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VP-540 printed on an angle
Started this discussion. Last reply by irving donaldson Dec 12, 2021. 15 Replies 0 Likes
Looking for any advice before I start to investigate this. I was running a 48" x 80" banner on 54" material today and as the printer was printing, I noticed slight warbles along the edge of the…Continue
VP 540 material feeder takes off running while printing in process
Started this discussion. Last reply by irving donaldson Jun 17, 2020. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Thank you to all for your time. Saturday my VP 540 just started this issue. While printing simple decals the machine advanced the material forward at a high rate of speed and laid about a half a…Continue
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"Irving, just got back to town and took some time today to try thoroughly cleaning the encoder strip with the wipes and that took care of the issue! Thank you so much for your advice!
To all those reading this thread, Irving knows what he is…"
"Got it, I mis understood when you said alcohol or nothing but.... I have located individual wrapped alcohol swabs with the 70% alcohol so I will pick those up and clean both sides of the encoder strip as we as the sensor. I will update upon…"
"I told you what I have been using for many years and what is taught. You do not want to introduce a substance that makes it hard to read or remove the codes on the strip. ijs"
"OK, great, thank you! Is it OK to clean with a moist hand wipe such as a Wet Ones foldable wipe? It has water and denatured alcohol, but nothing like isopropyl alcohol or the likes. Just want to make sure I don't use the wrong…"
"the sensor is on the top side of head carriage under top cover - would not hurt to clean - great idea btw"
"I will get some lint free wipes and clean that. Should I also try and clean the sensor that senses the encoder strip? If so, is that located on the back side of the head unit? Again, thank you for your knowledge and I will update…"
"Encoder strip will not wear out - alcohol or nothing but lint free cloth to clean or you will ruin it"
"Thank you Irving, I will check to make sure the encoder strip is clean and free of any debris. I know it is the original one to me so is this an item that jus wears out? I will try cleaning everything and see what happens. Again,…"
"I have no idea, but here are some
The printhead just sits there and moves when it is dragged along by the cut assembly with a magnet. The cut assembly is attached to a band - that band needs to be checked to ensure it is not brushing the side…"
"Good evening Irving, writing you back to show you that this is still occurring. I am trying to run decals on adhesive backed vinyl and it started to print askew once again. I store this material in the same room as well, it is 76 in here…"
"Everything sounds about right, but I am not standing there. I would only say use all pinch rollers and lock in the media rollers. I will delete the other post."
"Also, we always roll the banner material out prior to prints and then also maintain slack in it so it does not tax the grit / pinch rollers to pull off of the roll so hard."
"Thank you for getting back to me !! The temp was about 70 and humidity was around 48% or so. Both the printer and the banner roll are in the same room, so the same conditions for both. I set up the 54" roll with about…"
"Actually not enough information provided about environment, machine setup, and results. Here are some thoughts that may or may not apply.
Temperature
- was banner at room temp
- banner material will stretch and warp upon warm up from…"
VP-540 printed on an angle
Looking for any advice before I start to investigate this. I was running a 48" x 80" banner on 54" material today and as the printer was printing, I noticed slight warbles along the edge of the print. After it ran the 80" length, I noticed the print was done at an angle to where it started. The material did NOT shift, just the placement of the print. Has anyone had this happen before? First time with this so I wanted to ask before I did anything. Thanks for any advice!! See More
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- At 9:16pm on January 6, 2017,
irving donaldson said…
My advice would be to post it in the forum. Even if it is in the wrong place I will see it and try my best to answer. If you send me private emails or chats, then I am only helping you and not someone who may have the same question later down the road. If you search the forum you will find your suggestions that I or someone previously posted. These machine are my livelihood, so if you want private advice I charge, however if you post openly then I give free advice when I can as a payback for the opportunity to be trained by the company. Adhering to Roland Polices some things I just cannot discuss when it comes to maintenance. Hope you understand, as I get a lot of these private request which takes time to digest and respond. Post a picture of your nozzle test and the print test from VW. As stated just post it, you can put it in the general section.
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