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  Epson XP-15000 DTF conversion

  By johnson4 · Posted 24 minutes ago

  Hi, Adapter wasn't for sale. I made it with Tinkercad and resin printed it. If you do that yourself, be sure not to use water washable resin for obvious reasons.  I copied the original cartridge with a caliper and found the aftermarket carts ( back then) were insufficient in sealing properly. I was going to add a small square sponge in that cavity at the bottom of the adapter to mimic the original function, which I would pull from the oem carts and cut them to size.  The aftermarket carts that I purchased( multiple sets from various suppliers) were not sealing very well to the original gasket. The original cartridges sealed perfectly, so I copied those.  It should only take a couple hours to replicate and a few more hours to test fitment.    I have moved onto bigger and faster machines and I didn't keep the project on file so I no longer have it available. I currently use the P5000/P6000 machines with adapters for the damper assembly for the white ink and circulation system made from the same resin. They haven't failed in over 4 months with much thinner passageways and have helped tremendously, so I fully believe this one would have worked perfectly as well.    Another user suggested taking the inline dampers ( sold on ali-express for about 0.35 each) and just pressing them into the air hole in the cartridges and sealing with silicone/super glue for the same effect. Me personally, I don't think this would stop the leaking at the base 100%, but would almost completely eliminate it due to the vacuum of the damper.    For the price of 3 xp-15000 printers you can have twice the print speed, built in vacuum tray and cutter and mythical reliability from the printheads, including recovering clogs. After you go through a couple of the 15000s you'll have wished you went a different route. Most people do unless strictly small scale use, at which point it would be cheaper/easier to just buy the transfers from someone local. It's one of those starter machines to dip your toes in the water of DTF printing, not something you really stick to to build a business around without serious modification, in which case the print speed alone can justify a different machine. 
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  Newly converted P600 setup?

  By johnson4 · Posted 50 minutes ago

  The P600 DTG can work for DTF flatbed printing, however it's not very efficient and will require a lot of hands on to keep it going especially with the stock ink system.  Not to be the bad guy but in general the DTG era is close to being over with support for these printers basically non-existent now. Discontinued by Epson and every other brand has moved onto DTF, it would likely be best to sell the kit and move onto a DTF machine. If it's new, it would be great for a UV printer conversion, or UV DTF.  That 2 year gap there from purchasing the machine to trying to set it up kind of missed the window of opportunity.    I had four of them, they were a huge pain- I mean seriously- but I stuck with them because I had to. Everyday I was fixing one, hence why I had four. Switching to DTF has supercharged our business and has given me so much more time I would never go back, even on the consumer level they are receiving a better quality product with DTF. The only exception is CMYK only ink printing with DTG, but even still hardly worth it compared to going with sublimation.    It's not the DIY conversion versions, all of them are like this. DTF will be the same as well with the white ink unless you get a good system and not a conversion, or make a good ink system for the conversion printer. Most of the DTG machines did not have this. Me personally I just purchased a cheaper CMYK only DTG machine ( Roland) for CMYK only prints on light garments and use DTF for everything else. Not a single complaint.     
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  Epson XP-15000 DTF conversion

  By Sandor · Posted 8 hours ago

  Where can we buy this adapter
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  Newly converted P600 setup?

  By AYIRAapparel · Posted 18 hours ago

  Elliot,   Have you converted your DTG to DTF?
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  Argura i3200 Printer Rip

  By porl · Posted Yesterday at 10:14 AM

  I am currently awaiting a shipment of the printer from this page: https://www.arguraprinttech.com.au/product/30cm-dtf-printer/ It is using Epson i3200 heads (x2), however I don't know much else about the printer itself. I've seen a similar looking model with various rebrandings by many Chinese sellers, but I don't know anything beyond what is on the page. It comes with shitty Maintop Rip software, and I'll try to make do as best as I can, however I am wondering what is required (or if it is possible) to use an alternative RIP software. If it is possible, what do most people recommend as the best for DTF printing? In my other work I have dealt with Ergosoft which is clunky but flexible, but I don't know what is normally considered good for DTF. Once I get a hold of the printer, is there anything else I can do to find out whether it will be compatible with another RIP software?

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