This is actually a great printer. Because of it's small size, it fits anywhere. And I did not want a white ink printer with all the clogging issues. This printer has none of that. When combined with screen printing, the RI 100 can lay down a good color area, then I can screen print an all-over design to give the shirt a cool all-over printed look. Lets
face it, we all get the 100 shirt order where they client just wants a left chest print. So how big a pallet do you need for that? Instead of screen printing a full color logo, I just let the RI 100 do it. The A4 area is big enough for most shirt print jobs. And no pallet will fill a 3x shirt or full hoodie back for under $18,000. We're talking about a printer, with heat press (finisher), for under $5k. With no white ink to shake every day, need to pre-treat, or clog. The
$13,000 savings is well worth it. And it brings in business! I can offer the $99, 12 (Dozen), full color, white shirt package. If someone wants dark shirts, I can upsell them screen printing or Forever, white toner transfers. For me, the RI 100, a white toner printer, and screen printing cover all the bases. One day I may get the bigger RI 1000 which can print white ink. But I see customers that are having problems with it's white ink. One guy has a video on how he
sold off his Epson DTG and only offers screen printing again. White ink is the nightmare that most people don't want to talk about. White ink = must pretreat. Sure, the Kornit Breeze offers inline pretreatment, and less white ink issues. But it's like $65,000 or something like that. IF you are a screen printer already, then the RI100 is a sweet add-on machine. IF you have a white toner printer for Forever transfers, then the RI100 us a sweet add-on machine. IF
you embroider as I do, then the RI100 is a great machine. There is a lady who runs a business with just the RI 100, and has paid the machine off in a few months. And that's really the point. What DTG machine will pay for itself the fastest. At 1/3rd the cost of other DTG printers, it's kinda hard to go wrong with it. And Ricoh has offered a $4,000 upgrade discount on their RI 1000 (the printer with white). And you can keep your RI 100. So ... buying the litter DTG printer becomes
zero when used to get the bigger printer. For me, I own two the of RI 100s, and they really are sweet. Joined
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Jan 31, 2021 Hi. Joined Jul 3, 2020 · 15 Posts
If I remember rightly, you have to use the relevant accessories from the relevant brands. I’m pretty sure the ink is specially chipped to only work with the brand printer it is Joined Sep 5, 2020 · 4 Posts
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Jan 31, 2021 That's what I was afraid of. In my country, you only find the Ricoh, but I saw a great bargain on the Roland and I said to myself, well, if in the future I can't find supply for it, I will put Ricoh's ones in it… Too bad. Joined Jul 3, 2020 · 15 Posts
That's what I was afraid of. In my country, you only find the Ricoh, but I saw a great bargain on the Roland and I said to myself, well, if in the future I can't find supply for it, I will put Ricoh's ones in it… Too bad. I have the Ricoh myself, bloody good printer for what it
is! Joined Sep 5, 2020 · 4 Posts
Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 1, 2021 I have the Ricoh myself, bloody good printer for what it is! You make me wanna buy it ! Skip to content Roland DG will be selling its first direct to garment printer, the VersaStudio BT12, which it claims has been developed by Roland’s COTO business division but appears to actually be a rebadged Ricoh Ri100. This is a desktop device designed to print full colour
A4-sized prints directly on 50-100 percent cotton-based products such as t-shirts and tote bags. The greyscale printheads come from Ricoh with 1200 dpi resolution. There’s an optional HB 12 finishing unit that’s designed to sit underneath the printer, which does make for a very neat solution that should easily fit onto a counter-top in a retail environment. This is a heat press with a choice of contact or non-contact fixing. Roland set up the COTO Business Division at the end
of last summer, ostensibly to “pursue the value of customer experience for individuals by expanding personalized printing and shaping services that go beyond the existing Retail field.” I have no idea what this means and only hope that it made more sense in Japanese. Naturally, neither Roland nor Ricoh wanted to comment about the inks that this printer uses. It’s most likely that Roland is simply using the same ink as the Ricoh version, though it is possible the ink cartridges have
been chipped. Nonetheless, customers should check this and shop around in case they can find a cheaper ink supply. It will be available from April this year and costs £2999. It’s also worth noting that Roland has a new flatbed printer, the XT640S, designed to print to up to 12 t-shirts in a single print run. It looks as if Roland has just added a flatbed to one of its existing Texart textile printers. Strangely, despite showing the printer at the Printwear and Promotion Live show in the UK, Roland now seems reluctant to mention anything else about this device! Post navigation |
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