Just FYI. I didnt order the A3 from IEHK. But just bought one off a guy that ordered it from them. He sat on it for 4 months could never figure out how to use it. Drove two hours to go pick it up for 1500. When I got back home to power it up the PW sensor wasn't removed so it was throwing errors, temporary piece of electrical tape and all better till I can remove it. Base is ok I guess. It's like a white plexiglass top, no extra plugs or buttons to deal with. Just load the shirt, push in the tray and print. Personally I like the tuck in bases. The a3 unit you literally just lay the shirt in the platen and print. I have another unit with a UFO base which I like much better. But for 1500 bucks it prints shirts. If your still looking I would look into nikkodtg He uses much better bases I'm not sure what his shipping charges are but the guys total cost with shipping from iehk was 3k.