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Epson ET-15000 printer with sublimation certified ink Sublisplash EPN + ( manufactured at Europe )  is very attractive for sublimation printing of ceramics and textiles formats A4 / A3 / A3 +

Excellent print quality, new operation via touch LCD, easy loading of paper in the front tray and rear feeder, easy ink replenishment, connection via WIFI / LAN / USB ...

The printer is interesting for all users 

who need quality printing on A4 / A3 / A3 + .. paper size up to 329 x 483 mm.

The EcoTank system
does not use ink cartridges, which are always a bit more expensive, but the ink is added directly to the printer's high-capacity tanks in a simple but at the same time absolutely clean way ( where is no risk of splashing ) from separate and economically advantageous 80ml ( 125ml ) bottles.

Printer specific features :

*  New easier printer control via touch screen
*  Printer menu in local language
*  Quality printing thanks to Epson PrecisionCore heads
*  Very low printing costs
*  WIFI / USB / LAN interface
*  A4 / A3 tray ( A3 + ) 
 
In addition, as is generally the case for Epson printers, the printer driver and firmware are automatically updated via the Internet while the printer is in use.
 










             
          

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     We recommend this printer to anyone who needs to add or replace an existing A4 printer with a larger format.
   Quality printing / cheap and high-quality sublimation ink / 1 year warranty               

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                                Specific properties

PACKAGE
CONTENTS

 



 


       
   

 
Open the printer box. All 4 bottles of Sublisplash ink are inside the box, it also includes a quick guide, CD, power cord

Remove the printer and remove all fillers - packaging materials, see. further
( if you do not install the printer immediately, leave the ink in its original packaging )






Please open the Epson support page on your internet computer ....
                  
 
http://epson.sn

Enter the model ET-15000 in the line

When you find the model, press Let´s get started

... and now step by step ( in your local language ) is shown exactly what to do - the whole process from unpacking, filling the printer with ink, setting the print quality .. to the next step / driver installation

1.
Prepare / Preparing your printer - you have individual dots in a row, which are the individual steps from unpacking the printer to installing the driver
Watch individual videos where you can remove fills from the printer



Next steps - quality settings (etc.) the menu in EN is displayed, but we have captured the menu in CZ






















 
            
               

INK
INSTALLATION































  



 


       
   

 
SUBLISPLASH ink installation


The first ink refill is performed with the printer turned off !

After unpacking the printer :

* Open the top large printer cover

* Open the smaller cover on the right above the ink tanks and prepare the ink bottles.


Unpack and prepare the bottles


Flip the blue lever over the cartridge upwards - you can start from the black and at the same time unscrew the plastic cap from the black ink bottle  
 



Turn the bottle downwards ( it is sealed, nothing flows out of it ) and insert it ORIENTALLY ( ie the wings longitudinally ) into the slot of the black cartridge ( see picture ) .... ink gradually starts to flow out of the bottle. If the ink does not flow, you can try to extend / retract the bottle or "very gently" turn it right / left in the retracted position.
Never squeeze the bottle - the ink will leak by itself

Fill the container to the top line ( marked in
red ), then remove the bottle, close the lid well and store the rest for further refilling (store the bottles upright in a darker place - out of UV, day light )     


Close the cartridge lever and repeat the process for all colors -
each color of ink in the same color-coded cartridge

Finally, close the color cartridge cover and the printer cover

AFTER FILLING THE TANKS WITH INK,  KEEP THE PRINTER IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION
 

                        
                

FRONT PANEL



 

 


       
   

 
As already mentioned, against the previous models, Epson
ET-15000 is equipped touch screen, ie all cursor HW buttons disappeared, only the front panel remained

POWER - switch the printer on / off ( on the left sidet, white backlit button after switching on )
HOME - displays the main menu
HELP - help (?)

 
                        

SWITCHING ON
  


 
       
   

 
Turn on the printer 

Connect the supplied power cord to the back of the printer and plug it into a 220V outlet
  
Turn on the printer with the POWER button on the front panel - hold the button until the white light / menu on the LCD lights up

 
                                                                       

SETTINGS

LANGUAGE
COUNTRY
DATE
TIME



















































 
Language setting - country - date - time / printer initialization 

When turned on, the printer prompts you to enter basic information.

As the first language selection.
Use the up / down arrows to
select a language and confirm your selection by pressing on the selected language ( touch screen )



Select your country






Choose whether to display daylight saving time on the printer






Choose date / day format - month - year (dd-mm-yy)






Enter the current date







Select time format / 24h






Enter the current time






Basic data are entered


 
                                             



 

Press
DONE to confirm that the printer has filled tanks with SUBLISPLASH ink

You must press and hold the "?" Button to start pumping.
( right next to the display on the front panel )
min for 5 sec !




