powerDriver

[Paul]

hi! Can I use powerdriver with artanium inks? whats the diferent betwen powerdriver and use icc?
thanx

paul

[bms]

PowerDriver is only supported for certain sublimation inks/ printers. It's not available for Artainium inks.

PowerDriver is used with SubliJetR (Ricoh) and SubliJet (Epson) sublimation inks - SubliJet is the bag CIS system available from a couple of resellers.

[Paul]

right... is the ink differ then? coz I thought I can give it a go with my B1100

[bms]

You can get the SubliJet inks for the B1100 - we can get these from Sawgrass. You'll need a new continuous ink system as well as 5 bags full of the SubliJet inks. The bags use a quick connect system to connect to the CIS.

I don't have the figures to hand at the moment, but I think each bag is around £65-70 +vat and then you need to buy the Sawgrass CIS as well. Total cost around £400 plus vat.

[Paul]

I skip that one then I just printed through powerdriver picture and it come out as printed via icc I will test it tomorrow. who knows... I may be lucky this time

[bms]

The PowerDriver software works with the SubliJet inks and these inks are a slightly different formulation to the Artainium inks. For optimium results you need the SubliJet inks with PowerDriver - Artainium inks with PowerDriver won't give the same results as SubliJet inks with PowerDriver. Likewise the ICC profiles are matched to the printer & ink combination so the ICC profile for a B1100 will be different if you are using Artainium, SubliJet or Rotech sublimation inks (which are all produced under the 'Sawgrass' parent company).