Inktec

[GoonerGary]

I use InkTec Sublinova Pro SEA, it's great ink and it's a brand new formulae. I had left my printer unused for a year and all I had was a little blip in my nozzle check. A quick clean brought it back to normal.

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We keep toying with the idea of moving to SEA, but as we're getting great results with Smart it seems more hassel than it's worth to change the inks over and doing all the ICC profiling again. If we were starting out now, we would probably have gone for the SEA range though, as it's not much more per litre.

[Andrew]

Never heard if sea? What are the benefits over sublinova?

[GoonerGary]

SEA is a code, it's labelled as Sublinova Advanced. They do two big litre inks, the technical data sheets say they are suitable for the same type of substrates, worth another look for more detail.

http://www.inktec.com/english/pdf/lfp/S ... 0118_I.pdf

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Sublinova Smart (product/SKU code "DTI") was formally known as Diect Transfer ink, as it can be used for both direct to fabric sublimation as well as via transfer papers. This is their standard sublimation ink, and designed to work in most piezo headed printers. This range has the most colour options available, and is the one most common on Ebay.
Sublinova Advanced (product/SKU code "SEA") is their newer formula, supposedly designed for newer Epson print heads. This supposedly has better colours, with two black options. This ink isn't so common, with only one seller on Ebay carrying it - I can't find any other sellers in the UK online with it.
They have another "Sublinova Rapid" (product/SKU code "SEB") which is designed for newer higher speed printers. I can't find any sellers carrying this one.