Roland Errors
Roland Errors
Roland Errors
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6 Troubleshooting
6 Troubleshooting
6-1 WHITE FINE LINES / BANDING / MISSING DOT / SCRATCHY PRINTING / BLURRED
PRINTING
NO
1
CHECKING POINT
Temporary clogging in nozzles
ACTION
Manual Head cleaning
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
Users Manual
Transformation of Cap
Wiper Replacement
[3-2 WIPER
REPLACEMENT]
Foreign substances
Manual Cleaning
Users Manual
Pump Replacement
[3-5 PUMP
REPLACEMENT]
Head Alignment
[4-4 HEAD
ALIGNMENT]
10
[3-1 HEAD
REPLACEMENT]
Head rank setting affects the amount of the fired ink. If it is not set
properly, the printing image becomes light or dark or blurred.
11
Broken head
or
Life of head
Head Replacement
[3-1 HEAD
REPLACEMENT]
Ink cannot be fired correctly and results in missing dot when the
head is broken or reaches its life. When the head is electrically
broken, it sometimes prints unnecessary lines.
[3-7 BOARD
REPLACEMENT]
If the signal sent to the Head is not normal, the Head doesn't work
properly.
12
Broken MAIN BOARD or HEAD BOARD Replace MAIN BOARD or HEAD BOARD
6-1
6 Troubleshooting
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
Users Manual
Foreign substances
Manual Cleaning
Users Manual
When foreign substances are stuck on the surface of the head, ink is
not fired properly.
Wiper Replacement
[3-2 WIPER
It cannot remove the foreign substances stuck on the surface of the
REPLACEMENT] head.
Powerful Cleaning
Pump Replacement
Broken Head
or
Life of Head
Head Replacement
10
Users Manual
If there are air bubbles in the link line, ink is sometimes not fired. Air
bubbles tend to go into the ink line by installing and uninstalling the ink
cartridge so many times. All the air bubbles inside the lines can be
removed by the powerful cleaning.
[3-5 PUMP
Cleaning is not performed properly because ink is not sucked
REPLACEMENT] efficiently.
Ink is not supplied to the head properly.
[3-6 INK TUBE
Ink is not supplied to the head properly.
REPLACEMENT]
When there is a bad contact with the Flexible cable connected to the
head, or there is a cut line in the Flexible cable, the head doesn't work
properly.
[3-1 HEAD
When the head is mechanically or electrically broken, the head doesn't
REPLACEMENT] work properly.
[3-7 BOARD
If the signal sent to the Head is not normal, the Head doesn't work
REPLACEMENT] properly.
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
When foreign substance such as fiber dust is stuck on the
surface of the head, ink sometimes leaks from it.
Foreign substances
Manual Cleaning
Change Media
When the Ink Tube is broken, ink flows through the head nozzles
and results in ink dropping.
Broken Head
Head Replacement
[3-1 HEAD
REPLACEMENT]
[3-7 BOARD
REPLACEMENT]
6-2
Users Manual
If the media tends to curl or become bumpy due to ink, the head
sometimes strikes the media and it causes the ink dropping
problem. It can be avoided by using the Media Clamps or
changing the head height.
When there is a hole in the Ink Damper, ink flows through the
head nozzles and results in ink dropping.
6 Troubleshooting
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
Users Manual
Media is not set straight. Make sure to set the Media straight referring to
the Users Manual.
When Encoder Scale is dirty or broken, the printing image can be shifted
[3-9 Encoder Scale
in a staircase pattern because the printing position in the scanning
Replacement]
direction cannot be detected correctly.
When Encoder Scale is dirty or broken, the printing image can be shifted
in a staircase pattern because the printing position in the scanning
direction cannot be detected correctly.
Head Alignment.
[4-4 HEAD
ALIGNMENT]
When the 2 heads are not aligned, the color shifting occurs and when
the bidirectional and horizontal adjustment is not correct, the shifting
occurs in every band.
[3-7 BOARD
REPLACEMENT]
When the ABSORPTION FAN is not working, Media floats on the BED
and this results in the Shifting in Printing.
CHECKING POINT
LM Guide is dirty.
ACTION
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
[3-9 Encoder
Scale
Replacement]
Clean LM Guide.
6-3
6 Troubleshooting
NO
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
Within tolerance
Explain to User
Elasticity in Media
Revised1
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
Shifting of Printing and Cutting Position within 0.5mm / within 0.3% of distance traveled is in tolerance.
Media will expand or shrink depending on the temperature and humidity. Therefore, if the elasticity differs
when printing and when cutting, Printing and Cutting Positions will be shifted. By accustoming the media to
the environment before printing, it could make the difference of elasticity minimum.
