Oce Arizona 318 GL white drop out

[Border Press]

I have problems running white ink jobs on my Oce Arizona 318 GL. The white ink will all of a sudden stop spraying when the reservoir is being filled and then drop large drops of white onto the flatbed or material. I've replaced ink the filter and bag and one of the hoses. Does anyone have a suggestion?

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

How is the little filter on top of the head looking? (connected to the maintenance valve)
When they fill with ink, the heads can drop ink pretty wildly.

 

[Border Press]

You mean the white ones sticking out of the top of the carriage? It looks kind of yellow compared to the others, but so does yellow.

 

[Corwin Steeves]

You mean the white ones sticking out of the top of the carriage? It looks kind of yellow compared to the others, but so does yellow.

Definitely, replace that filter. It's easy and cheap to do. But it could be the meniscus vacuum. That would have to be done by Oce. Does it do this on all materials or just one in particular?

 

[Border Press]

Definitely, replace that filter. It's easy and cheap to do. But it could be the meniscus vacuum. That would have to be done by Oce. Does it do this on all materials or just one in particular?

No the material doesn't matter. It'll drop on home position after I bleed the ink filter as the reservoir fills. I'll try replacing that filter on top and see what happens. Thank you.

 

[ToTo]

Check also that you have a newer firmware installed. Older versions have a bug that recirculation is done to frequently for the „half“ reservoir of a 360. Then the small check filter for meniskus/purge might be filled with ink, blocks and meniscus isn’t working on this ink channel.

 

[Border Press]

Does anyone know what the part# of those ink filters are? They keep trying to send me the ink filter that's connected to the ink bag. I keep telling them that's not what it is.

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

[HASHTAG]#3010101808[/HASHTAG]

 

[Border Press]

Cool I finally have the part thanks alot. Is there anything I should know about replacing it? Do I just turn off the valve? Should I empty the reservoir?

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

Remove the top cover, turn off the valve and replace the filter. It's very easy to do.
No need to empty the reservoir.

 

[Border Press]

Remove the top cover, turn off the valve and replace the filter. It's very easy to do.
No need to empty the reservoir.

I just printed my first white ink job without any dropouts. Thank you so much for your advice.

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

Great news

 

[Border Press]

Hi I've been able to print white no problem since March. Thank you. But now the white ink will not fire at all. I've replaced the ink filter. The bag is fairly new and full but no ink flows through it. I can hear the pump working but the reservoir does not filled up. Do you think it could be the ink pump or something else?

 

[Pauly]

Hi I've been able to print white no problem since March. Thank you. But now the white ink will not fire at all. I've replaced the ink filter. The bag is fairly new and full but no ink flows through it. I can hear the pump working but the reservoir does not filled up. Do you think it could be the ink pump or something else?

Follow the manual to do a filter bleed at the ink cabinet. you will see if the pump is faulty if it bleeds or not.

 

[Border Press]

yes thank you I have done that and no the ink does not bleed out. I just wasn't sure if that was a pump issue or something else since I can hear the pump working.