VersaCamm pump went bad.... What A Mess! Check Yours.

[DBrock5150-]

If you have a VersaCamm you may want to check to make sure you don't need to replace a pump. I'm not sure what the pump is called, exactly, but it is located in the front of the machine, behind a panel that is held in by 3 screws. One function is to the waste ink in to the little bottle on the underside. Check with your distributor to see if needed.

Here's Why..........

I recently purchased a new building to move my shop to. 4000 sq ft open building. I built about 1500 sq ft of office space. All new with new tile floor. On Friday I moved all of my large equipment in and left for the night. Saturday morning, I went back in to start unpacking, opened up the door to my print room, and there was a Lake of Ink on my brand new tile. The pump had gone bad and the machine wasn't even turned on. Now I've pulled up the new tile and am installing a new pump on monday.

 

[Velocity]

There was a recomendation to upgrade the pump from my distributor from Roland. Wonder if your problem is why that was initiated.

 

[DBrock5150-]

I believe it was. I was able to call my distributor on saturday, at home, and that is the case. The new pump won't cost me anything, other than some new tiles.

 

[totalimage]

Yes it is under warrenty. We just had ours replaced at no charge. I believe the tech said it was the same pump Mutoh uses.

 

[ChiknNutz]

FYI, the new pumps are no charge even if out of warranty, but you'll get charged for TIME.

 

[totalimage]

Well I guess I lucked out... No charge for the whole thing. It took him maybe 10-15 minutes to replace...

 

[DBrock5150-]

i changed out the pump myself today, took about 30 minutes to do. The instructions were pretty easy to follow, i'm having a little trouble getting the firmware upgrade to work, but I'll get it tomorrow