Re: Which printer?
Posted: 18 Apr 2018, 09:13
It is rather odd, I can't really say why you have had so many issues to be honest. The WF2630/2010/2510 etc use the exact same printing head as the XP2**/3**/4** series even the chip recognition board is the same but with differing firmware to accept either T18/16/29 series ink cartridges. The printing head is the same part number.Customprintwales;131519 wrote:I think the issue is that WF series are an office printer and not optimised for photos but for speed. They are ok with vectors which get printed like a plotter would. But a lot moreink gets pushed through the head on photo printing.
I think this is also the issue with heads constantly being clogged on the WF. When you print sublimation prints and using high quality I don't think the heads are cleaned enough between prints and the excess ink clogs the head. A bit like if you do too many head cleans
The XP series are a basic photo printer and heads can dope with the demands of photo printing.
I used to have WF printers and went through 3 of them in a year. Gave up in the end - those were for A3 prints. My first sublimation print the XP323 which does A4 is still going strong without any issues of head clogs for the last 4 years. The only issue I have is with the occasional cartridge not recognised.
The WF7110/7610/2750 do use a slightly different printing head (with the larger amount of black printing nozzles) I did find these a little troublesome on budget sublimation inks but with the Inktec inks they are perfect.
Strange, but as they say, each to their own you stick with whatever works for you
Alex