Thanks for the reply, this is something that I am actually still fighting. I've been working with MPM directly since we ended up getting a service agreement, but I'm honestly not much closer to figuring it out today then I was when I first posted this thread.
I did end up tearing the whole print head apart and finding that the spring for both squeegee assembly had completely bit the dust, so I replaced both springs and the bearings that the lead screws ride on, but that doesn't seem to have made a difference.
It's really weird, the squeegee assembly actually runs out of room (the bottom of the squeegee carriage actually hits the print head casting) before the squeegee can apply any pressure. I've done different measurements between our good machine and this machine and can't seem to find a difference.
For now I've got the machine in production by putting some washers in between the squeegee and the squeegee holder so it has that extra room to travel, but having to do it this way is a real bummer because it's forcing me to have to separate programs, one for each machine, since each machine has a different zero pressure point for the squeegees.
It's gotten to the point where I'm not sure that there's much that can be done without someone with much more knowledge than me coming out here to look at the machine in person.
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