• Roland Printers

  Roland has gone wonky…..

  Posted by Philip Houston on 31 January 2014 at 10:45

  Hi signmakers!

  My Versacamm has started to cause me some heartache.
  While printing a large grid, the lines that are parallel to the printer’s cut line are perfect, but the perpendicular lines are distorted in places, wonky…….

  When printing text, it causes a shadow or blur along the width in some places.

  Any suggestions what it could be or what I should check?

  Thanks,
  Philip

  Philip Houston replied 11 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Phill Fenton

  Member

  31 January 2014 at 11:59

  I think this is probably due to dust or contamination on the decoder strip.

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  Philip Houston

  Member

  31 January 2014 at 14:07

  Hi Phill, thanks.
  I’ve been googling and it seems that I use alcohol on a swab to clean it.

  I have the older model
  There is 3 strips, possibly a protection strip on each side of the encoder.
  Do I clean all of them?

  I came across these videos which were useful

  http://youtu.be/aiMoKWOEdvg

  and

  http://youtu.be/lXUl8Tib1qM

  I’m off to the chemist now for the Isopropyl Alcohol……

  thanks for your help.
  Philip

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  Philip Houston

  Member

  3 February 2014 at 09:47

  Encoder strip has been cleaned.
  I was able to only clean the top of it.
  It’s fastened flat to the panel.

  Fingers crossed, so far so good!

  Philip

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