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roland sp540v carraige cable problems

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coneil1b

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hi all

in the past 3 months my printer has broke down 5 times each time the problems seems to be the same the carriage cable and the carriage guide crashes crunching the guide and the carriage cable leaving the printer incapable of use,

the tech guy has already visited us 3 - 4 times repairing the same problem to no avail, im really sick to death of it if i had the money i would really consider buying a new one, i have a job lined up of 180 cars to apply graphics to and the printers really not helping.

i think the temperature settings might have something to do with the problem, currently set ink 40 and dryer 45 this was set by the tech guy about a year ago.

any help would be much appreciated

Thanks in advance
 
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CS-SignSupply

New Member
Take the covers off and clean every piece of metal that the Carriage Guides touch during regular printing. Then get some Teflon Tape and place over these areas. This may allow the guide to slide with less drag.

It is also possible the guides were installed incorrectly.
 
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coneil1b

New Member
sorry forgot to mention i have already cleaned the metal in with the carriage cable sits on two different occasions last time was a week ago.
 
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GTSTech_1

New Member
Your or the tech is leaving too much or not enough slack in the cable. Your Roland tech should have the PDF on replacing the guides and cable, it show the right and wrong way to install.


My .02

GTSTech_1
 
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Downforce Graphics

New Member
GTSTech_1 said:
Your or the tech is leaving too much or not enough slack in the cable. Your Roland tech should have the PDF on replacing the guides and cable, it show the right and wrong way to install.


My .02

GTSTech_1
Click to expand...

I would agree your tech is definatly NOT installing them right. I have installed them myself with no problems at all!
 
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Jack Knight1979

New Member
I've restrung my cable on a 6' wide printer. I thought I had a backlash problem last summer. It turned out my carriage bearing went back.

At any rate. This is an easy fix and you need a different tech.
 
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splizaat

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I know you had the tech do it, but those plastic clear guides that the cable is sandwiched in can go two different ways and if they're not adjusted right, it won't flow when the carriage moves side to side. I'd be willing to be the tech isn't installing those clear plastic cable guides properly....there's no way those cable guides should keep going bad. Ours crunched once and without replacing I just cleaned every bit of dust off the metal parts and both clear guides and it's worked great since.
 
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splizaat

New Member
whoops. Just saw someone else suggested this. I guess i should read whole threads before replying.

ALso -- if your carriage bearings are going bad, then your cable has been installed too tight.

FIND A NEW TECH ASAP!
 
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coneil1b

New Member
had no problems with the machine but had a quick observation the upper carriage guide seems to stick to the actual carriage as if it were static and the bottom carriage and the cable seem to be fine
 
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stillhasdust

New Member
Make sure the linear encoder board is not crashing into the clear strips. The linear encoder board is held down by a screw but it swivels and can crash into the strips.
 
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