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Thanks for the replies, yes the unit is old and were it that simple we would replace it without a second thought. It is however a modified unit, the machine uses the Epson 9800 innards however it is a flat bed DTG printer, the tech does not think this should make too much of a difference. They...

Looking for advice!!! We have a Epson 9800 which has stopped printing, techs have replaced pump cap and print head + dampers. Ink has filled the dampers and it is cleaning/wasting ink not a problem. It just will not print, not from the pc or from the built in tests. Techs have recommended...

Machine is repaired, thanks for the help!

I highly doubt the fault is mechanical as surely the defects would be at least semi uniform, if something was warped even slightly then surely you'd get at least some form of pattern, but it appears entirely random. Taking that and the tako error at the start would surely indicate an electrical...

Whilst I am enquiring as to what is available second hand here in NZ, we are still playing around with the 560. Output 2 or 3m of perfect film this morning, cut, ran another 2 or 3 small screen print films and cut again. Then ran out 3 more pieces of film, the first one out was wavey, the second...

Please note whilst we are well familiar with the machine, we did not do the motor work ourselves, this was done by a specialist electric motor repairer. The machine is now cutting fine but producing a wavy result on initial jobs. Holding the connector on the motor is now the only way to get the...

Hi, Hoping someone can assist here, we regularly maintain all our own machinery on site. However we have run into a hiccup here concerning the spinner motor (under the polygon mirror). We have had the bearings replaced and now the machine is throwing up errors. First of all between init 1 and...