<t>Received new Ricoh (included warnings about using the incorrect ink cartridges) and all is OK now. Printed a few mugs and they came out surprisingly professional looking - so much so, have just received an order to design and create 120 for a friend - only charging her £3.00 a mug but at least ...

<t>Just in case you're wondering, the 1st Ricoh printer was bought from Printerland.co.uk - but like I said - I think this was my own mistake - not thiers, although I like the idea of a warning about using the supplied cartridges included in the box.<br/>
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I will try to clean it with the IPA ...

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The OP says that he used inks that were "packaged with the printer". It could well be that, having read so many reports that this is a good printer for dye-sub, he bought it believing it came with dye-sub inks. QUOTE]<br/>
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Yes, this is ...

Not sure if this helps... I had a similar problem a few years ago with an old PC that had not been used for 4 years. I found a battery inside - looked like a large watch battery. I replaced this and the PC worked again.

<t>New printer ordered with correct ink.... I'll def. need to sell a few mugs now - luckily have a few friends having babies and weddings so maybe I can convince them that giving away mugs instead of those almond sweets is the way to go for 2011. <br/>
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I'll post when the 1st mug comes out OK ...

<t>Oh... hadn't thought of that. Maybe I could load the new ink cartidges and then print loads of A4 photos of something so that the gel ink is used and the sub ink gets through... probably means wasted ink but I'm hoping that the contamination in the printer pipes won't be too much of a problem. Do ...

<r>I've phoned the supplier and they confirmed the printer came with gel ink... not sublimation ink. They also said that Ricoh does not advise using it for dye sublimation... I've looked on this forum and many people seem to be using it for that so I'll bite the bullet and order some 'proper ...

<t>Hi all,<br/>
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My first post so I'm hoping someone can help... <br/>
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I have a new Ricoh GX e3300n printer, some sublimation paper, some sublimation mugs from coralgraph and a mug press. It is a cheap mug press but as I'm not doing this to make money I'm hoping that it will do for me.<br ...

<t>Hi all,<br/>
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Just a quick introduction... <br/>
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I work full time as a computer programmer so am not a professional or expert in printing and have never sold anything I've made - I generally just do it for presents or for the family on request - I love creating things that look nice ...