Full Version: Sawgrass discontinues some Epson 3000 carts
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#15]
3 Feb 2007
To: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#12] 3 Feb 2007
Chuck,
Can you tell that those of us who have been involved with sublimation long enough to have used and seen (high quality) inexpensive ink disappear from the landscape, remain a little bitter? :-)
You bring up a good point, in that, the Epson 3000 (although the original workhorse) has been supplanted by newer technology.
That, more than the price of ink, is probably the primary reason for the discontinuance of the extended 3000 cartridges.
I agree with LJ, that despite the price of ink, the ink jet sublimation process is still the best tool for some jobs and that's why I'm still a fan of the process.
EDITED: 3 Feb 2007 by DGL
From: LaZerDude (C_BURKE) [#16]
3 Feb 2007
To: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#15] 3 Feb 2007
With my limited experience, I have to agree, but I think the key is to get the jobs that you can price high enough or have a high enough perceived value that you can justify the cost of the inks.
With that said, it seems that the per piece cost of ink and paper is still minimal....again, in my admittedly "limited" experience.
Spoken by someone still trying to launch. :-(
From: JHayes55 [#17]
3 Feb 2007
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From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#18]
3 Feb 2007
To: ALL
I knew Paul somewhat, (Artaniun), and Bob Smith, (Color Factory), very well. The most non-clogging ink was The Color Factory.
Where my objection to the Sawgrass pricing was that the ink cost $15 per liter, and was sold for $1000 per liter in bulk to customers. And the customers of Artanium and Color Factory were threatened with legal actions by Sawgrass.