Calibration
Uses Manual
Carry out [ENV. MATCH] in User's menu. Cutting position in the carriage moving direction is detected by the
Motor ENCODER while the printing position is detected by the ENCODER SCALE. The ENCODER SCALE
expands and contracts depending on the environment (temperature & humidity), and it causes the Print/Cut
shifting problem in the carriage moving direction. (The shifting amount becomes bigger as it is far from the
carriage standby position.) This function adjusts the machine to optimize its state to the environment where
it is used. This function is the same adjustment as [LINEAR CALIB.] in Service menu.
When you are performing printing and cutting, use a value of "0" the menu of [CALIBRATION] -- [CUTTING
ADJ.]. This setting is using the machine for cutting only.
Print / Cut Position Adjustment is to calibrate the error in the relative positions of Head and Tool Carriage
[4-9 Print / Cut Position
due to the manufacturing tolerance and correct an error in printing and cutting positions. Therefore, if this
Adjustment]
adjustment is not performed correctly, printing and cutting positions will be shifted.
[4-10 Calibration]
Media Feeding amount is slightly different in each media because of the difference in its thickness. When
the feeding amount changes, landing position of the dots will be changed and results in banding.
Print / Cut Offset Adjustment can not be done correctly when the Crop Mark Sensor is dirty. When Crop
Mark Sensor is dirty, relative positions of Printing and Cutting can not be corrected and cause printing and
cutting positions to be shifted.
When the sensitivity of Crop Mark Sensor is low, relative positions of Printing and Cutting can not be
corrected and cause printing and cutting positions to be shifted.
Tool / Crop Mark Sensor Position Adjustment is to calibrate the error in the relative positions of Tool and
Crop Mark Sensor. Therefore, printing and cutting positions will be shifted when the relative position of Tool
and Crop Mark Sensor is shifted from the correct position. And also, based on the fact that this adjustment
is correctly done, the Print / Cut Offset Adjustment is performed. Therefore, the printing and cutting position
will shift even not using Crop Marks.
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
When blade wears out, it will be caught by the vinyl and results in stitch cut.
Blade holder tip gets caught by the vinyl depending on the surface condition or
type of media. In this case, try cutting without using the blade extension
function.
Cutter Protection is where the blade lands for cutting. If there is scratch in the
[3-12 Cutter Protection
Cutter Protection, blade is caught by the vinyl because it sticks deeper into the
_ Replacement]
vinyl and results in stitch cut.
When Tool Height is not adjusted, blade hits the Bed strongly and bounces
which results in stitch cut. In most cases, stitch cut at the beginning is caused
by this reason.
Tool Pressure
Adjustment
When Tool Pressure is not adjusted, blade hits the Bed strongly and bounces
which results in stitch cut.
When Holder part of Tool Carriage / Tool Carriage ASS'Y are loose, the cutting
is unstable and results in the stitch cut.
When Tool doesn't move up and down smoothly, blade sometimes hits the Bed
strongly and bounces which results in stitch cut. In most cases, stitch cut at the
beginning is caused by this reason.
6-4
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
There are bearings inside the Blade Holder. When the bearings don't rotate
smoothly, direction of the blade slightly shifts from the correct direction and
therefore, it will be caught by the vinyl which results in stitch cut.
6 Troubleshooting
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
Match Offset
User's Manual
Blade used on the machine has offset and therefore, tip is shifted from its center. When the offset
setting done on the machine doesn't match with the blade offset, offset correction won't be done.
Therefore, the starting and ending points won't match especially when cutting circles.
User's Manual
There are 4 Pinch Rollers, left, right and middle. When using only left and right pinch rollers, middle
part of the media won't follow both edges when the media is fed. Therefore, the starting and ending
points won't match. It is recommended to use the middle pinch rollers especially when using wide
media.
When blade tip wears out, offset will be changed. Therefore, as same as 1, the starting and ending
point won't match especially when cutting circles.
There are bearings inside the Blade Holder. When the bearings don't rotate smoothly, direction of the
blade slightly shifts from the correct direction and therefore, starting and ending points do not match.
Tool Pressure
Adjustment
Adjust Backlash
OUTLINE
Cutter Protection is where the blade lands for cutting. If there is scratch on the Cutter Protection, blade
doesn't rotate smoothly and therefore, starting and ending point won't match.
When Holder part of Tool Carriage / Tool Carriage ASS'Y are loose, the cutting is unstable and starting
and ending points do not match.
When Tool Height is not adjusted, blade hits the Bed strongly and bounces. Therefore, the cutting at
the very beginning won't be done and cause the starting and ending points to be shifted.
When Tool Pressure is not adjusted, blade hits the Bed strongly and bounces. Therefore, the cutting at
the very beginning won't be done and cause the starting and ending points to be shifted. And also,
when the Tool Pressure is set too high by the user, the blade offset changes because the blade tip goes
deep into the vinyl. Therefore, the starting and ending points will be shifted.
When Motor Gear is meshed too tight or too loose, Tool Carriage and Grit Roller will be driven unstable
and results in starting and ending points to shift.
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
User's Manual
When Blade Holder is set loose on Tool Carriage, the blade tip becomes very
shaky when cutting and results in distorted figure.
Match Offset
User's Manual
Blade used on the machine has offset and therefore, tip is shifted from its center.
When the offset setting done on the machine doesn't match with the blade offset,
offset correction won't be done and results in distorted figure.
User's Manual
There are 4 Pinch Rollers, left, right and 2 for the middle. When media is pinched
with only 2 Pinch Rollers at both sides, middle part of the media doesn't follow the
both edges and results in distorted figure. Make sure to set the Middle Pinch
Rollers especially using wider media.
OUTLINE
When blade tip wears out, offset will be changed. Therefore, it results in distorted
figure like the way 2.
There are bearings inside the Blade Holder. When the bearings don't rotate
smoothly, direction of the blade slightly shifts from the correct direction and
results in distorted figure.
When holder part of Tool Carriage is loose, direction of the blade slightly shifts
from the correct direction and results in distorted figure.
When the Tool Carriage is loose, the blade tip becomes shaky and results in
distorted figure.
Adjust Backlash
When Motor Gear is meshed too tight or too loose, Tool Carriage and Grit Roller
will be driven unstable and results in distorted figure.
6-5
6 Troubleshooting
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
OUTLINE
When dust such as pieces of vinyl is stick to the grit roller, power to hold the media
will be weakened and results in media shifting. Use brush to clean the Grit Roller.
When pinch rollers wear out, power to hold the media will be weakened and results
in media shifting. Referential time for replacement of pinch roller is 24 months.
When Grit Roller becomes loose, feeding amount between left and right edges will
be different and results in media shifting.
When the flanges are not fully inserted to the media tube, media will be fed
eccentric and results in media shifting.
The most effective measure against media shifting is to set the media straight to the
machine. Small tilting of the media when setting it up could result in big shifting
Setup Media again User's Manual especially doing long print. It is recommended to setup the media by adding tension
towards front and check the shifting by prefeed function before actually start
printing.
REFERENCE
Revised4
NO
CHECKING POINT
ACTION
REFERENCE
OUTLINE
Media Jam
Motor Replacement
When the Motor is broken or reaches its life, the Motor cannot obey the
order from the CPU and it results in the Motor Error.
When the Power Supply voltage for the Motor is not supplied, the Motor
cannot move and it results in the Motor Error.
When there is a dirt in the teeth of the Drive Gear and it cannot rotate,
the Motor Error occurs.
When the weight of Media is too heavy, the Motor Error occurs due to
the too much load for feeding Media.
When the edges of the media curls or the media absorbs the Ink and
becomes to be irregular surface of the media, the Head Carriage
catches on the media during printing and results in the Motor Error.
When the Servo Board is broken, the Power Supply voltage for the
[3-7 BOARD
Motor is not supplied and the Motor cannot move. It results in the Motor
REPLACEMENT]
Error.
<ERROR DESCRIPTION>
SCAN MOTOR ERROR
CODE : 0000
0000
LAST ERROR
CURRENT ERROR
6-6
6 Troubleshooting
0001
0004
0008
0005
0009
0010
0040
0080
MEANING
CAUSE
0050
0090
Revised 10
2
Service Call
Internal Error
ACTION
REFERENCE
Refer to Service
Call
Refer to Service
Call
Restart machine
OUTLINE
6-7
6 Troubleshooting
SERVICE CALL
CODE No.
Revised1
0002
MEANING
Sub CPU
Communication Error
CONTENTS
Disorder of communication with Sub CPU
0101
Revised4
0102
Revised4
0103
Revised4
CAUSE
Sub Board does not work correctly.
Sub CPU does not work correctly.
There is a bad connection between Main
Board and Sub Board.
Limit Initialization in Service Mode has not
been done.
ACTION
1) Check Cable Connection between Main
Board and Servo Board
2) Servo Board Replacement
3) Main Board Replacement
1) Carry out Limit Position Initialize.
Head Lock Sensor does not work correctly 1) Head Lock Sensor Replacement
or is broken.
2) Check the mechanical Backlash or loose
with the scanning axes.
0104
0105
Tool Carriage
Connection Error
0106
Tool Carriage
Disconnection Error
0107
0108
0109
0110
0111
Tool / Crop Mark Sensor This error occurs when the machine performs the Auto Tool / Crop Mark Sensor Adjustment has
Adjustment Error
Crop Mark Detection or the Auto Print / Cut adjustment not been performed.
without the Tool / Crop Mark Sensor Adjustment.
6-8