Need help sourcing Sublimation Ink

[Dave Scott]

Hi, I've just got myself setup for sublimation printing , however where am i best off buying the ink from ? Can anyone point me in the right direction ? If possible id like to keep cost down as much as possible .

Thanks

Dave

[bms]

Hi, I've just got myself setup for sublimation printing , however where am i best off buying the ink from ? Can anyone point me in the right direction ? If possible id like to keep cost down as much as possible .

Thanks

Dave

Which printer do you have?

[pisquee]

If you have a large format printer (over 42" carriage width) then you have lots of choice and a relatively low £/ml cost (£85/litre)
However, if your printer is a small format/domestic printer size (less than 42") then you are stuck in a legal sense with buying Sawgrass' own brand inks, which are all pretty much price fixed (£480/litre)

For more details please read the FAQ lined to below in my signature.

[mrs maggot]

if you are looking to buy non supported ink (ie the ink most people use that dont have Ricoh or "supported" printers) then you will find that the forum is unfortunatley unable to help you as Sawgrass the supplier of ink has a habit of eating balls for breakfast of people selling other ink. im afraid google will have to be your friend.

[Charlie_]

Sawgrass the supplier of ink has a habit of eating balls for breakfast of people selling other ink. im afraid google will have to be your friend.

Love that bit Mrs M

[Dave Scott]

hi i have the Epson WP-4015 DN, i did buy some 'cheaper' ink from the internet , but I'm afraid that is what the results turned out to look like !!! Cheap .... Faded and WASHED OUT !! Black turned out brown , and no matter what i did it still turned out the same !!

[pisquee]

did the inks you bought off the internet come with an ICC profile? If not, you will need to get one made to get the inks to work properly.

[Dave Scott]

No they didn't , where or how do i get the right profile for the inks, ? the guy i bought them from sells on a very popular auction site , and he has lots of very , very good feedback , so i thought it strange that i was getting washed out results, maybe i have my printer setup wrong , (Epson WP-4015 DN) Any suggestions ? i have looked into sawgrass , as they supply the correct profiles, but they are just SO expensive !!

[WorthDoingRight]

Paul - the moderator on this forum is the man to PM about an ICC profile

[Dave Scott]

Thanks