Anybody used or is using the WF 7310 as a sublimation printer? Any good, or any pros and cons to consider? Speed, print quality etc...
I need to take my 'spare' 1500w from home to replace one of the ones at work that has died. I need a cheapy A3+ at home for occasional use for when I work from home (non photographic - mainly spot colours). Doesn't warrent spending £700 on anything better but on the other hand I don't want to waste £150 plus the cost of a Ciss on something that is no good.
Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
I have bought one a Workforce 7310 and just a quick update on how it is as a sublimation printer.
The machine prints well enough and at £143 for A3+ can't really complain. There are some cons that need to be considered -
1. Although it is listed as an A3+ printer this is only possible through the paper feed at the back of the printer. Unfortunately this only takes 1 sheet at a time so only for occasional/low volume A3+ use. If you try to add two sheets at a time both sheets are fed trhough together.
2. The printer is great for regular A3 paper through the number one paper cartridge. The number 2 cartridge is only suitable for regular paper.
3. The printer is only suitable for low volume use. The first three A3 pages come out within about a total of 4 mins, after that the machine slows right down to about 6 mins a sheet (to stop the print head overheating according to Epson) which is similar to the 1500w speed. After 15 mins of inactivity the speed goes back to normal
My take on this is that the 7310 is great if you want to print little and often throughout the day but less good if you want to print large batches at once. The optimal quantity is about 8 - 10 sheets between breaks. That will still give a reasonable yield of about 10 sheets every hour.
4. At the moment there are no auto reset chips available for Ciss systems so a chip resetter is needed (comes with the ciss). There are auto reset chips available for refillable carts so you might want to go down the route of having two sets of these on hand. The capacity of the cartridge is about 50% more than that of the 1500w so it wont involve too many cartridge changes.
All in all the 7310 is good enough for light use and I am happy enough with it. I bought this with the specific purpose of prolonging the life of my last two 1500w's. I print a lot of simple text designs mainly for hivis and it is a waste to put milage onto a good quality 6 colour printer to produce such simple stuff. Considering that the cost of rep[lacing the 1500w's with current equivelent will be £600+ each this is £143 well spent.
The machine prints well enough and at £143 for A3+ can't really complain. There are some cons that need to be considered -
1. Although it is listed as an A3+ printer this is only possible through the paper feed at the back of the printer. Unfortunately this only takes 1 sheet at a time so only for occasional/low volume A3+ use. If you try to add two sheets at a time both sheets are fed trhough together.
2. The printer is great for regular A3 paper through the number one paper cartridge. The number 2 cartridge is only suitable for regular paper.
3. The printer is only suitable for low volume use. The first three A3 pages come out within about a total of 4 mins, after that the machine slows right down to about 6 mins a sheet (to stop the print head overheating according to Epson) which is similar to the 1500w speed. After 15 mins of inactivity the speed goes back to normal
My take on this is that the 7310 is great if you want to print little and often throughout the day but less good if you want to print large batches at once. The optimal quantity is about 8 - 10 sheets between breaks. That will still give a reasonable yield of about 10 sheets every hour.
4. At the moment there are no auto reset chips available for Ciss systems so a chip resetter is needed (comes with the ciss). There are auto reset chips available for refillable carts so you might want to go down the route of having two sets of these on hand. The capacity of the cartridge is about 50% more than that of the 1500w so it wont involve too many cartridge changes.
All in all the 7310 is good enough for light use and I am happy enough with it. I bought this with the specific purpose of prolonging the life of my last two 1500w's. I print a lot of simple text designs mainly for hivis and it is a waste to put milage onto a good quality 6 colour printer to produce such simple stuff. Considering that the cost of rep[lacing the 1500w's with current equivelent will be £600+ each this is £143 well spent.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
Update.
Successful days printing - 110 A3 sheets - but when it came to reset the ink chips on the ciss the printer wouldn't recognise the carts when reinstalled. The chip resseter seemed to work fine, so maybe something in the firm ware of the printer. Tried reinstalling the drivers several times but no improvement. Spent a morning trying to sort the problem.
Replaced the ciss with a set of refillable carts with auto reset chips. Had to reinstall the drivers but it seems to work just fine, even after taking out and refilling.
No real hardship using refillables. The cart holds about 22ml of ink each so not needing to change every 5 mins. If it ever becomes a problem I will get a second set of carts. The refillables don't appear to slow the printing down as much as the ciss did.
In conclusion I am still recommend the printer for the price, but just use refillable carts with auto reset chips.
Successful days printing - 110 A3 sheets - but when it came to reset the ink chips on the ciss the printer wouldn't recognise the carts when reinstalled. The chip resseter seemed to work fine, so maybe something in the firm ware of the printer. Tried reinstalling the drivers several times but no improvement. Spent a morning trying to sort the problem.
Replaced the ciss with a set of refillable carts with auto reset chips. Had to reinstall the drivers but it seems to work just fine, even after taking out and refilling.
No real hardship using refillables. The cart holds about 22ml of ink each so not needing to change every 5 mins. If it ever becomes a problem I will get a second set of carts. The refillables don't appear to slow the printing down as much as the ciss did.
In conclusion I am still recommend the printer for the price, but just use refillable carts with auto reset chips.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
Final update after having used the printer (without ciss) for a week.
