is roland giving out free heads with PC 60?

[Richard Urquhart]

welcome to the pc60 club
i like mine it has good and bad points, cant beat it for clear small text 100%
don’t use it for any thing bigger than 100mm but can if its a real rush

I’m sure Roland do the head for carts
i got a head from them 3 months or so a go and fitted no problems
if you get stuck I’m sure me or the expert Chris wool will help out

happy printing oh and i have found printing at a setting of 300 dpi gets rid of most of the banding
rich 😀 😀 😀
oh meant to say the head was only £200 ish i have seen on other sites people saying the head costs £500 rubbish i got mine direct from roland although im sure someone said there running out could be wrong
rich

[Phill Fenton]

I think Roland are no longer interested in the colorcam. My advice to anyone who owns one would be to buy up a spare head now while they are still available

[Richard Urquhart]

that was the impression i got from roland but they were helpfull
rich

[Lorraine Clinch]

I bought a new head from Roland a couple of months ago, approx. £220 incl. vat & delivery.

They do exchange 200 used carts for new head, but I only had about 120 at the time, no good-you need the full 200! Anyone know what I can do with 120-ish used carts? (no rude answers please! :lol1: )

[Richard Urquhart]

give them to print one and thet give you carts for free

[Harry Cleary]

How much should you expect to pay for a s/h Roland PC60 and who sells them?

[Peter Mindham]

Thanks all for answers!
Print one will give 10 black carts for 100 empties I think.
I paid £900 for mine with loads of empty carts and extras. Great deal I thought.
Lorraine, I am counting my carts later today. I might havesome extra. I will let you know. Maybe we can all chip in any spare carts ang get another 50 or so to you!
Interesting on trhe banding issue Richard. I will try that.
Thanks again to all. No doubt I will have more questions!? 🙄

Peter

[Jason Williams]

hope you guys and gals can help i have just got a pc60
but no software with it. i have always used signlab and i stopped at v5 as it did every think i want from the software i no you can use adobe illustrator
i have been making some very small flags about 20mm x 10mm in color layups but now i can print them how would i transfer the signlab file to illustrator and i cant find a printer driver for the plotter on rolands web site
any help would be great thanks jason

[Peter Mindham]

OK might be a dumb question so bear with me peeps. Can you print onto paper stock with the PC 60 or just vinyl?
Any answers appreciated.
Peter

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote Peter Mindham:

Can you print onto paper stock with the PC 60

hi peter 😀

yes you can, using the wax ribbons 😀

nik

[Chris Wool]

jason
the drivers are on

rolanddg.com

downloads

Chris

[Jason Williams]

thanks guys got the driver for the pc60 it not an windows xp version
but it still prints i can print in sign lab v5 or cut but it will not do both action in one go. will try it with adobe ill and see if i get any joy.
i did make one observation the when you have cut on the pc60
it is setup in sign lab to got to the next piont so i can cut along the 24 in
but it wants to go the other way down the roll any ideas
jason

[Peter Mindham]

quote Nicola Rowlands:

quote Peter Mindham:

Can you print onto paper stock with the PC 60

hi peter 😀

yes you can, using the wax ribbons 😀

nik

Hi Nik thanks for that. Are they available from print one do you know? Also, how is the quality? Worth buying the ribbons to try or not do you think? Oh and happy Birthday. :pink:

[Andrew Bennett]

Hi Peter,
How are you getting on with printing onto paper stock mate?
Are you including a cut or just print onto say….err business cards?

[Peter Mindham]

quote Andrew Bennett:

Hi Peter,
How are you getting on with printing onto paper stock mate?
Are you including a cut or just print onto say….err business cards?

Haven’t tried yet………….will let you know how it goes for sure.
Peter

[Nicola McIntosh]

quote :

Hi Nik thanks for that. Are they available from print one do you know? Also, how is the quality? Worth buying the ribbons to try or not do you think? Oh and happy Birthday. :pink:

thanks peter….yes i believe they are available from print one, and the quality of the ribbons were good, i would buy a few and try them 😉

nik

[JD Signs]

We have given up on our pc-60 for printing here, the heads involve too much maintenance thus i send out all our print jobs to a trade supplier now.
We used to send away 200 empty carts and swap for a head, but even then you have to find somebody to fit it and service it.
After fitting and sorting the machine out ive found the head will only last a month tops before its knackered again.
Our pc-60 is just used for cutting nowadays.
If any of you have a solution for this then some advice would be good 🙁

[Andrew Bennett]

But the head’s guarantee is 12 months isn’t it?

