Do all Epson WF printers use pigment ink?

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matesdesign

Discussion Starter · Mar 5, 2014 (Edited)

Hi,

I'm in the UK and am looking at picking up an Epson printer. I've read a lot of about workforce printers but I'm finding it hard trying to get exact information on what types of ink these printers use?

Do all WF printers use pigmented ink?

Thanks for the help.

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Ok I keep coming back to the Epson 7015 (it's the equivalent to the 7010 I believe in the US), only problem with this printer is the fact I don't really need something that is capable of printing up to A3 in size. I plan on working on a much smaller scale, probably no larger then a standard photograph actually so think having something that prints up to A3 in size will just be wasted on me.

Can anyone recommend a smaller printer that Epson do that is just as good??

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mgparrish

· #2 · Mar 6, 2014

matesdesign said:
Hi,

I'm in the UK and am looking at picking up an Epson printer. I've read a lot of about workforce printers but I'm finding it hard trying to get exact information on what types of ink these printers use?

Do all WF printers use pigmented ink?

Thanks for the help.

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Ok I keep coming back to the Epson 7015 (it's the equivalent to the 7010 I believe in the US), only problem with this printer is the fact I don't really need something that is capable of printing up to A3 in size. I plan on working on a much smaller scale, probably no larger then a standard photograph actually so think having something that prints up to A3 in size will just be wasted on me.

Can anyone recommend a smaller printer that Epson do that is just as good??

All desktop 4 color Epsons including WF models have pigment inks "native".

Here is a smaller less expensive Epson (UK) that is pigment based.

Epson WorkForce WF-2010W - Epson

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matesdesign

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 6, 2014

mgparrish said:
All desktop 4 color Epsons including WF models have pigment inks "native".

Here is a smaller less expensive Epson (UK) that is pigment based.

Epson WorkForce WF-2010W - Epson

Hi, firstly thanks for the post/suggested Epson printer.

It could well be exactly what I am looking for

Just wanted to double check, the DURABrite Ultra Ink that this printer uses? That is Pigment ink right?

I've googled it and that seems to suggest that it is indeed pigment based ink?

I just want to make sure before I go ahead and purchase.

Appreciate the help.

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MAXDesign

· #4 · Mar 6, 2014

Yep...Durabrite ink is pigment ink. I have an Epson WF-7015 with stock inks still in, and the results are superb. Good luck

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matesdesign

Discussion Starter · #5 · Mar 6, 2014 (Edited)

MAXDesign said:
Yep...Durabrite ink is pigment ink. I have an Epson WF-7015 with stock inks still in, and the results are superb. Good luck

Great thank you.

The WorkForce WF-2010W is currently only £49.98 on Amazon UK

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MAXDesign

· #6 · Mar 6, 2014

Bargain! I had a bargain on my 7015...got it off Amazon for £75 on offer 😀!!! What type of items are you going to be printing onto?...

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matesdesign

Discussion Starter · #7 · Mar 6, 2014 (Edited)

MAXDesign said:
Bargain! I had a bargain on my 7015...got it off Amazon for £75 on offer !!! What type of items are you going to be printing onto?...

Yeah it's a very good price and looks like exactly what I am after in terms of size/price/inks etc. Plus I have a £25 voucher to use on Amazon to

I did look into the 7015, and to be honest until this one popped up I probably would of gone with that.

I'll be using the printer to print on to Jet-Pro Soft Stretch heat transfer paper. I'm going to be making designs to go onto babies bibs, hence why I was only really after a smallish (well A4) printer.

As the bibs are quite small I can probably fit 2 designs per page of A4 paper. I already have the paper and am currently working on some designs in Adobe Illustrator.

I have a few different bibs, 100% cotton, 100% polyester and 65% cotton / 35% poly that I plan to do some tests on to see which works best. Trying to find some that are 50/50 but haven't come across any yet, well not any that are cheap enough to make this worthwhile.

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MAXDesign

· #8 · Mar 6, 2014

matesdesign said:
Yeah it's a very good price and looks like exactly what I am after in terms of size/price/inks etc. Plus I have a £25 voucher to use on Amazon to

I did look into the 7015, and to be honest until this one popped up I probably would of gone with that.

I'll be using the printer to print on to Jet-Pro Soft Stretch heat transfer paper. I'm going to be making designs to go onto babies bibs, hence why I was only really after a smallish (well A4) printer.

As the bibs are quite small I can probably fit 2 designs per page of A4 paper. I already have the paper and am currently working on some designs in Adobe Illustrator.

I have a few different bibs, 100% cotton, 100% polyester and 65% Poly / 35% cotton that I plan to do some tests on to see which works best. Trying to find some that are 50/50 but haven't come across any yet, well not any that are cheap enough to make this worthwhile.

Jet pro Soft Stretch is superb. I couldn't believe the quality of it when I first used it. The baby bib idea is a great idea. Is the material you are printing onto tightly woven enough? (ie not too ribbed) if you know what I mean, to prevent the design from having gaps? I bought some baby grows a while ago, from Sainsburys of all places, to do a couple of tests on for my brothers baby and they came out really well. I asked the question at the time about JPSS and durabrite inks being safe for babies, and couldn't get a 100% safe answer. Be interested to see what type of designs you're doing. Just text or images as well?...good market to tap into 😀

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matesdesign

Discussion Starter · #9 · Mar 6, 2014

MAXDesign said:
Jet pro Soft Stretch is superb. I couldn't believe the quality of it when I first used it. The baby bib idea is a great idea. Is the material you are printing onto tightly woven enough? (ie not too ribbed) if you know what I mean, to prevent the design from having gaps? I bought some baby grows a while ago, from Sainsburys of all places, to do a couple of tests on for my brothers baby and they came out really well. I asked the question at the time about JPSS and durabrite inks being safe for babies, and couldn't get a 100% safe answer. Be interested to see what type of designs you're doing. Just text or images as well?...good market to tap into 😀

I haven't used the JPSS paper yet, I actually bought some cheap heat transfer paper from Rymans and ran a couple of tests on a 100% cotton bib. Considering I used dye ink, the wrong paper, and a home iron to transfer the design onto the bib, it actually didn't turn out that bad at all.

So I'm excited to use this new printer with the proper paper.

I've managed to source some bibs really cheap, a lot of trawling through the net but I can get the bibs for as little as 65p each. I still need to decide what material make-up of bib will suit my work best though. But I've seen people flogging personalised bibs for up to £12! I reckon I can make a nice/home made/personalised product for as little as £1.50 so there is profit to be made.

The thing is, when it comes to babies and personalised stuff, people are willing to pay over the odds, just because it's for a baby.

The 100% cotton bibs I have at the mo are really tightly woven yes, it looks/feels totally flat and smooth. I was worried about the material being ribbed, or even kind of bobbly, as that's how I remember babies bibs being. I have some different bibs on the way, 100% poly and a mix of poly/cotton so look forward to testing those but hope they are tightly woven.

My designs will be a mix of images and text, some just images, some just text, and some both. Just plan on making maybe 6-8 designs I like to begin with and seeing how far I can push them.

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outbreak

· #10 · Mar 6, 2014

I've also used JPSS with my Epson 1100. When you print, it doesn't look that impressive BUT when you press it with your heat press the color REALLY pops!

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matesdesign

Discussion Starter · #11 · Mar 6, 2014

outbreak said:
I've also used JPSS with my Epson 1100. When you print, it doesn't look that impressive BUT when you press it with your heat press the color REALLY pops!

Thanks for the heads up.

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