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Ruddy PC 60 Again – not printing?
Here we go again………
I’m trying to print with the PC 60, but having no luck what so ever, it’s been a while since I last used it, so any help/recommendation greatly appreciated.
I just can’t get the thing to print not even one line.
I’m using Signlab 6.1 R 13.
All I get is the busy lights flashing along with the colour light.
I can cut with no problems, but I just can’t seem to get it to print. I have uninstalled Signlab and the printer drivers and re-installed, but with no effect.
I’ve tried spot colours and process but to no avail. Played around with the bar codes. The vinyl is covering the sensors. The friction feed rollers are in line with the grit rollers.
The printer looks for the colour then the lights just flash.
I’ve tried to print the simplest of thing, text “graphics” in process and spot (various colours) all with no joy.
Please please help.
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12 Replies
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i know this may seem like a silly thing but i will say it don’t all laugh but are carts facing right way ,only cause i have made this mistake when i first started using a PC60 ??? 😳
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Thanks for the input, yep the carts are the rightway round.
Thanks
Dan
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i was goning to say that (from memory) that sounds like a colour has run out and needs changed. 😕 but having read the rest of your post, maybe not 🙄
do you have tape covering “both” sensors?
is your page size correct?
i am guessing now… so ill shut up 😉
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does the print head move at all?
nik
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What driver are you using? Signlab driver or the Roland driver?
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Have you assigned the correct colours in your program for the carts?
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thanks all.
Rob – I don’t have tap over the sensors but this should not be a problem as i can cut with no probs. As for page size again can’t see this being an issue as i’m at this point just trying to get it to print basic tex 100mm long and sheet size is A4 at the mo.
Nik- Yes the print head is moving, just not finding any of the carts, and i mean any.
Brian- I’m not using Colour Master, so it’s the roland driver. The PC60 driver is selected in Signlab but this does not show when going to print, so loaded the Roland driver.
Mike- yep assigning the right colours from the PC60 palette.
Thanks all.
Dan
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I know when we used to have a pc60 if you wanted to print – on sending to the printer you would have to tick a box. 3 options i think cut, print, and print and cut. Basic i know but if you havn’t used it for a while!
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hi
if busy light flashing – it has data to prosess
if the colour light is flashing it does not have the colour its told to use loadeddo a small test using black only spot colour setting
chris
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Hi Chris
Done that with spot black – gold – silver etc no joy.
Dan
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If the gold, silver etc is non Roland check that the bar code (black and chrome barcode the machine reads) on the cart is the right code for the colour. I got caught out like that from another supplier had to put an orange ribbon in a silver cart to print orange once.
If they are wrong tell them to send you proper ones.
Worth a check anyway.
hope it helps
goop.
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If you have a copy of CorelDRAW you can run a quick test to make sure it isn’t a software issue. Make 3 boxes, one yellow, one magenta, one cyan.. then select the PC60 as your printer. Bit of alignment needed on the page, but it’ll tell you whether its a problem with the printer or with the software.
Cheers, Dewi
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