rnovia80

i am trying to figure out what is goin on with my Roland SP300i machine. my black prints are looking very fuzzy almost looks like hairs around fonts and prints only on the black ink. I have cleaned and soaked and flushed the head. Just this morning i printed some logos and changed the black setting in the artwork to just K100 and it seems to print great with minimal fuzziness around objects or fonts and no banding really at all. If i change the setting of the black to a richer CMYK setting C75 M68 Y67 K90 which is a black black when it prints there is all kinds of banding and fuzziness going on it looks awful. Please help

it just doesnt make sense that none of the other inks are doing this. its only the black and always the black. the black head shares with Cyan so if i scratched it that Cyan line is maybe a 1/16 next to the black and it is absolutely fine. thats definately not the problem. everything gets used all the time. and if the other colors werent used as much as the black wouldnt they be looking like crap. it just doesnt make sense. there is something else going on.

does anyone have a service manual for the SP300I.

I want to use a cleaning cartridge to flush out my black ink. has anyone done this before and what are the steps

k im back again and i did a new DX4 printhead and it was great at the beginning very sharp and crisp the prints looked great but now its starting to look fuzzy again. i just dont understand how this happens in 6 months. someone please help?

Ya i hear ya. I have roland tech coming out to change the head. I just bought the machine used got a good deal on it and figured i we ould have to change a head sooner or later. Ive cutting vinyl for 13 years now with my OLIOLINE 100 which is a beast. But coming into a printer cutter is a whole new learning curve. Im getting there. I figured id have him come out the first time to do the head so i can see what it entitles and definitely the next time i will do it on my own for sure. I knew the black must have been gone but i just wanted to make sure before i drop money. So after this black head is installed the fuzzy hairy look thats around fonts and logos should be gone ?

K thats what i thought. But i just like to try everything before i buy a new one. Have u ever heard of solventinkjet.com they are out of denver colorado. They have the DX4 heads for my machine for $695.00 im pretty sure they are the real epson head. I think i can definitely do it myself it doesnt seem like rocket science but the roland tech will install and calibrate it for $300. Ill prob just have him do it.

it looks like crap on the black printout. the other colors are fine. i will post a pic of it give me a sec

try making the cut contour at like 2pt or 3pt stroke. that should help