Yellowsugga

This makes sense. Hopefully I can bring my p800 back to proper working order after the head strike.

So does this mean the printhead from the R3000 would work in the P800? I think i wrecked my P800 with a head strike. Could I swap a printhead from a R3000 into it?

Could you please post the link to where you purchased the refillable cartridges and chips? I'd rather buy from somewhere reputable and where we have first hand experience that it works as advertised.

Yes that's exactly what I heard about the XL2. One of the biggest problems for us here in Canada is the support for these machines. Also the retail price of almost 30k CAD for the XL2 is insane. Id rather buy 10 of these p5000's and throw them away as they break. And like you said needing 2 heads at over 1k each that's like buying a new p5000 each time. I'll give Acro rip a try. I haven't used Cadlink much so I'm not vested in it. My priority is quality and speed. Would you say Acro rip.is faster? On another note, I'm looking for a second/backup printer. Would you recommend a p800 after having both the p5000 and p800? The only drawback of the p5000 is the size vs the p800. In terms and speed and quality of the machine and print, what would you recommend? I'd even consider the p6000 since I can get one brand new for around 3k. Only drawback is the size.

Thanks I'll have a look in the settings but I couldn't find any other ones but I'll try the production setting as you suggested. The DTF station A3+R was just a 1390 with some added features which all broke. Blew the orinthead and motherboard after less than 2 months of use. Can't believe I got tricked into paying close to 5k CAD for that POS. The Canadian retailer I bought it from stopped selling that model shortly after I bought it because they had too much problems with it and the after sales support was insane. It was super slow barely getting 8-10 Sqft per hour. When I took it apart to replace the motherboard I realized how badly made it was. They also sold me the 13 inch shaker for 8k CAD. Luckily I can use it with this p5000. They offered to take the printer back and reimburse me 4k for it if I upgrade to the XL2 24" dual.head printer for another 18k CAD. Luckily I learned my lesson and started oing some research before making another huge mistake. I realized how bad that DTF station printer was when I converted my 10 year old 1430 for 60$ in carts and it printer almost as good of not better than that 5k piece of junk. Super glad I got this p5000 and if it last me a year I'll be happy and pick up another one or a p6000. At under 3k these are way better options than the 15-25k dtf station crap.

After tinkering with this all night, I finally got this to work. Thanks again for all your help. This printer is so "smart" compared to the Chinese printers its crazy. One question , I have is even though I'm using the Epson SC-5000 DTV v2 printer profile, I don't seem to be able to print past 1440x720 as that's the only profile in Cadlink. The other option is "Default" with my other printers (1430 and A3+R from DTF Station), I'm able to chose between multiple printing options. Is there a way to do this with this printer?

Sorry I just re read your post and you say you are using the CMYK on the right side. Does this mean you are putting yellow in the LK (middle) slot? Previously, I thought I would use the oem yellow slot for yellow (3rd slot left side). Any benefit from having the left side all white (is it due to nozzle cleaning pairs etc)? Also, when you say you are using a cleaner cartridge for the Matt Black, does that mean you are just filling up a refillable with cleaning solution or is there a specific cleaning cartridge. I do have the OEM carts still, is there any harm in leaving the oem matt black cartridge in there (same as the channels left blank). Sorry for all the specific questions, as usually I'd just go with my gut instinct and do whatever, but having broken so many DTF printers, I've learned sometimes its best to learn from the pros before trying things on my own since the parts for these things are rare and often expensive. Learned my lesson breaking a 5K Canadian DTF station A3+R which was pure junk and such an over priced POS.

Thanks so much for the clarification. I think your setup makes the most sense to me as well. Hopefully it works for me as well as it does for you.

One quick question, I'm using CADLINK Digital Factory 10 and it shows the following colour profile. Should I follow this profile or can I change this in CADLINK? Follow this profile, I would put Yellow in channel 2 where LLK should be Cyan in channel 4 where Light Cyan should be Magenta in channel 5 where Light Magenta should be Black where Light Black should be in position 9 White as indicated in the channels indicated. A Few Questions: 1. What do I do with the green and orange channels (Leave them as is or cleaning fluids?) 2. Why is Cadlink using channel 2 for Yellow instead of the OEM Yellow Channel? 3. Should I really fill all 5 channels with white right away as indicated? Or should I leave some empty in case some channels get clogged. Is there a way in CADLINK to turn off some of the channels? Thanks in advance

Thanks for the suggestion and clarification. That's the method I was leaning towards too as well. I'll try this tonight. Thanks again.

Thanks for the quick reply. I have been reading your post about flushing the system to get rid of the white ink sludge buildup and I'll definitely do that once I start printing with this thing. My question was more of what's the recommended solution for converting and flushing out the oem inks of an existing non dtf p5000. I do understand the basic concepts but was wo during if there was any insight regarding the first flush and addition of the DTF inks. From a practical perspective just adding the new carts and printing a bunch of purge files or performing nozzle checks seems the more economical.way vs having a second set of cartridges filled with cleaning solution (piezo flush for example). I'll do some more reading and see if thus has been discussed previously. Thanks again.

Hey everyone. Just found this forum and it's super helpful. Just got a P5000 and would like to convert it to DTF. Is there a FAQ somewhere regarding best practices to do this conversion? I have the refillable carts. Is it best to just switch the dtf carts in and just print and do nozzle checks until the old ink is gone or is it better to use csrts filled with cleaning fluids to flush the lines?