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Mutoh maintenance with missing cart
Hi everyone.
Merry Christmas. Long time subscriber and reader but small time contributer- Hoping to change this in the new year!
I have a Mutoh Valuejet 1204. Ive had it for around a year now so I`m still learning the ropes! I know that If I`m not printing for a day or two or i`m on holiday the machine will be okay so long as it is on and the cleaning cycle is on.
I have come in after a couple of day off and my Magenta cart is empty….no problem i`ll install the new one- wrong! I don`t have one :blushing: Granthams dont open until Tuesday to get one. I cant run the cleaning cycle with the cart empty so will this now kill my head? Is there any way I can still clean with a missing cart? Even better does anyone have one they could send to me? Obviously I will pay for the cart and beer! Any help would be great…slight panic!
Happy new year!
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8 Replies
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I may have a magenta card spare but my machine is a 1604. Not sure if they are compatible?
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Thanks for replying. It needs to be Eco-Pro made by Granthams?
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I’m afraid not. I use triangle inks so it is a JOSERO card
Has the ink actually run out? You could simply swap the cards over just so you can do you cleans. As long as you don’t start printing you will be ok
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Thanks for offering anyway.
I was thinking that but does is have to be a card from a Magenta cart? I dont have any old Magenta cards but I have new carts for every other cartridge? It says it`s at 0 but I assume I will have some in the lines?
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It does have to be a magenta colour card. Stops you from running the wrong colour by accident
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Also the 1604 has internal sub tanks that hold about 100ml of ink. Not sure if the 1204 has these but if they do the cart can be empty and it will run however need to be careful you don’t get air in the ink lines
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You could fill the capping station with cleaning fluid. That worked for us when we bought our printer. It was off for 3 days in the height of summer and was fine afterwards.
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Thanks for that. I’ve saturated it with cleaning solution. Hope that keeps it clear until next week…very nervous!
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