I bought an Epson ET 8500 on Black Friday for $499.00, and it arrived today. I’m considering converting it into a sublimation printer. I also have a Brother printer, and my DTF printer is on the way. I purchased the 8500 before the DTF printer went on sale, but the DTF’s sale price was such a steal I couldn’t pass it up. I’m debating whether to send the 8500 back, though its advantage is being larger than my Brother, which prints 8 x 14. On another note, how many printers do you have at home? My better half says five is too many, but they all have their purpose, lol.
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Hve you looked for who makes ink for that one for sublimation and priced Tha sublimation ink out? I think the place I get my sublimation ink from does the gray ink but it would be something to think about with deciding I had gone with the 1500 as my larger print format one because it’s the regular CMYB inks vs the 8500. I have 2 sublimation printers and one normal printer.
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No I havent looked at the ink what do you suggest any issues?
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Do you have a sublimation printer already?
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I honestly would return it for a 1500 cause the other ink colors myself I know I have seen others use the other areas for other colors and I have seen gray sublimation ink but I am not sure what all brands have it to use the colors that printer has as presets for printing from. I would just look more into the cost and availability of the sublimation ink colors…
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Yes, I have my brother’s small-format sublimation printer, which can print up to 8 x 14 inches.
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So all the Epson ET 8500 printers I have found can only print A4 which is slightly smaller than the 8 x 14 inches your brother can print. Maybe there is two models one for large format prints but I would double check that it prints the size you want before opening it. Plus when you convert an epson printer to sublimation anything that goes wrong with it is under no warranty and the company won’t help you in any way. I have a converted Epson printer that prints A4 and so far I love it but if I could afford a dedicated sublimation printer I would totally go for that over a converted one. I’m assuming your brother is a dedicated sublimation printer. I guess you have to ask yourself do you need another sublimation printer?
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Epsom 8550 is an A3+ printer.
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I have a converted Epson printer, but I’m considering getting the F170. I have problems with the colors. I usually print black and white images and force the printer to use grayscale when printing to avoid sublimating in brown.
I also have a normal epson printer.
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@chrischen Have you tried downloading ICC profiles for your converted Epson printer?
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No, I haven’t converted it yet. It’s still in the box, lol. I was waiting for my DTF printer to arrive before converting it, which is why I asked what that was.
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Yes, sometimes in prints ok, but most of the time the colors are off.
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Thank you…You gave me alot to consider
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This is the same file. The first one printed from Photoshop and the second with Illustrator.
I printed a second file in a F170 and this was the more accurate color.
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Wow, the variation is massive. I remember in my Amiga days (a looooong time ago) that kind of difference was normal behaviour!
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Oh ok, have you got your printer set up so it doesn’t allow other programs to change print settings? Going from one program to a different program shouldn’t create this issue. I’m thinking the programs are over writing what your printer settings are.
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I would have thought it shouldn’t happen when they’re both Adobe apps. Surely all Adobe software is processed for print the same way?
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One would think so but it’s not the case most of the time
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