Ricoh GX5050n

[Calypso Bay]

can anyone tell me how i get a CISS system to attach? to the printers???

[Justin]

The Ricoh use cartridges not CIS. The carts will set you back £60 a piece (£240!) Personally I wish I hadn't dived in and set a Ricoh up as my D120 is putting out better images at the moment!

No choice in the Ricoh though, it's a Gelsprinter so needs the Artainium.

Justin

[John G]

Bought mine from them too - was that impressed i've bought another as a spare for any future problems, none so far, touch wood.

[Calypso Bay]

Hi Again All!

Just touching base again. I decided to chance it with the Ricoh GX5050N and went down to print traders in Stockport. My God! It was a printers scrap yard, I kid you not! It was massive and I was dazed for a few moments just looking at the number of printers they had. They are based in an old mill, and occupy one of the floors whch would be the size of a large Tesco's. There were printers everywhere! They've bought out the remaining stock of the GX5050n's and have plenty in stock if anyone wants one.

Whilst on the subject, where do you guys get your sublimation cartridges for them and what are you paying, if you dont mind me asking.

Cheers.

[bms]

The cartridges are £59/£60 +vat each or you can get a full set of 4 for £235+vat. You will need to download the ICC profile from the Sawgrass webiste for the GX5050.

[Calypso Bay]

Thanks Martin,

I am hoping to get the DF1 from you soon aswell mate.

[Justin]

You can have my 5050 I'm about to put it in the bin. Xpres have been no help whatsoever which is a shame as I've been buying from them for many years.
Ricoh Support ignore all emails. Only option I have is to send the printer back under warranty but I'll lose the subli ink in there which as we know is the expensive bit

Justin

[Calypso Bay]

Sorry to learn you've had problems Justin. I hope mine turns out okay. What actually happened to it? Perhaps a member can advise?
What have you got in mind next for a printer, then or are you sticking with the D120?

[Justin]

I'm getting very thin lines across the image which transfer into the print, tried all the usual cleaning/flushing, even reset to factory standards in case I'd changed the head alignment incorrectly but the lines remain.
I find the image quality nowhere near as good as any of my Epsons, D120, 1400, even the D88 was better.
I've now been told on 3 seperate occasions (including a major supplier) that the 5050 cannot come close to a 1400 on image quality.

I've ben using my D120 which is working a treat with refillable carts. had to ditch the 1400 due to a blocked head so I'm weary but would like to return to this printer one day.

Justin

[bms]

No choice in the Ricoh though, it's a Gelsprinter so needs the Artainium.

The Ricoh doesn't use Artainium ink, but rather Subli-Jet ink. Sawgrass have 3 brands of ink which are slighly different - (1) Subli-Jet (mainly sold in the US but also available from a couple of suppliers in the UK) and this generally uses the PowerDriver Software, (2) Artainium which is mostly sold in the UK and (3) Rotech following the acquisition of Rotech in Europe by Sawgrass.

The Ricoh uses inks branded as Subli-JetR which effectively allows the distributors of Artainium ink sell Subli-JetR inks (normally an Artainium dealer could not sell Subli-Jet inks due to the agreement signed with Sawgrass).

Justin - I would expect Xpres to support the problem you're reporting, or at least contact Sawgrass on your behalf.