Best 1st A4 Printer For Mugs?? Ricoh? Epsom?

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Can anyone suggest what might be the best 1st printer to buy to begin my sublimation journey. I want to print mugs.

I have been told that Ricoh printers are good but the A4 one I want is now no longer being made, so any suggestions on the best and cheapest first printer you would suggest?

Many thanks for any pointers

C x

[UK Printed Mugs]

SG400 for trouble free easy to use printing with no head blockages.

[DyeSubSupplies]

We we still have plenty of the following printers in stock

http://www.dyesublimationsupplies.co.uk ... mation-Ink

if you need any more help or information please feel free to get in touch.
Steve

Can anyone suggest what might be the best 1st printer to buy to begin my sublimation journey. I want to print mugs.

I have been told that Ricoh printers are good but the A4 one I want is now no longer being made, so any suggestions on the best and cheapest first printer you would suggest?

Many thanks for any pointers

C x

[Dalbag123]

I would also highly recommend the sg400

[DyeSubSupplies]

Hi Dalbag123 what do you think are the differences between the sg3110 and the sg400?

Also for anybody that is thinking of starting up with sublimation or investing in new equipment ect we are exhibiting at the Printwear and Promotion show this month at the NEC and will have a SG3110 on the stand demonstrating the Sublisplash ink.

I would also highly recommend the sg400

[Ricky@Xpres]

The Main differences between the Ricoh SG3110 and the new Sawgrass SG400

• 2 years warranty with Virtuoso.

• With Virtuoso FOC Creative Studio software included offering unrivalled ease of use with over 3,000 images + clip art and inclusion of complete range of dye sub product templates.

• Higher Resolution with Virtuoso 1200x 1200dpi vs 600x 600dpi with Ricoh.

• Virtuoso faster and higher quality at equivalent Ricoh 600x600dpi setting.

• Improved dot formation and placement with new XY drive system offers higher quality output with Virtuoso.

• 26% wider colour gamut, more vibrant blues, reds and deeper blacks with Virtuoso.

• Virtuoso offers less ink usage than Ricoh due to higher density ink.

• Virtuoso ink is 5% cheaper SRP than the Ricoh Sublijet R ink.

• Ricoh no longer have a licence for Mac support, so any Ricoh now sold can only be printed to by a PC platform and not via a Mac.

• Included FOC with the With Virtuoso The New Virtuoso Print Manager – This is the New universal color management engine from Sawgrass, offering the fundamental production features associated with a RIP, whilst keeping the simplicity and ease of use of a print driver.

• Minimum of 18 months Virtuosos ink shelf life when shipped from Sheffield - Ricoh minimum 9 months ink shelf life when shipped from Sheffield.

• Virtuoso Print Manager software Offers;

Mac and PC compatibility
Reduces production costs by optimizing paper usage
Increased productivity
The ultimate in colour consistency and accuracy

Fundamental production RIP features are incorporated as follows;

Drives multiple printers simultaneously
Multiple hot folder configuraton
Hot folder drag & drop
PDF, JPEG and PNG file support
Ganging/nesting and multiple copies of jobs
Dedicated preview with real time colour correction
Support for all popular graphics software including CorelDRAW, Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Illustrator, Sawgrass Creative Studio.
Support for Silhouette and Graphtec cutter software

[logobear]

the Richo printers are all dead easy to use and reliable. inks may be slightly more costsly, but all the profiling etc is done for you.
If you get from (eg) The magic Touch they will help you on the way and provide any tec support you need to get started.

[willd]

Another upvote for the SG system.

As I've noted previously, we bought an SG800 with Sublijet HD ink about twelve months ago, and are into our second set of inks with it. It's not missed a beat, and we've never had a poor print out of it that's not been down to us.

It does have a couple of foibles though - the print isn't fully centred across the paper, though I think that can be adjusted via software settings in the printer, and sometimes it thuds gently on each traverse of the printhead, as if it's slightly overtravelling and touching a stop.

It's likely that we would have tried the sublisplash inks, but we feel that they missed a huge opportuntiy with their pricing, and I do have reservations about what seems to be excessive contrast in the prints shown in one of the comparison/demo videos (albeit that the comparison ink in that particular video was Sublijet R).

I just checked the price difference between the Sublijet HD inks and Sublisplash inks out of interest - at present the latter is around 2.5% cheaper on a set of high capacity carts, delivered...

Will.