[Marko]

Yes, thank you.

[Marko]

:thumbsup:
So stop being an asshole when someone asks for help, ok?
Better say nothing, right?
I´m sick of smart arses who think that they know better, no matter what the subject is.

Net is filled of those guys, no need for more.

If u step on my foot, I´l step twice.
If u r legit, I´ll back u up.

[Marko]

… I´m NOT gonna say…
…I´m not gonna…

Peace :rollseyes:

[Marko]

quote Martyn Heath:

quote Kevin Mahoney:

Dirty encoder strip? That’s unforgivable. Next you’ll be telling us your cartridges were empty

Dont worry kevin the rest of us got it :smiles: :smiles: :smiles:

:claps: :claps: :claps: :claps: :claps: :claps:

Oh, I´m so sorry. I did not know that all of you were flawless and perfect but still
thank u all 4 your support and Merry Brexit!

It´s nice 2 know that u r so happy to help an outsider in need.
I`ll be happy to pay u back sometime and also hope that I make no such stupid mistakes again.

Hyvää juhannusta kaikille ja nauttikaa mukavasta kesästä niin aion ainakin itse tehdä.

[Marko]

One more thing, if you allow.

I`m more of an artist than an engineer…..

[Marko]

🙁

I´m sorry I bothered you.

Well, no one suggested it might be that (not even you, sir) but still I managed to find the problem so I´m happy.

Ps. How often do you clean the strip?

Oh, and when it comes to cartridges, the printer is clever enough to let me know when that happens.

[Marko]

No ghostlines anymore!

Still need to adjust the heads, but the main problem is away.

Off to a new topic…

[Marko]

Looks I got it fixed.

The encoder strip was so dirty, that it made the print heads spit all over not in the spitting tank (or what ever the name is).

Still some more testing to do but looks promising…

[Marko]

quote Kevin Mahoney:

So you’re thinking of replacing it?

Maybe…
We´ll see.

[Marko]

I use this printer maybe a day a week…

[Marko]

quote Kevin Mahoney:

quote Marko:

quote Loic Delor:

that’s data interference. The heads are firing at random. Can be caused a by many things, you need an engineer to look at it.

Auts, that´s gonna cost a few dimes.

The joys of owning a printer I’m afraid. An engineer visit is usually expensive yes, but not as expensive as a big dead printer shaped paperweight.

Just talked to the engineer who knows Mutohs and he quoted 540 – 700€ for a 1 – 2 hour visit.

I think I´m gonna try to clean the electrical parts etc. and wish for the best.
This machine is so old that it woukd be crazy to pay fot it´s maintenance.

[Marko]

quote Loic Delor:

that’s data interference. The heads are firing at random. Can be caused a by many things, you need an engineer to look at it.

Auts, that´s gonna cost a few dimes.

[Marko]

And how is that done?
Expert job or diy?

It´s done this for about 6 months , earlier no worries.

[Marko]

Is it possible that the printheads are just too worn?

I don´t want to believe that, because I replaced them ca. 2 years ago and I don´t print much.

[Marko]

I´ve tried many files, also many file types (jpg, eps, etc).
Only times they don´t appear is when I don´t use bi-directional print, but then the speed is very slow and also the quality is worse (?).

[Marko]

clean as a whistle :rollseyes:

And these marks are 90 degrees to the printhead movement.

There has to be some kind of a leak on printheads to cause this, or else it has to be software related.

[Marko]

I imported another .eps file not using Corel and it seems to work.
So, looks like it is a Corel fault.

[Marko]

Could this be a Corel thing??

[Marko]

SL 8 has no "print" section…

I don´t use SL 8 to make the grachics (I use Corel Draw x4) and I normally make them .eps files to print with Visual Production Manager.

These two files that I need to have printed asap are made with InDesign and the VPM will not even generate a preview.

Yesterday evening I found out that I can print some bitmaps but not all…

[Marko]

Anyone?

Any ideas?

[Marko]

Ok then.
I quess I have to try elsewhere.

[Marko]

So no idea?

