Sublimation printing is the chemical process that allows special sublimation inks to pass from paper to sublimation products by heating.
This printer is perfect for most sublimation products such as Polyester T-shirt, mouse pad, mug, plate, tile, cap, phone cover and all up to A4 size products.
Product Details:
Brand Name————Epson
Type———————-Multi-Function Inkjet Printer
Printing size:———–A4 size
Color———————4 color
Ink set——————–C,M,Y,K
Printing resolution—–5760x1440dpi
Ink Delivery System—-Ecotank System
Printer Drivers———-Windows and MAC
Product Dimensions—-375mm (W) x 347mm (D) x 169mm (H)
Weight——————–2.7Kg
Most Common Sublimation Problem:
- PINWHEELS ON PRINTED SUBLIMATION TRANSFERS
Pinwheels, also known as roller marks or pizza wheel marks, are dotted lines that can appear on sublimation transfers. These marks are caused by the ink on the paper not drying fast enough, resulting in the wet ink being picked up by the roller and transferred onto the rest of the paper, particularly in the case of full-coverage dark-colour images.
It is important to note that this issue is not caused by the printer itself, but rather is a characteristic of sublimation-coated paper. To address this issue, the following steps can be taken:
- Clean the gears with alcohol using a riband if black dots (pinwheels) are present.
- Use economic paper to avoid this issue. Additionally, using a longer time and higher temperatures will not result in a significant difference in the printing results between premium paper and economic paper, particularly for mug printing.
If you still want to use premium sublimation paper, try reducing the speed and providing more time for the paper to dry before it exits the printer. Additionally, reducing print density can also help improve this issue. check the following picture for the setting.
It should also be noted that pinwheels can be a random issue and may or may not appear from the start.
As such, it is important to choose your printer carefully as this issue cannot be used as a reason for a refund.
Term and Conditions
The sublimation printer is ordinary Epson inkjet printer with special sublimation inks.
As this printer is home-use based printer, so you can’t use it as heavy-duty print such as 100 pages a day.
The lifetime for printer will be reduced and it won’t come with 12 months warranty for this special purpose. Printer is also non-refundable product and we can’t process the refund once the ink has filled.
So please choose it carefully.
Don’t purchase if you can’t accept this condition.
If you order online and that means you have accepted this special condition.
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As this is the most economical way for sublimation printing and printer only costs around $200 by itself.
So, we do have customer who only use this type of printer for start. Then they may get commercial one later.
On another hand, we also have some customers who use it for commercial heavy-duty print and they change the printer regularly as consumables such as a couple of months or even a couple of weeks.
Because they have done the calculation: the printing cost is 5 times cheaper than commercial one.
In the market the commercial sublimation printer cost is more than $1000.
So even they changed the printer regularly but it is still cheaper for commercial printing.
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So, it is not an excuse you want use this cheaper version printer for heavy printing and you have saved more than $500 or even $1000, and you don’t want to pay $200 to get another printer when your one has died during the high-volume printing.
So, you can make your own decision.
ATTETION: Please keep original ink (with special nozzle) for refill purpose:
Please unscrew lid and fill it with new ink.