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Hi, new to all this printing malarky, went to the focus on imaging show and was stunned by the quality of the sublimation printing. So have decided to have a bash as both me and my son do a fair bit of photography and have been looking for something better than the standard canvas. I like to do everything as cheap (but as good) as possible, so I have started with some faulty ricoh 7000 printers from Ebay to repair.
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Welcome to the forum Keith. :biggrin:
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There's doing stuff on the cheap and doing stuff on the cheap - buying a good quality professional level printer that is still working, rather than a broken home/office printer would have been a good move.
Not that I'm trying to tell you off as such, just it's not a route I would recommend to newbies who may be reading this thinking they my try the same thing. It's your time/money if you want to try and resurrect the 7000.
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Maybe I should have explained, firstly I have spent 30+ years repairing electronic goods as my job, including many inkjet/laser printers, so buying these printers is a fairly good punt for me. Secondly, I am only playing at this at the moment, for personal use and possibly some bits for my wifes business, so I was not about to go out and spend proper money. If I get on with it, find a use for it and decide to take it further, I will no doubt invest in some 'proper gear'. In the meantime I hope to pick the collective brains of this knowledgable forum, and hopefully contribute some of my experience to help others along.
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Ah, fair enough if you know what you're doing servicing printers, and I was hoping you'd have a response along those lines.
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