... ... it starts refilling ink from the tanks to the printer. This process takes about 10 minutes.

Do not turn off the printer during refilling ... this action only happens when the printer is started for the very first time, subsequent refilling of the printer is very fast










When done, you will be prompted to make print quality settings,
press
Edit (recommended)




 
                                                      

SUBLIMATION
PAPER
A4 / A3 / A3 +









 

       
   

 

Before starting print quality settings, install sublimation paper in the printer for test prints 

Paper A4

For A4 format papers use a front tray ( adjust the plastic guides inside this tray to fit to this format )

Install the sublimation paper with the print
( whiter ) side DOWN

If you make a mistake and you install the paper upside down - nothing happens - only after the print on the wrong side there is noticeably less contrast (subli paper / Epson DS).

If you use Texprint / SubliPrime paper, the back of the paper is clearly marked with a logo

Paper A3

The rear feeder is available for A3 size ( load sublimation paper with the
whiter print side up )
Max paper size 329 x 483 mm can be loaded in the rear feeder


Sublimation papers :

format / A4

format / A3

                
                             

                                 

     
MAINTENANCE
























 

Print Quality - Maintenance



When printer si filled with ink, you are asked to perform print quality settings, press
Print


Print Head Nozzle Check

Press Print and the printer will print a Test print - on the paper you will have printed oblique lines in individual colors and your task is to check that all lines have been printed completely without any interruption (see picture) .... which means that all nozzles are clean and all colors print correctly.

If everything is OK, press the
wheel

If over time you feel that the images are either too red / blue ... please always start with this check. If the line of an individual color is broken, the printer will not print this color completely (this color or shade will be missing in the picture ) - you will then clean the nozzles, see the maintenance chapter

Note : It has already happened to us that even with a completely new printer ( from the warehouse ) it was necessary to perform cleaning 3 times

 

                                                     
  You are prompted to align the printhead
press
Edit 

Vertical Print Head Alignment 


Press
Edit / OK and the printer will print a test prints -

* you will have fully printed squares in 6 rows on the paper - the rows are marked # 1 to # 6 and your task is to select one square that has the least visible (or completely invisible) vertical stripes in each row.
The individual squares are marked with numbers on the control image, ie you enter the number of the most homogeneous square for each row using PLUS / MINUS,
press Go to # 2 to the next row

* There are 2 more control images for this printer

in two rows # 1 # 2 are printed in each row for one of the 6 vertical lines, where you have to select the lines that blend the most, the same for the other, where there are 7 printed patterns. Proceed in the same way as in the first case times
                                       
  You are prompted to align the printhead horizontally
press
Edit 

Horizontal Print Head Alignment


Press
Print and the printer will print a test prints - you will have fully printed gray rectangles on the paper and your task is to select the rectangles that best touch, ie they must not overlap each other, but there must be no visible distance between them.

Analogously, the individual rectangles are marked with numbers on the control image, ie you enter the number of the pair that is ideally touching - it merges with PLUS / MINUS.


The printer quality is set
 
                                    

 
PAPER
SETTING















 

       
   

Paper Setting

Set the paper as follows



Paper A4

Paper cassette ( front tray ) :
Set A4
Paper Type :
Set Matte



Paper A3

Paper Tray ( Rear Feeder ) :
Set A3
Paper Type :
Set Matte

 

Skip fax step ( set later )

                                    

DRIVER
INSTALLATION




























       
   
Driver installation

The printer is ready (Chapter 1. Prepare)
Go to the next chapter on the Epson support page -
2.Connect


Keep the support page open on the computer where you want to connect the printer
(the correct driver for your WIN will be downloaded)


Choose
  Download 











The Epson printer driver will start downloading, after downloading run this file (
Epson_ET-15000_Series .. see picture)







The printer can be connected via
USB or LAN / WIFI ... choose what suits you and follow the instructions below until the last step --

The printer connection to the computer is complete   



 
                       
                                                                           




ICC













 
ICC installation

For Sublisplash ink and Epson driver
it is necessary to install a specific ICC profile



Custom installation - download the profile and save it in a folder.
Then place the cursor on this file and press the right one
mouse button - select ‘Profile installation’ from the drop-down menu.
The profile has been installed on your computer.

This action is not confirmed by any information !

( ICC profile assignment is performed later in the application program Corel / Photoshop ) 

 
      Download ICC_sublisplash_epn+_epson15000_icc                   



Driver
setting- ICC


















































































 
Driver / ICC settings

Set the
Subli A4 and Subli A3 presets in the driver so that you can then start printing with this preset and it will automatically set the correct paper size, mirror printing, correct color profile, etc ...

