Hello all and Happy 4th. Id be grateful for any help, Im having a heck of a time with this printer. I bought a slightly used VS640 to replace my XC540 and been having issues. I think air got in the lines from transporting it and having major nozzle drop outs in all colors. Its like I will have a perfect nozzle test print and the next one terrible. I normally just give it a few powerful cleanings and its back to normal for a week. This time 3 colors went out completely so I did a head soak then used a syringe and now all colors completely out and just blank test print. Any thoughts on would could have happened. The funny thing its even though a blank test print, the cap top has full color and during cleanings is sucking the ink thru the cap tubes to the pump so ink is going thru it, so why wouldn't there be some sort of color coming out in the test print. Thank you again for any help in fixing this to get me back up and running
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VS640 no print after head soak and syringe
- Thread starter sidcon
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Phil Swanson
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I did a head soak on my Roland and seem to remember that the first few tries of test printing were very faded.
I printed some squares with just the CMYK colors. I believe that they were something like 1" x 5" of just pure CMYK and it took a while but the colors did finally come back to normal.
I printed some squares with just the CMYK colors. I believe that they were something like 1" x 5" of just pure CMYK and it took a while but the colors did finally come back to normal.
Tried to pint another image, this is what I tried printing. sorry for the quality it was taken from the computer screen with my phone.
this is what printed
Any ideas? Thank you again for any help
premiercolour
Merchant Member
If you did print some out, it is not the fuse. Fuse burn will result in 0 print.
Make sure your factory dampers and cap top were changed within this year. Aftermarket dampers never work on this particular model. I would buy eco solvent cleaning cartridges and run a head wash before it is too late. Are you using OEM inks? We have both OEM and Jetbest cleaning cartridges in stock to ship.
Make sure your factory dampers and cap top were changed within this year. Aftermarket dampers never work on this particular model. I would buy eco solvent cleaning cartridges and run a head wash before it is too late. Are you using OEM inks? We have both OEM and Jetbest cleaning cartridges in stock to ship.
Hi, the dampers and cap top were done right before I bought it about a month ago. Im not sure if they are aftermarket dampers though and not sure how to tell. We are using Triangle inks. I just took another check over, I see there is or was a leak from the top of one of the dampers and leaked onto 2 of the 4 thin wire harnesses that attach to the head unit. Could that have shorted something out? Is there a fuse for that? what damage could that have done. thank you again.
premiercolour
Merchant Member
Ok. So you saw trace of ink on the cable or head. You want to turn off the printer, unplug the power cord to prevent further possible damage. Don't turn it on. Locate a certified Roland technician to take care of this for you. If you don't have one, we can give you a phone number that he might be able to help you over the phone or you can bring the machine to Los Angeles.