can anyone tell me why the vinyl wont feed through my pc600?

[Chris Wool]

i ve never had my hands on a 600 but there is a clutch mech that drives the cutting separate from the print rollers. which explains your problem but sorry not a cure

chris

[widget]

thanks for the reply,i took the top cover off and put it back on again looks too complex for me. 🙁 looks like my sign making days are over

[Tim Painter]

Stab in the dark here…….grub screw in a drive gear loose………..enough frictions to turn without load……..under load the shaft rotates.

Just an Idea.

Tim.

[widget]

dont see any grub screws n the cogs only on the magnetic drive thing but they are tight

[widget]

just come off the phone to roland and they want £250 just to look at it 🙁

anyone interested in buying a signwriting business cheap ?

[David Rowland]

Hi, sorry to hear about the Roland issues…
we have a section for For Sales etc. When the moderators wake up, they may destroy that post.

http://www.uksignboards.com/viewforum.php?f=26

I am pretty sure you get some offers.

[Richard]

Do make sure that the vinyl isn’t rolling itself back on to the roll as it returns after printing.

The PC600 seems to be completely feeble at pulling vinyl off the roll.

Richard

[Carrie Brown]

Im sure Widget was saying what he did about anyone wanting to buy a sign writing business in a lighthearted-stressed-out-cant-get-the-fluffing-cutter-to-work way!!v :lol1:

Widget if you do a search on here for engineer or repair or something related, you might find some contact details for other repair peeps …. I know members in the past have asked for details on repair services for their cutters….. might be worth a call if you find the details???

I will probably do a search shortly anyway and if i find something i will add it to here for you?

😀

[Peter Normington]

Hi widget, long time no see!
can you feed he vinyl through manually?
if so you are probably looking at a software/firmware problem as apposeed to a mechanical one.

[widget]

thnaks for the help everyone but i am still getting nowhere 🙁

hi peter
i cant get the vinyl to go at all,even a little piece of vinyl will not move.
if i try pulling it with the rollers clamped it wont budge.but the rollers will not move the vinyl at all,i am just about to put it on ebay for spares.

[Chris Wool]

you have a pm

chris

[Dave Standen]

Hi Widget
Have you actualy UNPLUGGED your PC60 ? Turn Off, UnPlug, Wait, Plug-in again, turn on again to re-boot the PC60.

[widget]

yes,i have had it disconnected from the mains for a day then plugged it back in,still the same,must be something wrong with it

[Shane Drew]

Mate had this same thing happen with my PC50 a few years back. The motors are really poorly designed and don’t like resistance.

As someone has said here, the problem may be the clutch mechanism. It does not take much to break at all. Just before it happened, did the tape get jammed by chance?

Anyway, whatever caused it, you are up for a new drive motor more than likely. Talking to the technicians when mine failed, they are pretty fragile in the stepper motor dept. Mine was under warranty at the time so it didn’t cost me. I sold it not long after it went out of warranty either.

Sorry couldn’t be more help.

Cheers
Shane

[widget]

thnaks shane.
the vinyl never got jammed and it was pulled off the roll before i started.
the motors are still working but its probably the clutch like you said.
dont know anything about them,someone on rolands forums said it could be one of the plastic cogs stripped or needing adjustment as they are on springs or something.
its too much above my head.

[Chris Wool]

shane just for your interest the pc 600 has a totally different drive mech to the 50 or 60 that’s how it cuts twice the speed as the 50 or 60 but prints at a higher res. hence a clutch to change between print & cut drives.

i am having to put the max inks in my 540 ex tomorrow.

chris

[Shane Drew]

sorry chris, I was not aware of that. Originally I thought we were talking PC60, missed the fact we were talking 600 series. My mistake.

You should go straight to Techink Chris, I have never looked back mate 😛

[Chris Wool]

thanks shane

quote :

You should go straight to Techink Chris

gave it a lot of thought and that you think highly of them but i am a firm believer that i can say to roland.
your b inks your b machine your b rip YOU b fix it.

chris

ps congrats on anniversary and keep taking the pills

[widget]

thanks to everyone for their response but i have decided to sell it as faulty,its in the for sale section if anyone wants to make me an offer on it