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VP540i sensing crop marks that are not there.

I have had a Versacamm VP540i for a long time and have had many interesting things that I've had to deal with but never this.I have a file that was ripped through VersaWorks and is about 50"W. It has crop marks in the normal four corners of the print. I set it up to print, laminate then cut like I have 1000's of times before, but today it is sensing cropmarks that are not there, about 6" into the media. Instead of continuing to the other side of the media it stops and starts sensing cropmarks…See More

Feb 17

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Reid Etter replied to Reid Etter's discussion Black Bands after replacing print head

"Thank you. I can handle it from here."

Apr 9, 2020

irving donaldson replied to Reid Etter's discussion Black Bands after replacing print head

"Unfortunately we are not here to teach you to be a tech. The printhead is not a take one out put one in type of repair. It can be done with the help of a service manual, but we just cannot extend the information that is not in the manual. What your…"

Apr 9, 2020

Reid Etter replied to Reid Etter's discussion Black Bands after replacing print head

"Thank you very much. It looks like I have solved that problem. One of the metal pins on the 1st ribbon cable was slightly deflected to the right and touching another pin. Now my test print looks to have a drop shadow behind all the black color (the…"

Apr 9, 2020

irving donaldson replied to Reid Etter's discussion Black Bands after replacing print head

"They are plugged in correctly, but not necessarily in their proper layout and secured correctly. Hard to tell since I am not looking at the machine. When cables are not secured properly and transmission is sent, you are seeing the noise that is…"

Apr 9, 2020

Reid Etter replied to Reid Etter's discussion Black Bands after replacing print head

"Thanks for your quick response. When you say misaligned, do mean the ribbon cables are in the wrong plugs on the print head? Or they are somehow not plugged in correctly? Because the way the ribbon cables are laid together coming from the main…"

Apr 9, 2020

irving donaldson replied to Reid Etter's discussion Black Bands after replacing print head

"You misaligned the cables and now getting noise interference from the crosstalk! You need to put the cables back the way they originally were"

Apr 9, 2020

Reid Etter posted a discussion

Black Bands after replacing print head

I have recently replaced the black print head on my VP 540i. I am trying to make sure my alignment is all set up but my test prints keep coming out with horrible horizontal lines over what looks like very good prints. The reason I started is the head deflection on the black print head was really quite bad after years of use (and I admit, some head strikes). From what I can see underneath these terrible black lines, it looks like the black print head is printing quite well.I have attached a…See More

Apr 9, 2020

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