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Service life of a cap top
Just a quick question. How long should a cap top last on a machine? I am looking at my 3rd one in about the last 7/8 months.
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They should last more than that Steff. I assume you’re using genuine Roland ones of course? I’ve known generic ones to last no more than hours before.
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hi stadfford sorry to hijack stephs thread
still havnt resolved our black cart issue(aj1000)
derek
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How do you know when your cap top needs replacing steff? Do you start to get nozzle blocks?
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They are genuine Roland parts Stafford.
I send photos of print issue and nozzle check to my dealer, 2 weeks ago I replaced all the ink lines at a cost of just short of £1400 on the machine Im told now needs a new cap top. I am getting a bit annoyed with the number of "small" issues my machines seem to be having.I think its time to get rid of them all and buy some proper production kit
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hi steph
machine might be fine might just need new engineer/dealer :rollseyes:
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You may be right Derek, but all things considered I think its time to move another rung up with my kit and now I have my laser with camera registration, I have a yearning for a decent flat bed too.
Melting plastic and charring wood is fun.
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Derek, I did reply to your post but seems to have gone missing.
Steff, can you post up some pictures and details of the fault you’ve got and I’ll see if I can help on here. I’m quite shocked you’ve had to replace all of your ink lines, I can’t think what sort of fault would warrant that.
Stafford.
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Thank you for your offer of help Stafford, engineer called this morning and carried out some maintenance, he also fitted a new cap top " to be on the safe side". Advised that it may also be the print head….. wait and see……oh and the cap top spring was missing! Ive not got it..so no idea where that went.
To be honest I’ve had enough, Ive had more than my money’s worth out of them, time to look at bigger and better things.
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Sorry for the late reply.
New Roland machine November 2013.
First new genuine Roland cap top February 2016.Chris
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