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What is causing these stripes??
Hi guys
I’ve noticed, mostly when my SP 540i machine prints certain colours (darker colours mostly) that these lighter stripes appear (see pic) every 3-4 inches across width of print.
It’s most noticable on a fast print.
Does anyone know what could be causing it? I think it’s been doing it since new.
Thanks for advance
Nick
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8 Replies
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static?……more speed = more static.
Just a guess.
john
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Heavy roll of media? Let some out before printing?
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quote Martin Armitage:Heavy roll of media? Let some out before printing?Martin, you legend! Thanks mate, that’s exactly what it was 😀
Thanks you too, John, for that suggestion.
Nick
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No Problem glad its sorted
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cooll…I was getting this too…Ill remember to let some out!!
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I cannot ever leave the spool tight when printing, otherwise I get black lines smudging across the print, it also pulls off-line so I run out of media on one side. Complete PITA if I forget to keep unwinding during the print run. This, however is my one and only complaint about my VC300i.
Lorraine
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take the brake off and that should help as well, I used to get it badly but not so much anymore, I found a lot of it was from the take up as well so tape to the take up before it starts printing, I only release the brake on banner media as it’s normally heavy and has lots of static.
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Also try adding some tape around the roll holders so that the roll fits nice and snug. I used to be constantly unrolling till I tried it, and now i only need to at the very beginning of my rolls.
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