[Marko]

quote KevinGaffney:

I never replace. We buy those units for about 14 euros. Whenever asked I explain 90%of the cost is the printed section. A bit like reusing cortex, not worth the hassle

At times like these a lot of people / customers also think about the environment. Therefore I think it´s a good idea to reuse what ever you can. At least I try to do it.

[Marko]

Here´s my oldie.

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Yes, I know it´s impossible to reproduce exact colours, that´s why I asked
"as accurate as possible".
Meanwhile I´ve been playing with the colours on a pic and I´m quite happy with the outcome.
Naturally it´s not as original, neither was it meant to be, just wanted the blues to be blues not purple.

I´ll keep playing with this, prints on frosted do look nice on some occasions…

Thanks.

[Marko]

Thanks Dave, but that´s not exactly what I´m after.

Let´s say there is a picture with different shades of blue and you print it on white vinyl and it comes out as it should.
If you print the same pic on frosted it gets a little on the purple side, don´t you think?
What do you do to make the blues come out right?

One way is naturally just to fiddle with the colours on your favourite software, but is there something precise to be done?

[Marko]

Those eps files tend to grow to very big, don´t you think?

[Marko]

quote Ian Johnston:

the pre and post heaters are very easy to fix, there are tiny fuses on the back of them covered with a rubber, cut of the rubber and solder on a 5amp fuse wire, and off they go again.

IAn

Ian, sounds like you´ve done this.
You say pre and post heater. In the early Rockhopper models it was like that, but the newer models came with direct heater (fixer) that is located right under the printheads, not before them like a pre heater. Which model do you mean?

Anyway, I thought there has to be a fuse, just didn´t find one when opened the cover. I´ll look again.
Thanks.

Ok, located the fuse, changed it to a new one but unfortunately that didn’t help.

Any other ideas?

[Marko]

I don´t think that the fixer is like you described. I guess it comes with the metal parts up front. (Not sure though.)
I know that the front and back heaters are as you mentioned.

Any idea where to order one?

[Marko]

Try backlit and banner materials, should work fine.

[Marko]

Ok, I found a spare Roland bladeholder. Placed a new blade in it, checked the depth by dragging it on the backside and voila!:lol1:
Now I have a cutter for the backing paper!!

Works like charm.

[Marko]

Yes Gary, done that.
Still thinking port problem…

[Marko]

That´s not it. It prints the nozzle check okay, but seems like it doesn´t receive commands from pc. My guess is (for now) that it has to be either port problem or cable failure.

????

[Marko]

Try F8, it might work.

[Marko]

Oh, ok.
To change bucketfill colour click with your right mouse tab.
That´ll do it.

[Marko]

Take your tool of choice to right banner where your colour palettes are, choose and click.

[Marko]

quote Neil Speirs:

He’s a talented boy! always thought it was (oh i swore !) that he did all the work but short ( oh i swore ) took all the glory…..that’s showbiz 🙄

Talented maybe. But that car is butt ugly! 😕

[Marko]

Fits nicely on the vehicle. Looks like it could have been there from the 60´s.

[Marko]

quote Vic:

Normal vinyl isn’t a problem if you warm it up and peal it off.

Reflectives can be a nightmare.

The adhesives on sum stickers can be a pain.

The Zapper is also great for taking off double-sided tape left on when removing vehicle badges.

But like I said normal vinyls are easily removed warmed up.

Regards

Vic

I´m with you. The only problem with "traditional" way of removing is that it´s very time consuming.

[Marko]

I myself use lil´ chisler to lift the edge, heat gun to loose the adhesive and alcohol to remove the residue.

I was kind of hoping that somebody had found out some great new way to do this.

Has anyone tried the vinyl zapper?

[Marko]

I myself use lil´ chisler to lift the edge, heat gun to loose the adhesive and alcohol to remove the residue.

I was kind of hoping that somebody had found out some great new way to do this.

Has anyone tried the vinyl zapper?

[Marko]

Hi Peter
Yeah, that´s what I´m afraid of and trying to find some other way. I was hoping that m a y b e somebody had already done it…

[Marko]

Ok there it was. Just wasn´t on the same place where it used to be.
Thanks

[Marko]

"same graphics card"

[Marko]

To Alan:
Same drivers, same graphics card, more memory, same monitors, different motherboard, more hard drive space.

