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Roland print cutters seem to be the popular choice, but they keep changing their ink set.
I hear that Eco Sol 2 might be concidered the best for a garment printer, - because it might have the best wash?

Previous threads have generally agreed EcoSol 3 is frustrating, head blocks etc .... and now there is EcoMax ......
How to decide?
If you could choose any Roland printer, and have it freshly headed and inked .....
What would you recommend?

Logobear are tshirt printers, ... I am sure we will do some stickers, and maybe popup banners and a few signs, but this is for tshirts.
I am happy with CMYK - doesn't need to be double, and not after whites/metalics.
Design and ink your optimum roland tshirt printer .... tips please!
P

whatever you go for, dont go for eco sol max 3. they dry fast inks and if you dont print to much heads my give you headache.

Hi Paul,
I had got that impression, - avoid EcoMax 3!
Roland now have an even newer inset out ....simply called Ecomax. i think .....
lower prices than EcoMax 2 .... but are they as good?
it's part of the decision about which printer .... all the new ones (printers) are on the latest inks .... but ....might the older EcoMax 2 be BETTER for garment transferes ?
Do you have any thoughts?

Ecosol max original, before 2 or 3. If it were milk it would be gold top.
Only ever had original though and think it's better the devil you know.

If you could choose any Roland printer, and have it freshly headed and inked .....
What would you recommend?

Third party ink from Granthams. A LOT cheaper (I think about half the price) and ink set is just as good in my opinion. You can switch them around so no need to replace all the inks in one hit. I use Roland profiles with these inks as well, never had one complaint either.

If you have a Roland Service Agreement you will need to keep a set of Roland Inks just for when the engineer turns up, but that is all.

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Max3.......tried it in my now 12 month old 300i. Damn near got me to the point of taking a lump hammer to it. Banding was a regular occurrence......really bad. In the process of getting to where I am now it has had 5....yes 5 replacement heads. Now I'm back on the EcoSol Max inks (touch wood) I am once more a happy Roland owner.

Moral of the story............unless there's a damn good reason or you know something is definitely better (Max3 was supplied with my new machine so had no reason to suspect it at the time) stick with what you know.

Now to the OP.....I print on Siser C Print PU and have no complaints at all........with original EcoSol Max inks.

Same as RogerC...... you could not pay me to use Max3 in my machines.

So I bit the bullet and got an ex demo Roland SP300I with Ecosol 2 inks and 12m warrenty.
Now I am wondering what working environment is best?
How large a table?
Suppose I need a 750mm gilloteen....
how do you manage your work space?

Thanks in advance.
P

Congratulations on your new purchase, sounds like a good choice. Available space dictates what you can have but I would think you want at least the width of your media and need some idea of the lengths you will be working with for the length but you'll soon find out what you need. I have very little workspace because I have very little space available but then I don't do long runs often either. If I do I roll it up while I'm working through it.