Saturday disaster (1614)

[thinksigns]

So I printed a couple small samples this morning and everything went fine. Now I trying to print the big job due Monday. I look over after its been printing for a few minutes and there is no ink on the vinyl. I stop the job and do a nozzle check and no ink. Any thoughts?

 

[chrisphilipps]

Not a good sign. Run a cleaning and confirm that ink is actually flowing into the waste bottle. If it is then you most likely have a blow F2 fuse on the mother board. This typically means that your CR Cables, Head Cables or the head it self have failed electronically.

 

[thinksigns]

I got a return call from a service tech and he said to try doing 2 or 3 clean cycles. If that doesn't work then I would need to replace the maintenance station. I told him it seemed strange that it would print fine one minute and 10 minutes later not put out any ink. However, I did three clean cycles and I'm back to printing. I have been limping along with a Life Time Pump error. What do you think about replacing the maintenance station?

 

[chrisphilipps]

You should have it replaced. It depends on usage but they should be replaced every year or two. Some people get lucky and they last three years.

 

[Robert M]

Those parts

We have them on our site if you want to replace it yourself. Takes less the one hour.
www.solventinkjet.com