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Roland red & black lines in print

Posted by Craig Gibson on 21 September 2012 at 19:20

Hi all, everything was working fine then out of the blue im printing red & black lines!
any ideas as to whats wrong attached is a test print and what it is doing when printing
soljet 500

Thanks

Craig

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David Rowland replied 13 years, 1 month ago 6 Members · 10 Replies
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Derek Heron

Member
22 September 2012 at 06:22

just of the top of my head have you tried cleaning tthe encoder strip

derek
David Rowland

Member
22 September 2012 at 10:26

i not seen this one…
u need to setup 4 block .. one after another of C M Y and K.
See what happens to the lines

looks electrical
Craig Gibson

Member
22 September 2012 at 12:39

Thanks Derek, have cleaned and turned upside down.
No Difference.
Stafford Cox

Member
23 September 2012 at 21:06

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that looks like an electrical fault on the head. Maybe something simple like the head cable but I would get your wallet ready for the potential of a replacement head or head/slider board.

Stafford
Craig Gibson

Member
23 September 2012 at 21:08

New heads in less than 20 hrs done on them!
Dominic Fowler

Member
26 September 2012 at 16:03

To me, it looks like FFC damage. The ‘flat flexible cables’ are shorting. Normally happens if ink is allowed to settle in the FFCs after a service…
Craig Gibson

Member
26 September 2012 at 17:15

Thanks Dominic, how do I remedy this?
Craig
Richard Urquhart

Member
27 September 2012 at 09:21

Different printer, mine is a Roland sp300 had the same printing problem after a new head was fitted, apparently while changing the head the main board received a static shock and needed to be replaced, not saying it is that but the print was the same as your photo, all changed and sorted under the repair contract.
Dominic Fowler

Member
17 October 2012 at 10:02

quote Craig Gibson:

Thanks Dominic, how do I remedy this?
Craig

Hi Craig,

You’d need to find the faulty FFC and replace it. I’d suggest getting a trained engineer to do this for you.
David Rowland

Member
17 October 2012 at 10:30

could the cleaner come in contact with the circuit on the head?