[Marko]

Okay, I see.
Strangely (as I mentioned earlier) I had no problems with my old pc, which used the exact same graphics card.

[Marko]

To Alan:
On general page also. I´ve used F8 tab and no help there either.

To Colin:
It seems you had the exact problem. Sorry, but english isn´t my native language so can you explain what you mean by "onboard feeble graphics adapter"?

[Marko]

To Alan:
Control W doesn´t help and the SP2 is installed and version is as you mentioned.
What do you mean by randomly? If you mean that does it disappear every time when zoomed, then no. If you mean does it do it once today and thirty times tomorrow, then no. If you mean does it do it forty times today and forty times tomorrow but not every time zoomed, then yes.

To Chris:
Kind of the same here. On my older pc I had a demo of X4 and it worked just fine. But that one was without SP2, so can it be that? A bug on SP2?

[Marko]

Thank you Shane, go have a nap… :sleep:

[Marko]

To Shane:
I also was wondering if it was the graphics card, but after calling to three dealers (they all said it can´t be that, because all other programs are working fine) I started to look somewhere else.
Maybe now I need to get a new graphics card anyway. 👿

Can you remember what they suggested?

[Marko]

Thanks for you quick replies, but still no cigar…

To Andy:
The file size is not the reason, it´s all the same even if I only have one outlined box in the middle of a page.

To Dave:
SP2 already installed, no change. (Or maybe it´s the SP2, I never tried X4 without it… Rather unlikely though).

[Marko]

quote Robert Lambie:

i think it might be the crane folk at fault for maybe overloading the crane.
or if thats not what made it topple then someone else…

there was one of those huge ones you see at canary warf toppled last year also. now those are big…
there was also one in the clydeside in glasgow at john browns ship yards went over 3 years ago. these things are HUGE…

can you imagine being the guy in the wee box on one of those cranes and it started to go over? i think a bit of “submissive urination” would be going on on my pants. 😳 😳

Marko

Not a long time ago one of these things fell over on a buildingsite near here. The guy on the top died in the hospital next day. I heard it was really hard to get him out of the cockpit and to the ambulance, because they coudn´t reach him. The crane started to move everytime they touched it… 🙁

[Marko]

How much for the printer?

[Marko]

So it is!

Thanks a punch, Nick, you saved me a lot of time.

[Marko]

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[Marko]

I always read my emails from left to right :shake:

[Marko]

here too…
Darn inconvenient 🙁

[Marko]

ok, try car.
???

[Marko]

Yes, I know Glenn.

I meant, write die and see what you get…

[Marko]

I tried to write blondie, got only die

WHOOPS!! 🙁

[Marko]

Here´s my version.
Works great also when I need to cover bigger areas.
Cost nothing, got those legs laying around…

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[Marko]

My cutter blew it´s fan with a smokecloud the other day. Opened it up, took the fan off and replaced it with a new standard fan that I got from a electronic parts dealer.
Cost me 8€ and took about an hour.
Works ok, even a little quiter than the original…

[Marko]

:welcome:

[Marko]

:welcome:

[Marko]

This was all I found…
It´s in CDR9

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[Marko]

Hi and :welcome: .
I´m sure you´ll like it here.

[Marko]

Mindaugas, you seem to have vision….
Looks cool.

[Marko]

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

You need to email the editor, Tom McIltrot.
I’m sure he would send you a sample.
signcraft@signcraft.com
You see, I simply can’t part with a single issue!
Believe me, it is well worth the price or I wouldn’t push it so much.
I didn’t realize that you were from Finland.
Are you familiar with Pekka Mannermaa?
He is the coolest pinstriper ever!
A real nice guy to meet, too.
Love….Jill

The flag didn´t give it away then, did it 😉
Okay Jill, I hear you. I also have a lot of magazines I can´t let go…
I´ll try to get a sample elsewhere. Thanks anyway.

PS.
I don´t know Mannermaa, but I´ve seen his work, me being a fan of old american cars.

