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Right, so another thread got me thinking about Ricohs.
Sawgrass promote the Ricoh SG3110DN as their Ricoh A4 option.
now, these cost about £100 as a printer alone.
Looking at Ricoh's website, they have a lower cost SG2100N, which is a little smaller and lighter than the 3110, but has the same spec (as far as I could see), uses the same ink carts, and is only £60
If they print similar then the Sawgrass ICC for the 3110 should do for using Sawgrass carts.

Now, this means you could get up and running for about the same price as buying the whole lot from one dealer, so no real advantage there (LOL) but could prove useful if you have a 3110 that has died outside of warranty and still have ink in stock.

Or if you wanted to try some experiments with other inks in refill carts, or a cheap printer to use with all the spare standard Ricoh carts BMS have lying around that they could sell you cheaply.

E2A - Google shopping shows dealers in Europe who will sell this printer for £30 inc shipping to UK.

Going to import some printers

let us know how it goes please!
would be good to have one as a back up in case my ricoh pack up after 12mc

Paul;92052 wrote: let us know how it goes please!
would be good to have one as a back up in case my pack up after 12mc

Sounds plausible in theory. The 3350 at the time took the same carts as the 3300. The 3350 though proved problematic with sublimation inks even though it looked from the outside that it was the same as the 3300.

If I remember correctly there was a Ricoh 2600 that was supported by at least one of the sub suppliers as a way of lowering the entry price point. Not sure if they still support it without the backup of Sawgrass as it can be expensive when problems occur (inks AND printer).

Well have ordered a printer from Germany, and a set of Sawgrass inks, so will see how things go - will make a custom ICC myself, and happy to try the Sawgrass ICC for the 3110 if someone wants to send me it, and could then post the differences.

i can send you 3110dn if you like.

Yeah, would be good, thanks Paul.

bms;92064 wrote:Sounds plausible in theory. The 3350 at the time took the same carts as the 3300. The 3350 though proved problematic with sublimation inks even though it looked from the outside that it was the same as the 3300.

Funny you mention that, as I did get a couple of 3350s. Tried one with standard sublimation ink, i.e. intended for Epson not Ricoh, to see if there'd be any difference, and it didn't work - blotchy/streaky prints. I did post a thread on this experiment on here, but it got deleted. The other I sold on new with the proper 3300 Sawgrass carts - never heard anything back from the buyer so assume it worked out OK for them.