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Best Printer
Hi,
I am using an Epson D88 at the moment for my subli and general printing. ( All invoices and quotes from the same printer ). Very stupid but I wanted to see if I could sell sublimation prints first.
I can so now I want to buy a separate printer.
Have you any opinion on what is the best printer and ink setup that I should buy. Is it worth me buying an A3 printer?
Thanks in anticipation.Earl
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2 Replies
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Im amazed you are using the same printer for standard prints and for sublimation. Are you using subli ink for your other work or swapping back and forth? Surely your regular prints look all odd or are you changing the profile each time?
The D88 IMO isnt a good printer, there are known issues with it and it leaving tiny, tiny black spots in plain white areas. I believe it has also been discontinued.
The R265 is supported and Artainium inks available for it.
A3 printers, if you can find a 1290 then they are a great printer but a little slow, the R1800 is also good – nice and fast too, there are mixed opinions on the inks it uses for use in dye sub. The R1400 is aparantly a decent A3 printer too. These all have Artainium ink available and of course the all important ICC profiles. -
I have a couple of D88’s for small subli/transfer work and they have always performed faultlessly. We have an Epson 4800 also for subli work and whilst this is a great workhorse the quality of the prints isn’t always that much better than the D88, a little more detail but no great shakes.
1290’s were great when they came out and I’ve heard many good reports, personally I’ve had 3 and they’ve all developed problems. The newer A3’s are vastly improved.
Once you start pricing up the A3 printers you’re edging towards the larger Epsons, 4880 etc. so you have to question exactly how much you are going to use the printer, could you justify the extra for a far more reliable machine?
A3 is definitely a massive improvement over A4, opens up a lot more possibilities.Justin
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