Hello
I have been sublimation printing for the last year or so, me and the wife have been printing in our spare time to get started and hopefully lead to bigger and better things. Have been offering printed items on facebook through some selling pages.
Just getting a few decent orders in and things going nicely, went to print a few items out last night and two of the ricoh ink cartridges ran out half way through. Not too much of a problem, but cant afford to buy any for a few days until I get paid.
Next thing this moring, the wife set out to heat press a few cushions, now the heat press has died! I set the temp and time etc but as soon as I press the go button, its telling me its at 255c already and wont heat up. Looks like the heat platen is knackered, tried a smaller platen that I have and that heats up ok. It looks like its a fairly old press and afetr a quick google I cant find spare parts! I can barely just afford new inks let alone a new press
Finally to top it off we have been offering canvas prints, been subbing them out to a local firm and putting a few quid on top. Have about 5 orders for canvas prints, emailed them to him only to get no reply. Wife has been down to the shop this morning to see him only to find the shop deserted with no sign of life!
Sorry if I have bored you with my troubles but I have orders that I cant print, orders that I cant press and canvas orders I cant supply!!
Does anybody have any advice of where I can purchase a heat press pretty sharpish, looks like I'm going to have to hammer the credit card to get one. Really need to spend as little as possible to dig myself out of a hole
Thanks for reading
Dan