[JD Signs]

that they will only endorse if fitted by roland themselves, sorry i refuse to pay their prices for fitting etc especially when they charge us for somebodys travel from swansea to east anglia too on top of the price for fitting.
In the past ive got a local techno whizz kid to do it all for us, then once the head went again we sent it back and wouldnt provide us with another foc.
ive given up on the thing lol

[Andrew Bennett]

Swansea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why Swansea?

Don’t they have local whatchamacallit’s?

[JD Signs]

Not what they rekon, this was a couple of years ago mind, but even so they said an engineer had to come from swansea to visit us to do the work.
Ridiculous i know.
The warranty is if i remember correctly either 12 months or 200mtr square of usage, neither of these we have expired in the past.

[Richard Urquhart]

got to be honest i don’t use mine for any thing bigger than a5 its so expensive to run 12 months to go till it gets binned i may throw it from my first floor window as pay back for all the looking after i have had to do over the years
rich 😀

[Andrew Bennett]

Why 12 months Richard, you don’t mean……finance do you?

[Richard Urquhart]

hi mate till i can afford to buy a print and cut i only paid a grand for this 3 years ago and one print head

rich

[Jason Williams]

as any one fitted there own print head with good results and if so how was it done
thanks jason

[Richard Urquhart]

I found it very easy to fit a new head, the new head comes with its own voltage setting eg 24.7v, you then need to set this voltage on the main board which is on the right hand side under the cover,setting the head in position is just a case of removing the old one and replacing although you will need to set this up correctly when its all back together , to get the contour cut in the correct place , that said you do need service manual for getting in to service mode. You also need a good volt meter and it has to be correct or you will damage the new head.
rich

[Steve McAdie]

I’m want to fit a new head to my PC60 I have spoken to Roland who at first said I could have a service manual but then changed their mind and said they don,t allow this. Does anyone know where I can get hold of the service manual for this machine otherwise I will have to get Roland to fix it and they quoted me £444.00 for this plus there is the cost of getting it to Bristol. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Richard Urquhart]

I sent you a pm but you have not opened it asking for your email

[Andrew Bennett]

I dont have any pm’s richard , but then I have a PC600 😉

[gazfoz]

Can you turn the weight up on the blade for this machine, or is it just the one setting??? never had to change the blade as yet and have lost my manual.

[JD Signs]

ive got the service manual here, if i find time i could run a copy off for you

the blade weight is on the right hand side of the machine to right hand side of the parallel port

[Steve McAdie]

Thanks Richard
I have sent E-mail to you with my address

Thanks
Steve 😀

[gazfoz]

If you could JD Signs, that would be great. Cheers
Still cannot find weight adjusment mind you

[Steve McAdie]

Hi Gazfob
I’ve got a pc 60 and the blade pressure adjustment is on the right side of the machine as you look at it from the front, above the ports, it is a slide adjustment and should say underneath it PEN FORCE. Thats how mine is anyway although they may have made slightly different models that vary. Hope this is of help to ypu.

Steve

[Richard Urquhart]

steve sorry mate been out all day just sent you the info

[gazfoz]

Yeah Cheers Steve, our machine was pressed up quite close to a wall on that side, so didnt think to check on side at all.
No more hand cutting for me :lol1:

[Steve McAdie]

Just got the e-mail Richard thanks again mate.
😀
Steve

[Jason Williams]

CAN’T FIND A PRINT HEAD FOR SALE ROLAND DON’T HAVE ANY AND HAVE STOPPED MAKING THEM. DOSE ANY ONE KNOW WERE I CAN GET ONE FROM

[bulkos]

NOT TRUE! Call Roland, they do have the Print-heads in Stock!