no

why not just get an epson with xl refillable cartridges?
that is pretty much your best bet for your criteria

 

1. Buy any ecotank for $300 or less.

2. Keep the black ink which is pigment. Sell or give away the cyan, magenta and yellow which is a dye ink.

3. Buy Epson T542 ink bottles ($22 each) for cyan, magenta and yellow, which is pigment ink and use them, along with the black, in your printer instead. (Alternatively you can also buy pigment ink bottles from Ink Owl, Cosmos, and other 3rd party suppliers).

4. You're done!

 

I put pigment Pacitek ink from amazon in my epson 2803 and it clogged after 7 or 8 prints. Worried about trying that again. It was a nightmare even the bought solution to clear it and it didn't work still had missing segments.

 

There any printers that are use all pigment ink, preferably a tank printer that's is not 1000$$? Preferably not over 300.

What @splathead has suggested is a good and easy option.
These are the bulk version of the DURABrite inks, and work well.
If you start printing a lot, you can also switch to 1L bottles of third party inks and pay 1/4 of the price.
Here is one example.

 

Hmm I don't see the et-2800/03 on that ink Owl list. Maybe that's why it clogged the black printhead.

 

Hi all as I am newbie here which printer will you prefer to use?

 

when in doubt, defer to TABOB
he is right 90% of the time (probably closer to 91.5%, but we have to keep him humble)

 

Where u find that info on the website. I'm interested in reading more!

 

Where u find that info on the website. I'm interested in reading more!

It's on the Epson UK website, under the product specs.

 

thank you all for the very useful information... I need to refresh my old Artisan 835 printer... and want to be able to print T-shirts as hobby with good results, so a silly question: If I get a ET 2850, and get pigment inks either from Epson (2542?) or a third party, I should be good to go, right? and which would be the best (fool-proof; for white and dark) heat transfers I would need to get, please...I really want to start this hobby with my kids... thanks for any/all advise. JB

 

so a silly question: If I get a ET 2850, and get pigment inks either from Epson (2542?) or a third party, I should be good to go, right?

Epson T542 ink bottles, or third party DURABrite compatible inks.

which would be the best (fool-proof; for white and dark) heat transfers I would need to get, please...

There is no fool-proof option... I've seen people doing silly things.
Jet Pro soft-stretch for white/light color shirts works well enough.
For dark garments I would try the new Siser EasyColor DTV.

 

Thank you so much Bob! I will get these things...

 

There's an amazing amount of bad, incorrect suggestions here. Do the research to find out specifically what print heads are designed for pigmented inks. Then find out which printers use those print heads, Or limit your search terms to only pigmented ink printers. Simply changing inks in a dye based printer is not the way to go.

 

There's an amazing amount of bad, incorrect suggestions here. Do the research to find out specifically what print heads are designed for pigmented inks.

You don't know what you are talking about.
Epson does not make printheads "designed for pigmented inks".
The same printheads are used for both types of inks (same part numbers).
The variations Epson has are (aqueous, solvent and UV-cure). All of them can print both dye and pigment based inks.

 

I do not have much idea about the printer.
Can anybody suggest to me a good one, which is value for money and long last?

 

I do not have much idea about the printer.
Can anybody suggest to me a good one, which is value for money and long last?

Your question is off-topic here. Please create a new post in the Printer section of the forum and ask your questions there: Printers and Inks for Inkjet and Laser Transfers

 

There any printers that are use all pigment ink, preferably a tank printer that's is not 1000$$? Preferably not over 300.

You can take a look at the Epson EcoTank ET-4760 this one.