R285 - and a hell of alot of Ink!

[Traynor26]

Hi all

My mug press has arrived and I have just been offered the following;

R285 printer + CISS
800ml of each colour (six colours)

addmitadly, the ink is from china but he says that he has been printing fine with it and has showed me some of his mugs. The bonus is, he live 3 miles away and he wants £200 for the lot cause he just wants shot.......

My intention would be to maybe get this, earn some money and then purchase some decent ink??

So it's over to you lot for some advice,

[John G]

Get him to print a mug infront of you and take the mug home to do a wash test. If after its been handwashed and then been put through the dish washer its OK - then it seems to be a good deal.

Cheers John

[purpledragon]

285 is a bloody good printer i miss mine since it had its identity crisis (it now thinks its a 270). But id steer clear of cheap inks but thats just me. what you need to know is how much printing has the printer done. has the chip been reset ?
brett

[JSR]

purpledragon and John G both make good points - particularly the one about how much printing has been done.

800ml of each ink is something like the equivalent of a 100 OEM cartridges of each colour. If he's been using this kind of quantity, the waste pad has got to be pretty full. For an A4 printer, that could be a problem really quickly unless the waste tube has been diverted.

Still, if it'll cost just £200 and you can make more than £200 out of it before it goes kaput, you're quids-in. I wouldn't use inks from China myself, but you can only lose £200 at most from the deal. Might be worth the gamble.

[Paul]

I would risk mate

[Traynor26]

Hi all,

just thought i would update you, I TOOK THE PLUNGE!!........went and picked it all up today. so i got the R285, CIS and because i picked it up in person we saved the ink that was in the CIS, so i have nearly a Litre of each colour.............all for £200!!

Only problem is, i got a brand new D120 delivered today and a second hand D88 arriving tomorrow................oh well, at least i have a back up....or 2!!

took on board all your comments about the ink, but if i can get as good a results as he did (see photos) ill be over the moon,

shame i cant experiment til next week though.........im on 'Family time' at the moment,

Thanks for all your help, standy by for some daft questions next week!!

[John G]

Mugs look good - nice bargain, ink will last you years

Cheers John

[Paul]

i would investe 20 quid and get mcustom ICC made for you printers. so your prints will look perfect.

[Andrew]

Surprised no one mentioned the legalities of using unlicensed ink. Just don't tell to many people as it is not exactly legite

[Traynor26]

Am I missing something?? Is there such a thing as 'illegal' Ink??........am I being completly niave?