Roland modified pump ?

[Chris Wool]

hi kev

i was told by roland you have to change all 3 pumps together, i hope that is £200 for the 3 pumps and fitting kit NOT EACH ?.

i thought of getting a kit in stock so as when the next pump goes fit the lot they are ment to last considerably longer.

chris

[George Elsmore]

Kevin do you find the heads blocking a lot with this mod kit?

[Kevin Flowers]

Hi Chris
yeah £200 for the kit & 3 pumps. Pumps are £42.50 each, Kit one off purchase of £51.00. You remove pump & stepper motors fit adapter plate & fit new pumps you then adjust machine software to a modified cleaning cycle which the new pumps are designed to stand up to.

Kev

[George Elsmore]

So its not worth doing are you saying Kev?

[Glenn Sharp]

my understanding is that the new pumps are a lot more reliable & won’t need replacing in a hurry….which was a bit of a problem with the old ones

[Kevin Flowers]

George
i’m looking at actually doing it, just curious if anyone is running a machine already using them & their findings since the conversion. The £200 isn’t the problem a few printed meters & its paid for but don’t see the point of changing if there isn’t an improvement. As an ex engineer i’ve seen modifications implemented on machines that have been a complete waste of time & created more faults than they solved just trying to avoid going down that road. I’ll may be try them & post my findings

Kev

[George Elsmore]

Cheers Kevin was mulling it over myself, the reason i say that is a girl i know with another company i help out had problems with the light ink heads blocking ie light magenta and i think it was her light cyan which makes me wary about this

[Chris Wool]

as i understand it it the pumps off the new VP range, so are there any problems with them ?

chris

[Kevin Flowers]

George
sometimes the problem with lc & lm clogging is due to some profiles actually not using the lc & lm colors although the profile says that its a 6 color profile. Seems to be common on low quality settings etc but have seen it on standard profiles. So the heads clogg whilst running back & fourth over the heated vinyl. If there is going to be any problems then i would expect to see it across the entire set of heads.

Kev

[Ian Bingham]

Had new pump fitted on mine, bit louder, Clic clic clic, but works great

[Glenn Sharp]

our new pumps are much quieter than the old clicky ones…..strange

[Ian Bingham]

May be its just me, but is the new pump, as they are fitted as standard on all services

[Glenn Sharp]

With the old pumps you could hear if one of them wasn’t working….not going to be so easy to tell now 🙂

[Kevin Flowers]

Well just ordered the 3 pumps & kit will let you know what i think when its all up & running

Kev

[Stephen Morriss]

I’ve been told that the new pump is much stronger and is more like using the syringe, they also last a lot longer, having said that my old pump is still going ok on my Cadet (converted SP750)
Now I’ve said that it’ll break 🙂

Steve

[Jason Xuereb]

Mine have been changed as well and click click click now.