[jbcustomclothing]

This is my very first post even tho i have been reading the forum for the past year or so

i've been producing tshirts now for a year and it is time to go into the mug/ gift printing side of thing

I've been looking at a ricoh a4 printer with sublijet ink which i have 90% decided is right, please advise if it isn't?

but in my office i have a redundent Epson P50 printer with a continues ink system on which is almost empty. so could i buy some sub ink for this or is it not worth it? i would flush the system out and clean the nozzles but i've read some negative things about the clogging

so am i better of just buying a ricoh and binning the epson

thanks in advance

 

[mcpix]

I would recommend going with the Ricoh. We owned various small Epsons over the years and we were always fighting clogs. I've had my Ricoh for over 3 years and never had a clog. Part of it is the gel ink technology and part of it is that a Ricoh printer will use a little ink over time to keep itself primed even if you aren't printing anything.

 

[WalkingZombie]

As with MCPIX, I would recommend starting with the Ricoh. I wouldn't bin the Epson just so fast though. You can still try and flush the system and try some 'cheaper' nonOEM inks and just do daily nozzle checks to prevent clogging.

I have my Epson 1400 with a CISS and use overseas inks that actually look better on the final product versus the SG inks I used to use. $120 vs $950 (for 6 color inks)... uhhh I'd don't mind doing daily nozzle checks now that I have the 'cheaper' inks. Heck, I did hourly nozzle checks when I had SG inks and they STILL clogged. :/

As MCPIX stated, he doesn't have clogs but sadly, Ricoh still pushes a good amount of that expensive ink through those nozzles every so often. They call it the invisible vampire lol.

 

[jbcustomclothing]

thanks for the advise, still busy thinking on the best root to go really