Freehand has extensively tested these models over the years.

A printer you can easily add Dmax® black dye by the bottle into. The Epson L1300 and L1800 are both based on the same technology as the Artisan 1430/ Stylus 1500W but they are even better these printers have stock “refillable tanks.” Imagine the 1430 without small ink tanks, no chips that expire needing to be reset. There are a number of printer models sold “outside the USA” that are truly great printers for our screen print film printing needs and readily available that are fully supported by AccuRIP® and Spot Process® Separation Studio® 4. Stay healthy, stay strong, stay a screen printer. It will be the resourceful ones that thrive during these times. Take better care of the things we already have, make them last, do preventative maintenance. Do not expect to buy things at the last minute as you might have in the past expecting items to be in stock and ready to ship. There is no telling when life/business will return to the way it was or close to the way it was before COVID-19 or current trade wars, but what we can do is stay nimble, be prepared and plan ahead. Be smart, be strong, manage your business wisely. This time downtime could be the last time for many. These are good solutions and easier to manage when you already have a working printer on hand. So what are we to do? How do you take care of your business during all this? The answer is in the ability to maintain current printers, better planning to get a secondary backup printer along with necessary supplies or a compatible new model printer imported from overseas. as screen printers is that our favorite printer models are “out of stock” and have been for months with no clear plan when Epson USA and others will be able to ramp up production then import into the USA.

Epson Asia and Europe are having less issues with stock and supply which will be discussed later in this article. These restrictions by government combined with COVID-19 have converged in ways that severely limit their ability to deliver products into the U.S. What we are all experiencing is the fallout of COVID-19 hitting the manufacturing plants overseas combined with tariffs and restrictions put on major manufacturers and importers in the USA and overseas during the past few years.

By now you are aware there is a shortage of printers available in the USA from Epson and other manufacturers.

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