[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Kevin Flowers:

I would check bearings, feed rollers etc may be the motor is being put under too much load.

Kev

Kev, what bearings are you talking about, and where are they located. Also, how do you check the feed rollers.

Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Jon Marshall:

Are you selecting ‘leaf’ ?

yes, I am selection leaf. When the plotter goes to read media it will not stop running when it reaches the bottom. I think it is the sensor going bad.

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Stafford Cox:

I hate to answer your question with a question, but why are you asking it to look for the length of the media in the first place? I don’t use them in production at all but have been installing and training people on them for years. Can you not just set up the width and send a job down to it that you know will fit on the length?

Stafford

I am using finecut, through illustrator. printer makes the registration marks and then you go to plot job. the plotter will get the over all size of media before it cuts job.

I’m thinking it is the sensor going bad.

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Gary Barker:

look at the front one in the silver part its right behind that about an inch back i think, I’m not in the office so can’t check,

Gary do you know how to go into maintenance mode so I can check the sensor to see if it’s working properly.

Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Gary Barker:

so you load the machine, press leaf size, then it measures the width between the pinch rollers, then it runs the machine to the back edge of the material but it won’t stop just keeps going is that right ? if so the is a sensor at the back make sure its not blocked / full of dust. there should be only one light but you only use this to detect crop marks !

Where’s the sensor in the back.. I didn’t realize there is one in the back.

Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Gary Barker:

are you trying to get it to see the cutter marks or just measure the leaf size ?

I’m trying to read the leaf size. It will run the material out of plotter.

I read it might be the sheet sensor gone bad..

I do have another question. Is there only one light on, on the sensor sheet or both lights. I see two little eyes the left side looks like it is lit and the right side isn’t. Just wondering if that suppose to be like that.

Also how do you get into maintenance mode to check to see if sensor are bad.

Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

The piece I had to cut was only 8 inches long. So, Length should not be a problem. However I do know that the long the piece is the more it off. I don’t think its me putting it in the machine correctly. just want to rule out the machine is not off.

Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

It sometimes picks up the first mark and second then errors out. Then not at all. Do you know how alien plotter. It see if that is the issue.

Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

So, your saying to print on clear vinyl then lam to reflective. Then contour cut with
It all together. Will it work with gloss lam too. For I’m not sure if customer wants the matte finish.

Thanks I will try this later this week and see

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Anybody know prob on second pic. Thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

I think I fixed the ink starvation problem. Now I am have a new problem with these cmy vertical lines (you can see the yellow lines better, but if you zoom in you see the other two colors). The weird thing is its only in that one spot. The rest of the print looks ok. It’s only on the left side of the print as you looking at machine and nowhere else. Is this from print head calibrations. If so, what part of the calibration part is out.

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quote Chris Wool:

roland man myself so don’t know about that machine.
temp changes through the year make a difference so you may have a environmental check plus have you had a head strike. normally you can see in a head print check if they are out of alignment.

I’m trying to find out how to get to that to find out if the print heads are out of alignment…I just don’t remember why I don’t do it all the time how and where to run the test for the print head Alignment..When it did that before it was the encoder strip but I checked that and ran the test on it…but it checked out good..No I have not had a head strike…I just think the tech that did the alighnment did a half ass job… Thats why I was wanting to check the alignment..

thx

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Chris Wool:

what type of printer and has the temp dropped a lot where you are

Sorry it took me so long…It is a mimaki JV3 160sp wide format printer.

The temp is cooler than in the summer but I would not think it would have change my print that much…Its been around 40 to 60 here in indy… Been raining so it not dry yet lol..But I did for get about humidity and temp change..usually when that happens I just have problems with banding not registration..

thanks in advance

[Josh Steenbergen]

the magnet material is .030 and with vinyl and lam .045. I tried taking a sharpie to darken the marks and it did not work. I think there is a limit to the thickness of material that can go into machine. I just gave up..next time I get magnet material I’m going to see if I can get thinner. I know it will work for I got styrene to go through it, but it was like .030 or .020. and used finecut. but when I try to use cutcontour it don’t seem to work.

thanks
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Roy Roffey:

Hey All..

Friday and a bit stumped..

We are upgrading to windows 7 and have downloaded the driver for our JV3 however when we go to print from corel we cant see the printer??

Any ideas???

A stumped roffers ???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don’t know if this will work from corel. Was having kinda the same problem but was trying to print from corel, but from production house 7 rips. would open up and it would not see printer. but if I right click on mouse and open production house 7 as a administrator it would recognize the printer and I could print. I know this is out dated but, this for people still having trouble with windows 7 getting printer to recognize printer.

hope this helps

[Josh Steenbergen]

I was giving him that info and anybody else that looks at earlier posts like I do to maybe find the answer I am looking for. I understand that it should be resolved. Just for other people that have the same problems and would like to find the answer. I hate when people post stuff but don’t really post the answers to the question that was asked or if it was just vague.

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quote Russell Huffer:

I thought that Y axis is media movement motor and X axis is the head.
So the problem is not with the head but the motor turning the pinch rollers.

Regards

Russell.

no the y motor controls the belts for the printheads.

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does the printhead move smooth by hand. If not, and it has alittle hesitation then the y motor would need replaced.. How to really tell is if, when your running a job and your printer is not quite when you are running a job then your y motor needs replaced and will probably solve the error message.

Oh the bushings are behind the printhead on the bottom rail. they are pretty easy to put in. just make sure if you do it to watch and make sure you put them in the right way. but still not hard to do. There is one screw that you unscrew and there is a metal plate that covers the bushing. get a dental pick or whatever you call them and it will make it easier to take the bushing out..and there is one on the other side of the printhead too.

hope this helps

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote John Childs:

I think you mean the bit where the head goes off to measure the width of the vinyl.

If so, I wouldn’t have thought you could do anything about that.

no, I want to know if I can calibrate the bi-directional print..I read somewhere about it..but can’t seem to find it..

thanks

[Josh Steenbergen]

I will take a look at it today Stuart John Halliday. Hopefully It will do the trick for me. I think I have everything.

Thanks again,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Chris Wool:

sorry i can’t help you.
think your boss is a bit short sighted might suggest to him that if you take time out of your home life to learn these things you must be worth another 5000 a year 😀 😉

I would pay myself,but it won’t help me get more money all it would do for him is save money and he would want me to do 3 times more work when I am doing 5 times more work anyways. I already do everything by myself. You know how hard it is to mount 8 foot sheet of something by yourself and cut it to. Its hard but I seem to do it..I am just glad to have a job is all.

thanks but your right that did not help

[Josh Steenbergen]

the photoshop file..you will have to do clipping paths in photoshop and save the path..then take it into illustrator and you should be able to see that path and then you can create you cut path from that…I hope I told you this right..this all can be done..I will see if I can get you screen captions of how to do it and send it to you. You will have to wait until I get home I do not have screen captions on my pc at work..

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Yes I know that…I have finished all of it, but the limited edition seal..That is the part I need the most is the fonts used for the seal…

thanks,
josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Jill & Adrian thanks for the help…this help out…

thanks again,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks for all the replys I will look into it…thanks again guys.

Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

I would but the owner is to cheap to do it..and it is for him..

thanks,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

yeah, thats why I thought maybe somebody would have some indian art work..

thanks,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

Paul thanks, for the vector art…this will work out great…I want to thank you for the art..If you ever need anything give me a shout and hopefully I will be able to return the favor…

thanks again,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

do you have one where the hand is flat, like you would be putting hand on wall…

thanks,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

If I could get a couple pointing and a couple that the hand is laying flat. that would be great…

thanks,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

Gareth Lewis thanks for the art..this will help..still looking..

thanks again,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks I will look into it.

thanks,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks, Jason alot for that website it will help out alot…I just got ahold of street fighter II and Ivan Stewarts Offroad…I would like to redo some of them..I am trying to get a Ms. Pac-man cocktail table one…Thanks, Again Jason I will show pics of them when I get done with them both.

Thanks Roland too. I did not forget about you too…you help me out on my mimaki..I wanted to say thanks to you too…

thanks all

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks John,
that will help me out alot

thanks,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks, Harry and Jill. that helped me out alot. I get font.

thanks again
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

I am using onxy 7. I have found that 3m’s profiles work great for the most part there are some things I print where I will have to tweak the color in photoshop, but for the most part it works good..

Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Brian Hays – Impact:

ok..

thanks you brian. I have not looked at it, but reguardless it will work.

thanks,
josh steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Brian Hays – Impact:

What software are you using Josh?

its not the software…I cannot download it..it is saying the download link is not there..error 404 in the forum…

can you redo it.. and see if it works?

thanks,
josh steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Harry Cleary:

there is an Uncle Sam on brandsoftheworld Josh.

I did not like that one it looked to cartoony for me.

thanks,
‘Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks, Brian

I could not download files could you send them again too me.

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Nick Minall:

Trebuchet MS Bold Italic ?

thanks Nick that will help me out alot. you are the man on fonts.

Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I had that problem too…but I was using 3m vehicle wrap material…I ask a friend that has been in the bis for awhile and he told me to use this product from 3m called tape primer…I works real well..try that and see if that helps you out..and you can still use oracals product if you still like it better than the rest of the products…

josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Warren Beard:

no piles 😮 😮 😮

but a few loose :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

Warren thank you for the vector file…this will help…something is better than nothing, how I look at it..

thanks again,
Josh

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks, for the links and digbat fonts…I am still looking for the right one…going to see if this will work…it is not what I am looking for, but close…I am going to work on one and see…but nice try guys,

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

quote Steve Underhill:

I have some silhouette fonts of ladies maybe you could adapt those to cheerleaders?

can I see them and I can see what I can do?
but still looking though

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Nick you are the man when it comes to fonts..thanks for the speed reply…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I am having problems with mine too..would like to see a copy of the print if you still have it around…

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

here is an eps of it

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hope this one will work…

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I hope this will help you out… its not like the one in pic…but hopefully it will do..

