Surge Protector / Printer

[SAS]

I have a Mimaki JV-33 160 that I had on a APC 750 va that started smoking last week. I unpluged the printer, and and was going to just trash the APC. I put the printer on a $40 surge protector until I could get a new one. When I want to print a job all I got was can't open port. I call tech (Grimco and paid $45 just to talk because my warranty went out 6 months ago.) after some time on the phone he said it was the usb port on the main board. So I paid $1318 and $690 more to have it installed. Now APC sent me a new APC 750va. But after doing research I think it is to small.

So my question is what kind (brand, size) surge protector do you have on your printer?

Also Mimaki JV-33 sucks because the usb is attached to the main board and not on a separate card like the JV-5. If you have a JV-33 make sure you back up your parramaters because if the usb port craps out it will be to late to download them then they will all have to be entered by hand, and at $110 an hour ... well you see where I going with this. Just one more reason why I will never buy another Mimaki.

Thanks,

 

[gabagoo]

this usb port is how you drive the printer? I use firewire, and thought that was the only way...hmmm

 

[cgsigns_jamie]

If your looking for a battery backup ... there was this thread from a few weeks ago

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57871

 

[signage]

SAS what you need to determine is the current draw for your printer with the heaters turned all the way up and if you have a take up system a full roll of the heaviest material you use!

As Jamie pointed out I posted about the load calculation on this a week or so ago!

 

[SAS]

SAS what you need to determine is the current draw for your printer with the heaters turned all the way up and if you have a take up system a full roll of the heaviest material you use!

As Jamie pointed out I posted about the load calculation on this a week or so ago!

I will bring my amp meter Friday and see what it's pulling.

I just plug it into the new APC that they sent for now, but I got to get something else.

 

[PMG]

I will bring my amp meter Friday and see what it's pulling.

I just plug it into the new APC that they sent for now, but I got to get something else.

Did APC pay for the repairs to the printer? was its APC product that caused your printer to fail?

 

[SAS]

I made a claim but if you read the 10 page pdf that you have to fill out and send in with the old APC they can deny the claim for 100 different reasons, and I had to pay to send it back. I'm sure it was a waste of time and money.