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Im looking at playing for the first time with sublimation printing just on Tshirts to try it out.
Ive looked into it and apparently my Epson SX445W printer will accept sublimation ink.

But ? Is it really as simple as buying some sublimation cartridges & Sub Paper printing and pressing ?

Am i missing something ?

Sorry for the newbie question

Well... Yes.put carts in and start printing and pressing. But if you want to producedecent quality stuff you will need icc color correction profile, learn correct times,presure and temperatures + tone of other stuff

Paul;50717 wrote:But if you want to producedecent quality stuff you will need icc color correction profile..........

Are you still doing the icc profiles Paul with your machine?

Kahboose;50715 wrote:Im looking at playing for the first time with sublimation printing just on Tshirts to try it out.
Ive looked into it and apparently my Epson SX445W printer will accept sublimation ink.

But ? Is it really as simple as buying some sublimation cartridges & Sub Paper printing and pressing ?



Am i missing something ?

Sorry for the newbie question

Well im using an epson SX435W, all seems great at moment, saying that when i get the photo shop elements delivered I will get paul to do me a profile. saying that what ive done so far with it I am rather impressed with.

AdamB;50750 wrote:Are you still doing the icc profiles Paul with your machine?

Yes, i do

Excellent advice as always guys many thanks

Just a couple of questions more if thats ok please

Can i just swap over the cartridges from the standard ones ?
Also were is the best place to go for sub cartridges & Paper ?

Many thanks all

I believe you cannot just swap the cartridges as you would have to flush out the ink that is already in the printer which would be costly with sub ink.

On your other question BMS are a good suppplier.

Hope this helps and hopefully someone will be along soon to elaborate on the answers and correct me if i am wrong.

Craig

Kahboose;50773 wrote:Excellent advice as always guys many thanks

Just a couple of questions more if thats ok please
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Can i just swap over the cartridges from the standard ones ?
Also were is the best place to go for sub cartridges & Paper ?

Many thanks all

You ccan get sub cartridges for the SX435 as its not aan officially supported printer. So you'll have to buy the ink, a set of refillable cartridges, profile it and trust it all works. The inks alone are going to cost £200+vat. Whenever topic such as this come up I question the logic of using a printer just because you've got it and then trying to fit the square peg in the round hole. A new Ricoh (such as the GXe3300) will cost around £260-£270 +vat and with that you get a fully supported, warrantied, tested printer that comes with everything you need including the PowerDriver software for colour management.

By the time you buy the individual components to get your SX435 working then you could save yourself time, testing, fault finding and just get a new printer dedicated for sub printing.

Thanks Martin.
Your post as made me double think on using my current printer it just wouldnt be cost effective.

I am still keen to look at playing around with sublimation but looking around i was wondering what Laser Printers are like ?
and a good place to start to look for more info , if anyone can help please