First time buying a printer for sublimation mug printing

[SilentAlf]

Hi,

It's my first time on a forum. And i would like to try and start sublimation mug printing and wondered on what printer would be good to use and a good price lol.

Many thanks,

[Paul]

Hi. I think ricoh will be your best shot as it will work steight out of the box.

[bms]

Hi,

It's my first time on a forum. And i would like to try and start sublimation mug printing and wondered on what printer would be good to use and a good price lol.

Many thanks,

Welcome to the forum - echo what Paul says. The Ricoh SG3110DN would be your best starting place.

[SilentAlf]

Excellent, thank you for your responses. Do you know the cost of the ink? and do i need to buy black and colour inks? Sorry for all the questions

[bms]

Excellent, thank you for your responses. Do you know the cost of the ink? and do i need to buy black and colour inks? Sorry for all the questions

You'll need to buy a full set of inks and the RRP of a full set of inks is £175 +vat

[accdave]

Before you buy any inks or printers, invest in some coffee/tea/alcoholic substance, and a comfy chair

[SilentAlf]

Cool, not sure if you would know this but how many mugs could i print with a full set of inks? just so i could have a rough estimate of my over heads lol.

Many thanks,

[bms]

Cool, not sure if you would know this but how many mugs could i print with a full set of inks? just so i could have a rough estimate of my over heads lol.

Many thanks,

Depends on how much ink you put down per page and the density of the ink. As a guide, between 500 and 1000 mugs - the lower end for dense coloured images, the higher end for mug images with lots of white space and light colours

[SilentAlf]

Thank you very much for your help. Does printing software come with the Ricoh to enable me to do mug printing?

[WorthDoingRight]

The Ricoh will print from most applications using its powerdriver - there are plenty of free design softwares out there. So take a look at 'The Gimp', 'Paint.net', 'Inkscape' etc.