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I did live trace…it broke up the oval around motorkraft and the word motorkraft too…I just did find font thing…it could not recognize font at all…I am not good at vectoring files to fix brake-ups in art..

thanks
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thank you for the speedy reply this helped out…

thanks again
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I ended up finding one for a mac and converted it to a TT…thanks again though nick…you telling me what font it is helped me out…

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks you for the fast reply…this will help…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

this might help a little…thanks again guys

Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Nick & Fred thanks for speedy reply…I think this will work…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks Derek Heron this will help me out…I thought I had it loaded on work computer, but I didn’t…it is just on my home computer thanks again Derek Heron.

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks for all the replys..it will help out…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I am designing a banner that promotes teamwork in the company…I thought a group of people working together to help out one another, would do the trick…

Oh, thanks glen for what you sent me…I will look at it now. thanks again glen….

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

not sure which on but here

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thanks glen this will help out thanks again

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Marcella and glen thanks…for the fast reply…this will help out..

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Jamie thanks for the vector art of the statue of liberty…this will help out alot…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks Hugh and Nick for the vector art…I took your advice Hugh and made it myself…I was thinking there was something a symbol or logo on the italian flag…

thanks again guys

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[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks Mike and Andy… You helped me out on that one…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks you jim for the fonts..this helped out alot for me…Thanks Again…

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Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I wanted to thank everybody for the files…they will help out alot…if anybody has anymore fell free to send them my way…

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[Josh Steenbergen]

George, and Glen thanks for the vector…I am looking for the right angel…I have a relative pass away not too long ago and I was going to make a in memory decal for the family..I wanted to thanks you for what you gave me so for…I am going to go through them tonight and see which one will work…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

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Roland how do you get it straight though..What I did today was re-roll each banner up and so I would have brake on printer, but it took awhile to do it though..I thought there would be a faster way at least to line up material on printer…

Chris, my company just got into the sign business…so, right now I don’t thing my boss would buy a welder but good try though..

I am new to this, this is a learning curve to me…I try alot of different things to get the job done, but it just seems like there would either be an easier way or faster way of doing things…it is just talking me alot of time to do it…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks for trying…I will find them somewhere

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I am new to the signboard…not really sure how to use everything…If you can pm me that would be great…they said I am not allowed to put email on board…I would pm you but not sure how to and if I can…

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Glen if you don’t mind I would like to have Racing, NBA, NFL, MLB, and NCAA…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Glen thanks, but that is not what I am looking for but it might be able to work..but thanks though…

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thank you Roy for the vector art of mighty mouse….That might do…I am still looking for whatever different ones that are out there…thanks Roy again..

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

george thanks for all your help…I am still looking..will find them someday…

Thanks Again for all your help
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I cant PM George…will you send me yours and I will send you a return so you can get it that way…

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks you for the info mark…I will look at and see…if you know where I can find the font for that I would help me out alot…

thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Thanks George & Gary…this helped out alot…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

George Kern thanks for the reply I will look and see about getting it…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I cannot draw or I would…I have tried to do it…but I could not get the gradient to make it look like a bullet hole…

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

this will work

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Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I was wondering if you have a vector art of a beer bottle more realistic…

thanks
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

these will help out alot…

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Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Dave thanks. I think it will work out for me. thanks you for the fast reply too…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I tried to take it off of MIkes Express carwash web site..I will try those fonts…

thanks you for the reply

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

sorry could not save a jpeg. had to save as pdf.

Josh Steenbergen

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I want to thank everybody for repling to this post…

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[Josh Steenbergen]

I did not know you could not open a tiff

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thanks to all that replied to my posting..this helped out alot.

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Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

Nick do you have a truefont…I can convert it to mac..

Thanks for all the reply

Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I did do that the colors don’t look right it looks washed out and faded alittle. When I go to tweak it, it seems like it doesn’t tweak it. So, I guess I am doing something wrong I just not sure what it is.

Onxy doesn’t have profile for some of the material to run things fast or low quality work. everything is for high quality and I can’t seem to find profiles for it, so thats why I am in this situation.

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I think that will do…thanks

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[Josh Steenbergen]

I am using a Mimaki JV160-sp printer…material I am using is orajet 3621 and laminate Optima 3 mil laminate…I am printing it and letting it set for about 20 min then laminating it..after I laminate I take it to plotter (mimaki CG-160 FX plotter. I tried using a 30 degree, 56 degree, and fine cut blade to do so…I found that the 30 degree blade did better than the rest of them…(what angle blade would you recommend)…

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

thanks david for the information…this will help me out alot…

Thanks Again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I hope this will work for you

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if you dont mind I would like some other different patterns too…If you don’t mind what is the plug-in called for photoshop and I will look to see if my company will get the plug-in for it…

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Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

thank you guys for vectorizing file for me and telling me what program you used for to vectorize file…I will talk to my company to see about them getting it for me…

thanks again,
Josh Steenbergen

[Josh Steenbergen]

I was also wondering what program you was using to vectorize file…I need to get that so I can do this myself…but I really thank you for doing it for me…

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[Josh Steenbergen]

GUY THANK YOU FOR REPLYING SO FAST. THIS WILL HELP THANKS…

THANKS,
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[Josh Steenbergen]

thank you david for vectorizing files for me…this will help me out alot..

Thanks,
Josh Steenbergen