[Marko]

Sorry Craig, but I have to say also that I don´t like this genre.
It may be an age thing though.
Your customer is most likely a young guy, probably in his 20´s… (like you seem to be also…)
Still, second from the top with some adjustment is my call.

[Marko]

Welcome from up north also.
I´ve liked it here, I´m sure you will too…

[Marko]

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

The absolute most important part of signmaking is learning good layout skills.
Get yourself a copy of Mike Steven’s MASTERING LAYOUT.
Available thru http://www.signcraft.com/
It’s also a great magazine.
For vinyl application tips this site is your best bet.
Love….Jill

Hey Jill, may I bother you wit a little favour…
I´ve heard/read about this Signcraft magafine, but I´ve never seen an issue. Could you send me a copy, so I could go through it before subsribing it. I know nobody here in Finland who reads it and it´s pretty expensive to order it to be mailed here.
Naturally, I´ll pay all the costs…

[Marko]

I would like to know what this firm is about before I can really do anything with their logo.
If they sell cars or do flower arrengements the logo has to differ.
But maybe you all know what this firm does…

(and a few minutes later…)

…sorry, just read Steves input, he kind of covered this one…

[Marko]

Nope, not here anyway.:(
Give a sample of it, plenty of times the same (looking) font goes around with different names…

[Marko]

At least there´ll be a lot of happy foxes out there later…

[Marko]

quote Jill Marie Welsh:

We always called those SBD’s.
(Silent But Deadly)
Love….Jill

Oh, I always thought it was Silent Butt Deadly… 😳

[Marko]

:welcome:
I´m sure you´ll enjoy this lot a lot 🙂

[Marko]

Sounds like a faulty blade to me.
Check it first.
If the blade isn´t perfect it may cause the vinyl to tear.

[Marko]

Maybe you could use a sort of transparent film on windows. Then the shape of your graphic stays unharmed and you can still see through the windows…

[Marko]

Dominican Republic and emu… 😮

[Marko]

So that´s where he´s been hiding…
No wonder they haven´t found him.

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[Marko]

Happy divorce to you too… 😕

[Marko]

:welcome:

[Marko]

Sorry, no sale. Hubcaps are missing.

[Marko]

Or is it the new Batmobile…

[Marko]

I did´nt see red

saw orange (?) (-)

[Marko]

(?)
Well, I can´t see anything…

[Marko]

quote Peter Munday:

how did you attach that pic in this forum?

Hi Peter,
it´s a linked picture.
Find a pic, copy it´s address and paste it between img tags.

Like this…

[Marko]

Chris, do you mean this baby?
Mmmmmmm, yammy…

[Marko]

I was wondering the same thing.
I´m + for no obvious reason (I´m not coplaining though 😕 )

[Marko]

:welcome:

[Marko]

quote Jayne Marsh:

eh? what’s irl?
dont forget lmao……laughing my a*se off :lol1:

Hei Jayne,
it´s in real world 😉

[Marko]

Kewl!
So u don´t use it irl?
Thx. 😀

[Marko]

Sorry I´ve never heard of Mitsu Dyna…
Although there is Toyota Dyna (and Mitsu Canter)

[Marko]

Seems ok, for what I can tell from the pic.
Let´s get back to this when you know the shipping…

[Marko]

Ok John, I´ll be here…

Oh, how old is it?
Also, don´t you guys use 110V power (we use 220V)?
Does it run with Windows XP and can it cut from CorelDraw (I now have CD12 and X3)?

[Marko]

Well John, now you just need to tell me how many £:s for the machine and how much for shipping it to Finland.
Meanwhile I´ll try to find more specifics on the thing…

Let me know.

Google doesn´t give me anything on this.
Can you John tell me more about it?

[Marko]

Ok then. I´ll just keep looking around… (spin)

[Marko]

No Peter, not that one.

It was after this and it was something like that he hadjust bought it and needed to change it to a smaller one…

[Marko]

Exactly!
Thanks Andy.
I thouhgt it looked familiar… 😕

[Marko]

It´ll fit, I´m sure.
You just have to try hard enough…