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Versacamm overspray
Can anyone throw any light on this.
I get a blue mist like overspray when I print black, I can print blue on its own and it is perfect.
cheers chalk -
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Are you printing black? 0.0.0.0
sometimes it’s easy to pick "black" from your palette, but it may not be,Not much help am I?
peter
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i have had this before and put it down to static after using some film
i earthed the film out to a water pipe momentarily by holding both
i had heard some small cracking noise while printing which made me think of it.other possibility is the bi-direction or head calibration could be out because cyan is used to make black.
chris
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funny you say that about a cracking noise, I’ve got that as well. sounds like a spark
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was this fault before or after you upgraded the firmware
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before I upgraded, thats why I did it, to see if it solved the problem
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was printing fine until I put some clear film through to print onto, then found the overspray was bad, went back to my normal vinyl and it was still the same
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Did you change the head height ?
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pm ed you
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thanks Chris. don’t no whats wrong can’t pm ya back.
thanks again. colin -
had this problem recently…turned out to be a tiny hair stuck to the black print head!
once removed, back to normal…
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I also have had this problem with a jv3. Although only on particular resolutions. The nozzle pattern was a bit wonky, so I changed the head and the problem went away. Now it’s occurring on the other colours… 😕 Static is an interesting thought. I just want to know how to get rid of static from the media – I thought perhaps an earth cable attached to a roller before the media hits the platen…
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We use Anti-static tinsel draped over the vinyl.
Seems to work.
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