Ricoh Ri 1000 Troubleshooting Manual - Page 3
Browse online or download pdf Troubleshooting Manual for Printer Ricoh Ri 1000. Ricoh Ri 1000 27 pages. Procedure for long-term storage
Also for Ricoh Ri 1000: User Manual (9 pages), User Maintenance Manual (7 pages), Manual (22 pages)
Print Page
3) Horizontal banding -
thick horizontal lines
across the entire shirt
4) Several nozzles out –
improves not at all or
just a little with
normal and strong
head cleans
5) Dark shirt prints look
dull
6) Light shirt looks too
dull
7) Cartridge reads 0%
but was just at a high
% (example 65%) at
the previous
operation. (before
Nozzles 100% and little to no
deflection
Nozzles 100% - appears in
solid colors of dark or gray -
bi directional banding - has to
do with the colors laying
down in different sequence
depending on which direction
the carriage is traveling
Nozzles 100% - appears in
solid colors - the color is
inconsistent in the scanning
direction of the carriage. This
is caused by the different
drops of CMYK not combining
consistently
During an initial ink fill - air
has been introduce to the
head or after a head clean
cleaning fluid or air was
inadvertently pushed into the
head by the cleaning
applicator
White nozzles 100 % or near
100%. - In adequate amount
of pretreat on shirt - this can
cause the white ink to mostly
sink into the shirt
White nozzles 100 % or near
100% but look dull. - White
ink has settled
Missing many nozzles on one
or both white heads
Nozzle is 100% - Wrong
output profile is selected
Temporary loss of Comm
caused cartridge reading
error
Perform head cleans until the
deflection is reduced
Perform table alignment procedure
(see section 7.2)
Uncheck the bi directional box in the
RIP.
This can show in Speed Quality
mode for CMYK - Print in Fine
Quality mode for CMYK - if still
persists - print in 1200 X 1200 dpi
(Kothari RIP) or Superfine
Let the printer sit overnight which
will give the air a chance to settle –
after the nozzle should be good
Increase the amount of pretreat
being sprayed on the shirt
If the white cartridges have not
been agitated per instructions - will
need to agitate the white ink
cartridges (2 min). Then perform 3
to 4 strong head cleans - this will
replace most of the settled ink
Perform head cleans to recover the
nozzle to 100% or near 100%
If printing in 600 X 600 Dpi and using
a profile meant for 1200 X 1200 DPI
then the shirt will look dull
Pull out the cartridge that reads 0%.
The status should change to NC and
the cartridges not loaded message
will appear in the status bar. Put the
cartridge back in and the % reading
should go back to normal. If the %