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bms;39553 wrote:You'll need to find out what ink you've had put in your cartridges - I'm presuming it is sublimation ink isn't it?

Yes its sublimation ink it had chinese writing on the side of the bottles apparently, I am going to buy some ink tonight which is the best to buy? someone told me ARTAINIUM, does anyone know what is the best printer to use for sublimation for mugs?? OMG very confuzzled here lol

Complete Mug;39570 wrote:Yes its sublimation ink it had chinese writing on the side of the bottles apparently, I am going to buy some ink tonight which is the best to buy? someone told me ARTAINIUM, does anyone know what is the best printer to use for sublimation for mugs?? OMG very confuzzled here lol

Artainium is the most popular sublimation ink in the UK for Epson printers. Depends what you mean by 'best'. The most trouble free printers are the Ricoh - the GXe3300 is the A4 printer.

there is no such thing as "the best" ink. There is only thing as legal to sell ink and 3rd party ink that is not allowed to be sold to desktop printers.

Trouble free printer that will work out of the box is as Martin said. Ricoh.

Paul;39572 wrote:there is no such thing as "the best" ink. There is only thing as legal to sell ink and 3rd party ink that is not allowed to be sold to desktop printers.

Trouble free printer that will work out of the box is as Martin said. Ricoh.

Thanks Paul...i am new to all this i'm afraid and just dont know the in's and out's of it all....maybe something i should have thought of before buying this on a whim, I always buy genuine inks for my big HP 5000PS printer for my canvas work so am not bothered about a price, I was just not aware at all.

thats fine budy. every one is "new" once
If you dont care about price then go for ricoh save you some hair on your head lol

Complete Mug;39570 wrote:Yes its sublimation ink it had chinese writing on the side of the bottles apparently,

Great stuff, people often have queries about dealing with Chinese companies, now we have our very own translator

accdave;39578 wrote:Great stuff, people often have queries about dealing with Chinese companies, now we have our very own translator

Atleast everyone is getting a good old laugh hey lol but my prints are still quite faded and I dont know why....is there anywhere i can post a pic of what the finished product looks like and get peeps views on where i'm going wrong??

[ATTACH=CONFIG]839[/ATTACH]Heres the bottle the only one i got with it , maybe somebody can recognise it , its deffo sublimation ink otherwise surely i wouldnt be getting a faded image on a mug.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]840[/ATTACH]and here's the first one i done , its not baddd but its not good sorry its a bit blurred .

hi, recognise those bottles, can't remember the make though. Can be found on AliBaba and from time-to-time pop up briefly on Ebay. You want to find an ink brand that is within your budget/business plan, but also is readily available - no point getting all set up with a nice full set of inks, and a custom profile, to then run out of ink and not be able to find the same inks again to refill with, or can't afford to.
There is a good thread to read regarding the issues of different printers and inks on the forum here ...
http://www.dyesubforum.co.uk/vbforum/sh ... #post38711

I am always wary of people claiming absolutes like "xxx is the best" for inks and printers, along with claims that Epson's are "prone to clogging" and Ricohs are perfect!... do your research here, on other forums, and the internet as a whole and make your own mind up as to which way you want to go about things. Be wary of dealers overly trying to push one brand/system.

Googling the terms "sawgrass epson ricoh printer problems" may be a good start ...