Roland VP540 Cleaning when printing

[Mikethestripe]

Hello Everyone

My roland VP-540 is pausing and cleaning itself at various times during print jobs?

I had a recent low ink warning on one of the colors and instantly replaced with new 220mil Roland ink cartridge

Just started doing this recently / always used factory ink in printer !

Anyone out there ever have this issue before?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

 

[DL Signs]

There's a setting in one of the menus for Periodic Cleaning, think it's in the sub-menu. Set the value to "none", that should stop it.

 

[Mikethestripe]

There's a setting in one of the menus for Periodic Cleaning, think it's in the sub-menu. Set the value to "none", that should stop it.

thank you for your response DL but I've tried that already .....unfortunately this didn't solve the issue

 

[DL Signs]

thank you for your response DL but I've tried that already .....unfortunately this didn't solve the issue

It's been a minute since I worked with Rolands, so I'm going off of old man memory, but if that's off, then it's probably trying to pump up ink.

4 main causes. 1) Wrong aftermarket ink (rule that out since you don't use them) 2) Air in an ink line. If it was that you'd probably have some print issues/ bad test print with a color 3) dampers need replacing. 4) cap tops dirty or worn out and need cleaning or replacing.

If the dampers aren't filling properly when it's docked it'll keep trying to fill them by cleaning while printing. Usually turns out to be worn out/ dirty cap tops, or a damper. Both the cap tops and dampers are wear items that need periodic replacement, cap tops need regular manual cleaning. A good place to start is do a thorough manual cleaning, inspect & clean the cap tops, if there's any debris or dried ink on the seals or around the edge of a head it won't seal properly and sucks air instead of ink. If it just needs cleaning that might fix it, if a seal is dried out, cracked, or looks collapsed, replace em'. If that's all good, then move on to the dampers, take the cover off the head, you should be able to see if one or more are really low. Back when I had Rolands I always kept extra cap tops and dampers on hand, cheap parts, easy to replace, usually solves a lot of issues.

 

[Joe House]

The VP doesn't have damper sensors, so it's not able to measure ink flow. Are any of your inks expired? Roland inks are good for 2 years from the date printed on the cartridge. This and as pointed out, third party inks will cause this head protection feature. If you have all good ink, then you likely have a chip reading problem.

Good Luck

 

[Mikethestripe]

It's been a minute since I worked with Rolands, so I'm going off of old man memory, but if that's off, then it's probably trying to pump up ink.

4 main causes. 1) Wrong aftermarket ink (rule that out since you don't use them) 2) Air in an ink line. If it was that you'd probably have some print issues/ bad test print with a color 3) dampers need replacing. 4) cap tops dirty or worn out and need cleaning or replacing.

If the dampers aren't filling properly when it's docked it'll keep trying to fill them by cleaning while printing. Usually turns out to be worn out/ dirty cap tops, or a damper. Both the cap tops and dampers are wear items that need periodic replacement, cap tops need regular manual cleaning. A good place to start is do a thorough manual cleaning, inspect & clean the cap tops, if there's any debris or dried ink on the seals or around the edge of a head it won't seal properly and sucks air instead of ink. If it just needs cleaning that might fix it, if a seal is dried out, cracked, or looks collapsed, replace em'. If that's all good, then move on to the dampers, take the cover off the head, you should be able to see if one or more are really low. Back when I had Rolands I always kept extra cap tops and dampers on hand, cheap parts, easy to replace, usually solves a lot of issues.

thank you DL.....I will look into it

 

[Adam Edge]

Was this ever resolved. Mine is doing the same. Does cleaning during printing but If I put it in service mode than it doesnt do auto cleaning

 

[cornholio]

It should be solved with the latest FW. Roland uses new chips on the ink, that aren't recognized by old FW.
Or run it in service mode.(then you need to switch on the heating)

 

[Adam Edge]

It should be solved with the latest FW. Roland uses new chips on the ink, that aren't recognized by old FW.
Or run it in service mode.(then you need to switch on the heating)

I'm on the latest firmware version of 4.8 already. It is ok with oem ink carts but with aftermarket inks it does auto cleaning during printing

 

[Novadon]

Roland inks are good for 2 years from the date printed on the cartridge.

How did you establish this 2 year position? Especially in light of Roland displaying only their cartridge expiration dates!

Thus, when purchasing anew, you are lucky to receive cartridges with six months of viability left on them!