I have a 1280 that's now almost 2 years old. I just purchased refillable cartridges and will dispense with using the bulk system. (I haven't installed them yet)

I also get the tiny spots around text though it used to make perfect images. My machine is lightly used; mostly for name tags and mugs.

I will think long and hard before buying another sublimation printer.

Hi David,

It is an eight color printer for Sublijet inks. Theoretically it could be configured in a dual CMYK with the proper driver or firmware, but it is not currently available that way. The new Chromablast system for cotton is configured with dual CMYK. Artainium is configured as a seven color printer. The eigth channel is just a clear liquid. In the regular
R1800 with OEM inks, the eigth channel is a gloss optimizer.