dinomaskot
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I've noticed that during regular printing (not with white), my UCJV is using/wasting quite a lot of it compared to other colors. Is there anything i can to do make it better apart from adjusting my pricing?
Thank you for the reply! <3Because the UCJV330 uses circulation dampers for white, they seem to bleed a lot more than subtanks when idle, especially on circulation cycles. Not sure there's a way around it. Can check your capping station gap. Note that I did my first install on a UCJV330 just this past month, so I don't have a ton of experience on them.
Just looking at the capping station, it also appears much more prevalent on the screen because it's a thicker ink in general. Empty your waste tank and check on it in a couple of days. If it looks bright white, it might be an issue. If the ink is more of a milky freakish purple, that's pretty normal.
So do you have the UCJV 300 or UCJV330 ? My understanding is that whereas the UCJV300 had Ricoh heads the UCJV330 has possibly Brother heads. My UCJV330 is just over 5 years old nbow and the white is the printer's strongest feature. If you're not printing much then the flushes and waste white ink are a major pain but the wastage appears top drop with higher usage, I'm assuming the flushes reduce in frequency when it's pumping a lot more ink. I've using LUS170 and white ink account for probably 60% plus of the printer's output these days. Interestingly the white nozzles have by far the best print quality and the least over spray, I pretty much always run in 600 x 600 24 pass mode. The wastage is a pain but much better than clogged nozzles.I've noticed that during regular printing (not with white), my UCJV is using/wasting quite a lot of it compared to other colors. Is there anything i can to do make it better apart from adjusting my pricing?
Are you running LUS200 for the White? We have LUS170 for CMYKLcLm and LUS200 for the white. (Just the way our UCJV came when we got it 5ish years ago)So do you have the UCJV 300 or UCJV330 ? My understanding is that whereas the UCJV300 had Ricoh heads the UCJV330 has possibly Brother heads. My UCJV330 is just over 5 years old nbow and the white is the printer's strongest feature. If you're not printing much then the flushes and waste white ink are a major pain but the wastage appears top drop with higher usage, I'm assuming the flushes reduce in frequency when it's pumping a lot more ink. I've using LUS170 and white ink account for probably 60% plus of the printer's output these days. Interestingly the white nozzles have by far the best print quality and the least over spray, I pretty much always run in 600 x 600 24 pass mode. The wastage is a pain but much better than clogged nozzles.