Great little printer, damn site faster than 1500w. After I sorted out the issue with the ciss and using refillables instead the printer didn't go into 'limp mode' after a few pages. I printed 93 A3 pages in four and a half hours, compared to 12 prints an hour for the same design on the 1500w.
The refillables weren't a problem. I got nearly 80 A3 prints before needing to refill the carts. Any inconvenience can be offset by having a second set of carts filled and ready to go.
The best part is that I didn't get the constant paper misfeeds that I get with all of the 1500w's. I could set this printing running and go of and do something else without needing to check it was still printing every few minutes.
Only taking one A3+ sheet at a time is a downside, but I can design around that in many cases. The A3 paper cassette holds more than a pack of paper at any one time which is more than the paper tray on the 1500 holds, so that is useful.
Only four colours so not the extended colour gamut of a six channel printer. I mainly print garments so that is not always a major issue. When my last two 1500's die I will probably end up running two of these alongside one 6 colour photo printer for anything that needs a wider gamut or higher print resolution(probably an ET18100).
All in all a good little cheapy for everyday use. At £143 + the cost of refillable carts it paid for itself four times over on the first 200 shirt job.
Great little printer, damn site faster than 1500w. After I sorted out the issue with the ciss and using refillables instead the printer didn't go into 'limp mode' after a few pages. I printed 93 A3 pages in four and a half hours, compared to 12 prints an hour for the same design on the 1500w.
The refillables weren't a problem. I got nearly 80 A3 prints before needing to refill the carts. Any inconvenience can be offset by having a second set of carts filled and ready to go.
The best part is that I didn't get the constant paper misfeeds that I get with all of the 1500w's. I could set this printing running and go of and do something else without needing to check it was still printing every few minutes.
Only taking one A3+ sheet at a time is a downside, but I can design around that in many cases. The A3 paper cassette holds more than a pack of paper at any one time which is more than the paper tray on the 1500 holds, so that is useful.
Only four colours so not the extended colour gamut of a six channel printer. I mainly print garments so that is not always a major issue. When my last two 1500's die I will probably end up running two of these alongside one 6 colour photo printer for anything that needs a wider gamut or higher print resolution(probably an ET18100).
All in all a good little cheapy for everyday use. At £143 + the cost of refillable carts it paid for itself four times over on the first 200 shirt job.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
For the life of me I cannot get my coreldraw files to print on my new WF-7310 in the correct colours. Doesnt seem to work with a ICC correctly. Strange that if I convert something to a CMYK image it prints near perfect colours???
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
9 months on, hows the wf going?pw66;153149 wrote:Final update after having used the printer (without ciss) for a week.
Great little printer, damn site faster than 1500w. After I sorted out the issue with the ciss and using refillables instead the printer didn't go into 'limp mode' after a few pages. I printed 93 A3 pages in four and a half hours, compared to 12 prints an hour for the same design on the 1500w.
The refillables weren't a problem. I got nearly 80 A3 prints before needing to refill the carts. Any inconvenience can be offset by having a second set of carts filled and ready to go.
The best part is that I didn't get the constant paper misfeeds that I get with all of the 1500w's. I could set this printing running and go of and do something else without needing to check it was still printing every few minutes.
Only taking one A3+ sheet at a time is a downside, but I can design around that in many cases. The A3 paper cassette holds more than a pack of paper at any one time which is more than the paper tray on the 1500 holds, so that is useful.
Only four colours so not the extended colour gamut of a six channel printer. I mainly print garments so that is not always a major issue. When my last two 1500's die I will probably end up running two of these alongside one 6 colour photo printer for anything that needs a wider gamut or higher print resolution(probably an ET18100).
All in all a good little cheapy for everyday use. At £143 + the cost of refillable carts it paid for itself four times over on the first 200 shirt job.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
It hasn't missed a beat. About 50% faster than Epson six colour photo printers, so I can easily print 100+ A3 full colour sheets in a day. Best part is that I don't get the constant paper miss feeds that I used to get on the 1500w so I can leave it to print unattended while I get on with other things. On a full days printing I only have to refill each ink cartridge once.GoldRapt;154099 wrote:9 months on, hows the wf going?
I mostly print onto t-shirts, so I don't need a higher resolution 6 colour photo printer.
Getting good colours using Inktec Sublinova ink and s;race paper.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
Is that just white t shirts or has dye sub moved on since I last looked at it please?
I never got into it as I prefer 100% cotton.
I never got into it as I prefer 100% cotton.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
You can print dark/black designs onto light coloured shirts. Printing colours depends on the garment colour- red print works well on yellow hi vis but not on orange.GoldRapt;154102 wrote:Is that just white t shirts or has dye sub moved on since I last looked at it please?
I never got into it as I prefer 100% cotton.
There is a market for cotton feel polyester shirts for stag/hen does where the customer requires a photograph of the 'victim' of the wedding. Outside of that it is mainly sportswear.
Re: Epson wf 7310 - any good for sublimation?
Mac or PC?webuk44;154097 wrote:For the life of me I cannot get my coreldraw files to print on my new WF-7310 in the correct colours. Doesnt seem to work with a ICC correctly. Strange that if I convert something to a CMYK image it prints near perfect colours???
Macs don't play well with outputting custom profiles - they convert files to their own internal profiles.
If using a PC are you switching off colour correction in the printer settings? Is the ICC speciffic to your ink/paper/printer?
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