to get to to the TEST PATTERN FILL but when I press enter it says"SHEET NOT LOADED, SETUP SHEET. I have vinyl loaded in the printer but cant get past this. What am I missing?

 

[No Lemon]

Sorry its a VP-540

I loaded the paper, lowered the pinch wheels. I don't have a sheet button I don't think. I have to have the printer turned off to get to service mode.

So which model are we talking about?

You should load your media, lower the pinch wheels and press the setup sheet button (if applicable) before selecting the FILL TEST menu item.

You will know that the media is properly loaded when you see the appropriately measured setup width on the display.

Only then will you be able to run any print tests.

~E

 

[FrankW]

VersaCamms need to start loading manually when in Service Mode. If you have media loaded, raise the sheet loading lever and lower it again.

 

[No Lemon]

You got it. Thanks for your help.

VersaCamms need to start loading manually when in Service Mode. If you have media loaded, raise the sheet loading lever and lower it again.

Here are some pictures of the test print. I am still trying to figure why my blue prints purple and my black is brownish red, black



Here is my original problem.
Colors not printing correctly Roland VP-540

 

[amw]

You got it. Thanks for your help.



Here are some pictures of the test print. I am still trying to figure why my blue prints purple and my black is brownish red, black

View attachment 117298 View attachment 117299 View attachment 117300 View attachment 117301
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Here is my original problem.
Colors not printing correctly Roland VP-540

Sounds like a profile issue. What ink are you using, OEM?

 

[No Lemon]

yes this machine has always had OEM ink

 

[FrankW]

could it be that you have switched off colour management? "blue to purple" sounds a little bit like that.

But you will never have best color quality without specific profiles.

 

[eahicks]

Sounds like a profile issue. What ink are you using, OEM?

Would not be a profile issue if it is the printer's test print.

 

[Ragnabrok]

CMYK from the fill pattern look normal, other than the finger prints

the test prints point to a head needing alignment though, notice how some colors are smooth, and others are gritty?
could be the dots are stacking on top of each other, instead of side by side. That can cause quite a color shift on its own.

post pics of service menu-print menu-head adjust-> Bias, vertical and horizontal.
may be under service menu-head adjust. print on something thin and glossy.

 

[No Lemon]

I assume finger prints are from me touching the vinyl while loading? Should the vinyl be wiped down with something before printing?

I will have to do some checking on the alignment issue.

Here are the pictures
View attachment 117325 Bias, View attachment 117326 Vertical View attachment 117327 Horizontal

 

[Ragnabrok]

picture links didn't work for some reason, maybe upload to imgur?

also for fingerprints, the printer can't print to the outside 1/2" or so, so just handle the material by the edges.

 

[No Lemon]

Bias, Vertical, Horizontal

 

[Ragnabrok]

outside some deflection on black, everything looks lined up. I'd guess some type of odd colour correction in the profile or color space is causing this issue.
try the same file with generic vinyl profile, and pre-press US default.