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versa camm help please
Hi all
i am having trouble with the black ink leaving dragging lines around the edge
of the objects anyone had this before ?Thanks Neil
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12 Replies
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quite a few posts about this problem!
http://www.uksignboards.com/viewtopic.p … 955#431955
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Without seeing an image of the print it is difficult to say but I would hazard a guess to say you have a bit of fluff or hair stuck to your print head or close to it.
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Here is a photo of the bad print!
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i would say you have fluff or fibers on the head and that is causing your problem! Have you looked at the heads? (see the other post to identify where the problem might lie, Karl posted a photo!) Do a manual clean and it should remove it! Could you also post a photo of a test print?
cheers
Dan
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i seem to have a lot of drop out on the black print head even after a powerful clean! does this suggest a new print head?
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Hi Neil, sorry if i was not clear! Powerful and medium head cleans will not help you in this incident, you need to do a manual clean!! (pretty sure it explains how to do this in the versacamm manual).
look in your USERS MANUAL section 3-3 page 46-50.
try that and let us know how you get on
Dan
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Done the manual clean and the problem has got 70% better but the problem is
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did you notice any fibers? I would do another manual clean, then a medium head clean and see how you go! Take a good look at the head if you can!!
goodluck -
Neil I had exactly this problem although not quite as bad as yours the problem was fibres not exactly on the head but on one of the black plastic brackets either side of the head – a manual clean with the fluid and swabs sorted this 😀
John
Ps i only discovered them when inspecting with my glasses on and using a torch 😀 😀
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John, you gotta wear some clothes when printing mate, those hairs get everywhere
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Neil,
Have you got this sorted out yet?
I had a similar problem with a roll of JAC material I purchased. It seem to have a HUGE amount of static electricity within the roll. Virtually everything I printed with it had ‘shadows’ all over it. Having seem the image earlier, it just reminded me of some of the over spray I had.
I never did get to the bottom of it, I ended chucking the roll and have never bought a roll of JAC since. Some people swear by it and up to that point, I had used it as my cheapie cheapie vinyl. I now use another brand. I have never had the problem since on any other roll. Maybe you have a bad roll of material. Have you tried other materials on the machine.
It may be worth trying to earth the machine, especially if it is on a surface that can cause static build up.
Sorry for the rambling, but thinking as I type.
Neil
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Now don’t do this for a production job, but by way of a test. If you have any Avery Surface Cleaner, clean the surface of the media with the surface cleaner and let it dry. Then print onto to it and see what results you get.
I have found that using surface cleaner does reduce significantly static on Cori, Di Bond etc. If it is a static issue, it could improve the situation.
If it does turn out to be static, I am not sure the best way to approach reducing it. If it is just a particular roll, then it may cost you less just to ditch the roll rather than waste ink on it.
Neil
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