Nothing to do with Mr. Springsteen; sorry Boss fans.
The new Sharp Virgo 2 machines (4141,5141,etc...) have a flaw when it comes to PM cycles. For some reason, all the PM counters are set to an interval of 300k impressions. See picture below:
21-1 on 5141.JPG
As an example, this is the same setting on the previous build of this machine; the 5111:
21-1 on 5111.JPG
Note the mono and color intervals.
The problem with these settings is TA and CA codes will not display ; it will keep on running until it gets to 300k. Basically, without the codes showing, the machine will run until the DV units get sucked dry OR the customer notices a drop off in quality. There is a slim chance a customer might notice the brief flash of PM codes while tapping between screen, but I am a tech, I leave nothing to chance.
As a countermeasure, we set the 21-1 black PM cycle to 150k and the color PM cycle to 120k.
By default, the drum and dv cycles are 200k for black and 160k for color, which in my humble opinion, are a bit too high.
Hope it helps.
The new Sharp Virgo 2 machines (4141,5141,etc...) have a flaw when it comes to PM cycles. For some reason, all the PM counters are set to an interval of 300k impressions. See picture below:
21-1 on 5141.JPG
As an example, this is the same setting on the previous build of this machine; the 5111:
21-1 on 5111.JPG
Note the mono and color intervals.
The problem with these settings is TA and CA codes will not display ; it will keep on running until it gets to 300k. Basically, without the codes showing, the machine will run until the DV units get sucked dry OR the customer notices a drop off in quality. There is a slim chance a customer might notice the brief flash of PM codes while tapping between screen, but I am a tech, I leave nothing to chance.
As a countermeasure, we set the 21-1 black PM cycle to 150k and the color PM cycle to 120k.
By default, the drum and dv cycles are 200k for black and 160k for color, which in my humble opinion, are a bit too high.
Hope it helps.