VP-540 Printer messed up

oem cartridges?

 

This is a common problem with VP 540 printers, I have had the same problem and solved it by replacing the wifi router, I however had the problem about 6 months ago and it ended up being the main board, I read somewhere on a post a guy put a fan on his mainboard and it helped for a while, the VP540 machines have flawed main boards that commonly fail, as far as I am concerned I think there should be a class action suite against Roland for all these boards going down.

I ended up trading my VP in for another Roland which incidentally just happens to have a fan running all the time on the main board and one inside the print head.

 

I would suspect air in the lines for the drop outs is only a minor contributor. The amount of air that could enter the lines with the cartridges pulled out is pretty minimal. Its not like its an open valve.

The "now processing" issue seems to have as many causes and remedies as anything related to the VP series.

We've tried all the various software and connection related remedies with no success. New cables, static IP, etc.

In our case, it has to be some loose solder connection or something on the mainboard that is loose and only makes full contact when the temperature rises to about 75 right near the printer. All summer long ours starts up and runs perfectly without the error. As soon as fall comes and the shop cools down over night, it's a daily occurrence.

We placed a small space heater right behind the printer at the same level as the mainboard and run it for an hour right when we get in. We also run a blank "warm up" print of 3 or 4 feet of material to warm the plate. After that it will run perfectly all day.

Hope you find a work around like we have. I've heard that there are computer repair shops out there that can fix the issue, we just haven't found one nearby.

 

Yep - we had the same issue and had to change the main board. We did not do it ourselves - we had a tech take care of it. As others have mentioned, it seems to be a common problem with the VP540. We've had our since it was new, so it went 10 years before the board had to be replaced.

 

We've had no problem since it was changed. I'd love to upgrade but can't justify it because the darn machine still prints so good.

 

VanderJ

 

Thanks 2B! Unfortunately we are not a good source for Roland boards. We carry the most common parts but the boards are harder to get when you aren't a dealer. I would suggest a local dealer like Denco or Midwest.