Dakotagrafx
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After years of decent service MH871 cutter fails at large cuts and goes crazy Help?
Dakotagrafx replied to bmxunderground's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
nice work slice -
have your checked the temp on your press with a ir thermometer to make sure it is accurate - maybe the black is more sensitive to temp than the other colors or could you have a bad batch of black HTV?
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MH721 Pressure and not cutting correctly
Dakotagrafx replied to dirtymonkee's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
with the pen doing a good job it comes down to either the vinyl moving within the pinch rollers because they are not applying enough pressure to hold the vinyl where it should be OR something not right with the blade or holder - -
not exactly sure what you are saying in your post - the printer doesn't deposit ink on the paper? if so a printer problem - or the printed image won't transfer to the shirt? if the second I am not familiar enough with a cricuit press but doubt it would hit the 400 degrees necessary for sublimation ink to turn to gas. second is the shirt needs to be 100 percent polyester, 50/50 shirts will transfer ink to the poly portion of the shirt and give a distressed look. sublimation paper also has a right and wrong side - usually the right side is a slightly brighter white
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After years of decent service MH871 cutter fails at large cuts and goes crazy Help?
Dakotagrafx replied to bmxunderground's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
static can cause issues with the mainboard as the static from the roll is discharged thru the carriage - the mh has had at least 3 different mainboards over the years so finding the right one might be hard - after 14 years might be a good time to move up to a sc2 or titan! -
2 thoughts - are you pre pressing to get the moisture out of the garment before applying your graphics? are you buying the shirts from a wholesaler or a retail store - in the past we have had members report that shirts that are displayed in a retail setting are sometimes coated with a substance like starch to make them present better on the shelf. just thoughts and far from the expert on this one
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Graphtec CE7000 Push Rollers
Dakotagrafx replied to ECombs's topic in GraphTec Cutting Plotter Discussion
we look forward to your review on this after you receive the new plotter - fingers crossed that the early problems are fixed - it sure did drive up the price of the remaining ce6000's -
MH721 Pressure and not cutting correctly
Dakotagrafx replied to dirtymonkee's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
hoist that roll of vinyl up and put a new graphtec under it - if it doesn't need to be as big look for an new old stock ce6000-40 - haven't seen any reports on the 115" version like that but lots of issues with the new ce7000-60 since they moved production. also not familiar with the UK market other than I know they have the graphtec, roland and summa plotters - all of which are a large step up from the refine MH - very little marks on the vinyl would indicate the pressure is not high enough on the rollers - the marks are normal and go away when the vinyl is installed -
MH721 Pressure and not cutting correctly
Dakotagrafx replied to dirtymonkee's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
Just for troubleshooting tighten those pressure rollers a little more . . . -
MH721 Pressure and not cutting correctly
Dakotagrafx replied to dirtymonkee's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
too many people over the years have lowered the pressure to eliminate the marks made by the pressure rollers that are totally normal and cause problems similar to yours - as the blade causes more friction than the pressure rollers the vinyl slips - kinda thought from the pictures the pressure had been lowered quite a bit. On yours compared to the others I have seen the spring has the top coil pulled up quite a bit - on most the spring separates evenly throughout the coils as the pressure is increased -
MH721 Pressure and not cutting correctly
Dakotagrafx replied to dirtymonkee's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
one more quick question - You haven't changed the pressure on the pinch rollers at any point have you? -
looks like a paint we used to use on aquariums in the 70's - I would just do it in an etched vinyl like sold here https://uscutter.com/etched-frosted-dusted-glass/
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the seiki isn't sold by uscutter but we do have a few users on here with them - I would start with trying another power cable (yes I have had one go bad) - then look into a new power supply if you can find one. other possible suspects are the mainboard or control panel so it is a trial and error on a little supported plotter
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vinyl express cutters are rebranded graphtecs with a proprietary chipset in them so they only work with sign warehouse drivers - flexi should have sign warehouse drivers with the units listed under that - so if a updated flexi you should be good to go
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you are right again. heck I would like to know if they ever fixed the issue too - but not buying another one to find out
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Graphtec CE7000 Push Rollers
Dakotagrafx replied to ECombs's topic in GraphTec Cutting Plotter Discussion
this is the difference in the new and old guides. maybe someday I will get the opportunity to play with another ce7000 and see if they fixed the issue -
Graphtec CE7000 Push Rollers
Dakotagrafx replied to ECombs's topic in GraphTec Cutting Plotter Discussion
this is from the one I had - -
Graphtec CE7000 Push Rollers
Dakotagrafx replied to ECombs's topic in GraphTec Cutting Plotter Discussion
when I got mine they sent me the new material guides and I worked with graphtec a while trying to cure the issue - I finally fixed it when I sent the ce7000 back and got the fc9000 - hurt the pocketbook but sure cuts fine -
Welcome from Michigan - how is the ce7000 working for you?
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MH721 Pressure and not cutting correctly
Dakotagrafx replied to dirtymonkee's topic in MH Series Vinyl Cutters
overcut won't affect corners like right angles, offset will - - - did you try adding some light oil inside your blade holder? or even a new blade holder if you have had the plotter quite a while. the UK Refine MH 721 seem to be a bit different than the ones that uscutter sells here - but basic function should be the same -
titan 2 notrecognized
Dakotagrafx replied to bigmax's topic in TITAN 2 Series Vinyl Cutter Discussions
that is a new one for everyone to remember - not sure how that would come loose inside but stuff does happen -
used to love doing those orders before I got lazy. if you find organizations or golf tournaments there is a lot of repeat business
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so you must have the sublijet ink and not the chromoblast - good news - never heard of truepix but sounds similar to Texprint-r that we have used for years made for the gel inks glad you got it worked out. curious which way you will be sublimating and where you get your cups - some use a press and some use cactus wraps in an oven - - - - I used the Joto ones that uscutter sells years ago but had trouble with handles breaking in shipment to me. - never ordered them from uscutter so maybe uscutter ships them better than joto did direct
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you need sublijet ink and sublijet paper and is made for sublimation printing like mugs chromoblast anything is made to use on cotton shirts you cannot mix the two
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Thanks slice - yes I came off wrong but we get people all the time that post the same question in 3-4 places looking for a response and the main people (volunteers) that respond look at each message that is "new" - sorry I offended you