At WIN 10, open
Printers and Scanners where you see your ET-1500 printer in the column, tap it and open Manage and then Printing Preferences and you can start setting up


Window
Main

Press
Add / Remove Presets ... select all existing presets that are not for sublimation printing and press Hide and then Close


 

 

 


Window Main  

Set - see all as description in green , it is framed in red in the pictures for clarity

Paper source:
       Paper Cassette
Document size:
     A4
Paper type :
          Epson Matte
Quality:          
       Standard

 

 



 

 

Window More Options
 

Color correction:
        Custom
Bidirectional printing:
 Check
Mirror image:           
  Check















 

 Window More Options

Color correction:             
  Advanced ...
Color Correction Window:
No color adjustment
Color correction window:  
OK










 

               
Window More Options


Image options ...
Image Options Window:
Check Edge Smoothing
Image Options window:
OK
























Window Maintenance

Extended settings
Enter this menu










 



Window Extended Setting


Print density
Set - 25
This value is the result of our testing
when printing ceramics / polymer / textile
Confirm OK









Window Main  

Press Add / Remove Presets
Name: Enter the name of your preset here, eg
subli A4
Press:
Save and Close:

... and you already see in the printing preferences a new comprehensive preset for sublimation printing on A4 format ... subli A4


















We recommend to create the same preset for the A3 format - everything will be done in exactly the same way as in the previous case, only at the beginning you have to choose a different source and format
paper

Paper Source: Paper Tray (Rear Feeder)
Paper size:     A3
  

 







ICC Settings / Color Management


Color management is handled differently for Corel / Photoshop, default values can be used in most cases.

You must set the correct ICC profile when printing from any application
(example - print from Corel)

Correct colors according to color profile: load and confirm
Sublisplash_EPN_ET15000 ....

 

                
       

MAINTENANCE




























 

 

 


 

Maintenance



There is MAINTENANCE in the main men

PRINT HEAD NOZZLE CHECK
If any colors are missing from the image, check the nozzles. If there are broken lines in the control image - do:

PRINT HEAD CLEANING
The nozzles are cleaned and the test print is printed again


POWER CLEANING  ***
Perform powerful cleaning (flushing the nozzles) with more ink if normal nozzle cleaning does not help


PRINT HEAD ALLIGNMENT 
Printhead alignment (already described above)

HORIOZONTAL ALLIGNMENT  -  if you have blurred text or lines
VERTICAL ALLIGNMENT  - 
if horizontal streaks appear on the printout


***
Clean the nozzles only when needed. Cleaning is performed with ink flowing into the waste collection unit.
Excessive cleaning leads to the premature need to replace this unit

Collection unit T04D100 (called maintenance box is located at the back, see picture)

If your collection unit becomes full, it must be replaced
 

 

                                

                                            



 
HANDLING THE PRINTER


 

Handling the printer
 

If you fill the cartridges with ink and the collection container gradually fills up over time, make sure
the printer ALWAYS stays horizontal when moving / transporting the printer, otherwise the ink may contaminate the interior of the printer.

 


                            Technical Specification
 
Print technology Epson PrecisonCore TM  heat free
Resolution 1200 x 4800 DPI / min droplet 3,8pl  
 
Print Size A4, A3, max A3+   329x483mm  
 

 
 
Drivers WIN 7-10, MAC OS 10.6.8 -10.15
Interface / connector USB  / WIFI / Ethernet  
Paper tray A4 50-250 sheets A4 acc paper weight
A3 1-20 sheets A3 acc to paper weight
Humidity 20 - 80% without condensation  
Operating temperature + 10 až + 35°C   
Power consumption 100-240V / 50-60Hz, sleep mode 0,7W, stand by 4,1W, 13W  during printing 
Dimensions (WxHxD) 497 x 244 x 358 mm  ( 497 x 363 x 752 mm při tisku vysumuté držáky A4 / A3 )
Weight 13 kg
Color Black
Accessories Power cable, CD with manual / driver, Setup guide, 4 bottles  ink Sublisplash 80ml
 
  Epson ET-15000        eshop printer  Epson ET-15000  
  Maintenance box        Maintenance box - ink collector T04D100
   
 
Dye Sublimation ink
  Sublisplash 80ml       eshop ink to Epson ET-15000 ( for the first ink refill )
       eshop ink to Epson ET-15000 ( for subsequent refilling )  
Sublimation papers  
 Sublimation papers      
     
eshop sublimation papers A4
  
  eshop sublimation papers A3
   
   
Fast installation Epson ET-15000

User Manual Epson ET-15000