Strangest Problem Ever
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 4:01 pm
Hello everyone! I've been reading this forum for quite a while now, and have always been able to find answers to my questions just by searching.
However, this morning, something happened that is new to me, and new to every printer I've spoke with, so hopefully someone can give me some help.
Here's what happened:
When the pedal is pressed, and the tables advance, they raise a fraction of an inch and the squeegee floods. The table stops raising and the flash unit flashes, instead of waiting until after the print. Once the flash unit retracts, the table lifts once again a fraction of an inch, stops, and the flash unit flashes. Never once does the squeegee print, on ANY of the heads. They all just sit there in the flood position. When we turn the flash table off completely, the automatic press works perfectly. With the press off, the flash table ONLY works in the print, print, flash position. If we try to use the print, flash, print, flash or the print, flash, print options, the table extends and stays there, never retracting. This has got to be the strangest thing I've ever seen.
We called Workhorse Products and the tech walked us through a few things, but nothing fixed the problem. We checked a few loose wires, checked some fuses, and nothing. We shut everything off at the fuse box and waited and restarted, still same thing. They can't get a tech out here for another week or two, and I've got at least 2000 shirts that need to be printed, and no press!!
If I don't figure something out soon, I will be using a manual stand alone flash unit, drying the underbase after every shirt, which will take forever!!! Anyone got any ideas?
However, this morning, something happened that is new to me, and new to every printer I've spoke with, so hopefully someone can give me some help.
Here's what happened:
When the pedal is pressed, and the tables advance, they raise a fraction of an inch and the squeegee floods. The table stops raising and the flash unit flashes, instead of waiting until after the print. Once the flash unit retracts, the table lifts once again a fraction of an inch, stops, and the flash unit flashes. Never once does the squeegee print, on ANY of the heads. They all just sit there in the flood position. When we turn the flash table off completely, the automatic press works perfectly. With the press off, the flash table ONLY works in the print, print, flash position. If we try to use the print, flash, print, flash or the print, flash, print options, the table extends and stays there, never retracting. This has got to be the strangest thing I've ever seen.
We called Workhorse Products and the tech walked us through a few things, but nothing fixed the problem. We checked a few loose wires, checked some fuses, and nothing. We shut everything off at the fuse box and waited and restarted, still same thing. They can't get a tech out here for another week or two, and I've got at least 2000 shirts that need to be printed, and no press!!
If I don't figure something out soon, I will be using a manual stand alone flash unit, drying the underbase after every shirt, which will take forever!!! Anyone got any ideas?