Screen Printing Blog » Equipment http://www.screenprintingguy.com/blog Where The Ink Meets The T-Shirt Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:17:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Epson R1800 Printer For Art Transparencies http://www.screenprintingguy.com/blog/epson-r1800-printer-for-art-transparencies/ http://www.screenprintingguy.com/blog/epson-r1800-printer-for-art-transparencies/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:47:11 +0000 steve http://www.screenprintingguy.com/blog/?p=51 epson-r1800-printerR1800 Printer

For the past couple of years I have been using a Epson Stylus Photo R1800 Inkjet Printer

The Ink:

The ink supplied with the printer is great for picture printing but not for screen printing art.  It also will burn through a stock ink cartridge in no time.  I installed a bulk ink system from ScreenPrinters.Net.  The bulk ink is allot more economical and is formulated for the special transparency material you print on.

The R1800 has since been discontinued and replaced by the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Printer The R3800 is a 17 inch wide format printer compared to 13 inches on the R1800.  I don’t see a need for a 17 inch wide printer for screen printing. (unless printing XXXL shirts :) ).  Also I don’t see the bulk ink system available for it yet.

If you want a great printer I would pick up a new R1800 or try to find a used one, you won’t be sorry.

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