epson printers

[india]

Can anyone tell me if the newer epsons such as wf 4015 etc are better than the older models such as s22, especially with the head cleaning problem?
thanks

[Paul]

I think its not fair to compare apples to pears. S22 is the lowest end for epson printers.

[india]

are people having the same problems thats all i need to know really, are all epsons troublesome for sublimation
thanks

[pisquee]

You get what you pay for - the S22 is the lowest cost Epson inkjet you can get, it is not made with being a reliable business machine in mind. If you're going into sublimation, then I will assume to some extent it is a business venture of some sort, and as such would want to be able to rely on it for income. Therefore, you need a reliable machine that is built for such a purpose. The WorkForce Pro and the Stylus Office series would be more suitable from this perspective.
Looking at the Epson website, the list price for the S22 is £40 whereas the WF-4015 is £180 - that is a lot more money for your printer - do you think that is a completely arbitrary decision by Epson or does one cost more because it is better, built using better materials and components, to print more accurately, and to last a lot longer?
There are plenty of other Epson printers ranging between these two printers/price points.

The S22 sells well to people wanting to start in sublimation, firstly because it is cheap, but also due to the various sellers flogging them on as sublimation set-ups on Ebay - they do this because they can buy them in cheaply and then sell them on with some cheap Chinese inks and cheap (almost useless from reports here) sublimation paper for a nice profit - notice the amount of disclaimers some of these sellers put on the end of their ads - his should make any buyer wary, but how many buyers actually look further than the price and the picture on Ebay?

Remember, that you (we) are putting a specialist and unusual ink into a printer that wasn't designed to use it. This is not Epson's fault. They have printers they have developed specifically for sublimation work, but these cost £1000s and the smallest is 42" print width - so a very different beast to the printers you are looking at. I am sure it is only a while before Epson bring out a small sublimation priter, but until then we have to be prepared for things not to be perfect and for a bit of troubleshooting, but going for the cheapest printer is not helping yourself out.