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On 12/4/2020 at 11:57 PM, johnson4 said:

Oh yes, be happy you did. Either one will have a learning curve, but toner transfers are plain out trash in my opinion( not for professional use).  The cracking and expensive dark materials ( don’t forget how hard it is to get that dark to stick). And overall quality is poor in comparison. I hate vinyl, ( and so do my customers) and I would rather use that than toner transfers again after seeing them on a customer a few weeks later. 
 

DTF is easily one of the top 3 methods in my opinion. 

I'm definitely glad to hear this. I wouldn't of been happy spending all that money for bad quality and then find out about DTF. Glad I waited!!

23 hours ago, johnson4 said:

One set goes to the lid switch, one to the front panel. 

 

I think you’ll enjoy it

Awesome thanks again! I know I will. If I didnt stumble upon this forum I would have bought an icolor 550. I was ready to pull the trigger after tons of research and this seems like way better quality for a fraction of the price. 

6 hours ago, johnson4 said:

No worries, I know the rollers seem weird at first. The switch is pretty easy to get to, its just the top button cover and one of the wires going down to the front. you could put a button on it, I don't know if you'll ever need to actually actuate it, but it's there if you need it. 

 

Good luck, DTF is a pretty quick and easy method once you get it down.

Cool! I took the buttons off and there are 2 wires going to the front on the same plug. A white and black. I unplugged those and left it apart. Unfortunately all my inks and cleaning solutions wont be here until next week so I cant test it out yet. I cant wait to give it a try. Thanks again for the help. Now got to find acro RIP and figure that out. Then once I get it working I'll get something better. 

Nevermind on the rollers, I got them out no problem. Thank you. I was totally looking at it wrong. Now on to to disconnecting that switch on the front door.

20 hours ago, johnson4 said:

They just snap out, they are “clipped” in. 
 

for what I did with the p400, I took it apart and removed the metal guide entirely, because I hate it( I don’t know). And there is a switch that detects when the front is open, that runs to the buttons on the front. Just cut and twist together/tape it. So, don’t take it apart, or do? That’s up to you. It’s easiest not to take it apart. That switch can be manipulated without taking it apart. 
 

I was starting to work on a “built in” cutter for the roll film, but ran out of time. I’ll get back to it next year. 
 

90 percent of what I say I just do it, then write a book about how it turns out, good or bad.  Follow anything i say with your own discretion, quite a few things I do aren’t the smartest- but that’s how I know. The output film media tray thing shocked me with how well it worked. It held it in place and the film curved down on the oem output tray, being held flat near the printhead still. 
 

 

 

 

 

good luck!

Awesome!! thank you very much for the info!! I'm about to dive into it. You definitely seem very knowledgeable about all this. Ive read a bunch of your posts to other people. I ordered all my supplies from the DTFSupertore but they wont be here till next week. I'm all the way in NY. I tried pulling on the rollers with the cd door open lifting the rollers and with the cd door closed but they dont seem to budge either way. I feel like I'm going to break something. Maybe I'll try just taking it apart to be safe unless you have a good method to pull on the rollers? 

On 11/29/2020 at 12:17 PM, johnson4 said:

I actually have a print that i didn't powder, and it's been over 2 weeks and it still isn't dry..

It was a concern of mine too, but isn't really anymore. I'm going with the p400 because CMYK+W all need shaken, they all settle to some degree. Using the p400 will make it super easy to shake, clean, maintain the printer with no waste at all. Easy to run a set of cleaning carts with it to clean the head. I noticed with the P800 if I didn't print often it settled pretty quickly, like DTG inks. With how little DTF uses, the 18ML carts on the P400 make the most sense. I printed over 30 with the 10ml carts ( like 8x10 prints) before it needed refilled. So I'd imagine the 18ML will yield almost double that. I've got two sets with ink in them, and one set for cleaning. Works great, no waste, no worrying about the head or cleaning it really. 

I also don't need an output tray. you know that " thick media" feeder on the front that lifts the rollers? I took that out and disabled the sensor. Leave the front open for the thick media, boom, built in output tray that holds the film perfectly

 

I forgot to mention, i do wipe down the wiper every now and again. 

Hello, Newbie here. Long time lurker first time posting. I finally acquired a P400 that I need to convert. I've done a ton of research on the P400 but haven't had much luck, everything seems to be about the P600. Do the rollers just lift out? or do I need to take apart the printer to get them out? If they just lift out how should they be pulled out so I don't break anything?  Also how did you go about taking the sensor off the front door to use as an output tray? Do you by any chance have any pictures of what the sensor looks like or would it be self explanatory once I figure out how to take it apart? Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks.