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VP540 print head gets worse after cleaning
Hi All
But of a muddle today, got some printing to do but half of the magenta head isn’t firing on all cylinders. Have done 3 cleaning cycles, normal, medium and powerful but now it seems worse! Any ideas what this could be? Physically the head looks ok and I have recently cleaned the wipers.
Thanks
John
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5 Replies
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some things to check
is there actually ink in the cart.
pump failed or leak on pipe
capping station not sealed to head when cleaning -
OK Chris I’ll take a look at the cartridge. I have had a look at the capping station and all seems ok, and one side of the head is fine. What is the best way to check for leaks/blockages in pipes? I have had the VersaCamm apart for cleaning the encoder and changing wipers but have never had to get involved with the actual ink lines before.
Thanks
John
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you may have to lift a cover off to see the pump this should be bone dry if you have ink in there then pipe or pump failed.
although its called a pump it actually sucks the ink so a air leak stops it working.
chris
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Have you manually cleaned the heads as well?
Jason
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Thanks for suggestions on this. In the end I sorted it by doing a medium clean then printing a 1200 x 300mm block of 100% magenta on high quality. Wasted a lot of ink but at least it’s printing well now!
John
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