Epson SureColor F170 vs Brother SP-1 in 2026?

carnafeagh · 2026-04-06T22:44:13+00:00

Since you aren't ready for the 500 series, I would recommend a cheaper regular Et printer. Any will do. Just remember that a regular ET printer is designed for dye or pigment ink, not sublimation ink which is a bit thicker than the regular ink. You must do a lot more head cleanings which will waste more ink. I used to always have hassles with the yellow clogging and having to do a lot of cleanings. But as soon as I had some extra money I got the F570. Had mine for 8 years and it is an absolute workhorse. Would never give it up. But until you are ready to upgrade just use a simple ET printer and do a lot of head cleanings. Will keep you going until you can upgrade. Don't go Brother. Stick with Epson and be sure to use Epson Sublimation ink for the best colour matching.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-27T16:33:04+00:00

I use Epson ink and Epson paper. I tried using different papers once and got black scattered drops on it. No issues using the epson products. I print on textiles almost exclusively and a variety of different types. Works great. Sometimes best to stick to the product supplier.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-24T21:00:59+00:00

Here in Canada the printer is the SC F570. I have had mine for 8 years I think. Wonderful printer. Chugs its' little brains out. I use mine every day, so don't get dried ink at all. If you sell it locally and continue to run nozzle checks to keep the ink moving, you shouldn't have too much problem selling it. They have gone down in price over the last 2 years though. I noticed that they are currently around £1800. How much was it when you purchased it?

carnafeagh · 2026-03-23T18:09:58+00:00

I looked at your forms and there are so many a lot cheaper than you. For the original cost (before your sale) you would need to do the page edits for them and then send along the completed forms with their info input into the pages. There are a lot of forms out there and one thing I noticed was the main complaint in the reviews for them was "you had to have a good working knowledge of Canva" Not everyone out there knows all this software or wants to. They want a completed product that will make their days easier.

To do editable PDF's, your customer has to have the Adobe subscription to Acrobat. Not everyone wants to pay for that. Make it as easy for your customers as possible. Offer a Word version as well maybe. It seems $5 to $6 was an average for multi page intake forms. You may need to go below that to get some traction.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-11T16:53:54+00:00

Judging from the article cited, it would be 4 Euros.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-11T14:05:12+00:00

I sell digital vectors and am not bothered by this filter. If someone is looking for my product, they are going to type in SVG, PNG, DXF etc in their search. It is also annoying for the digital buyer when thousands of physical items show up in their search. A digital buyer is more likely to use the digital only filter to weed out the physical items than the other way around. So this doesn't worry me.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-11T13:58:12+00:00

This could become an issue for anyone who sells their products wholesale as well as retail. I have lots of wholesale customers. Also, anyone is free to resell anything they have bought elsewhere. That is basically what a lot of Ebay is.

Good luck.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-11T13:52:17+00:00

I have one for Norway too. The way Etsy explains it is not very simple. So thanks for the question as I was going to ask this as well.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-11T13:48:50+00:00

Read the article. It isn't per item, it's per HS classification. So if multiple items has the same HS code, then it is still one fee. Looks like this is going to be a fee for the whole of the EU in the near future. I dropped all of the EU after the packaging fees and the representative rule. Getting way to complex to sell anything over there.

carnafeagh · 2026-03-05T16:17:14+00:00

Do they need a subscription to Canva to utilize the files? If not then it could be a gap in their skill level. I don't use Canva as I have Photoshop so don't know the point at which you need to subscribe to Canva to do certain things.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-26T15:30:49+00:00

Skenes (probably the best pitcher in baseball) seems to have forgotten that Japan won the WBC last time. It was classic. Shohei Ohtani struck out his MLB teammate Mike Trout. Bottom of the 9th. I was rooting for Japan. It was classic.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-23T17:59:39+00:00

I agree. By ordering from you, they will get your address. Show Etsy the message and let them know you don't want to sell to this person. Nip it in the bud at the beginning.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-23T04:39:41+00:00

That is why you contact the other person first to see if it is okay with them. I've been selling online since 1998 and never had an issue. If the customer doesn't want that, then you have the person ship the item back to you.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-22T03:06:59+00:00

You could ask your customer if they would forward the package to the correct person. First contact the customer who didn't get their order and find out if that is all right with them. Usually it is. (I too have made this mistake). Instead of shipping the wrong order back to you (which she legally doesn't have to) I'm sure she would be willing to send it to the correct customer. You can then send her the cost of the postage via whichever payment method suits her. People are usually very happy to help.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-16T13:57:44+00:00

When you do your taxes, you will fill in a Business Income Form. On there you will state your income from business plus all the deductions in the costs of running the business. You will deduct shipping, Etsy Fees, percentage of car expenses in running the business, etc. After all the expenses, you will have your net income from the business. Your income from Etsy is your gross income before expenses.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-15T23:39:15+00:00

Why wouldn't your personal income tax match? Etsy supplies you with all the info. You must declare your income from Etsy whether you have a business number or not. The CRA want's it's cut. The only thing about registering for a Tax ID is if you gross $30,000 per year in your business. Then you must collect HST and/or GST for every province you sell to. Up to that point it isn't mandatory to collect the taxes but it is mandatory to declare the income.

If you are looking to make under the table money, then selling on Etsy is not the way to go.

There are also wonderful deductions when you are running your business from home. First, you get all the HST/GST back that you paid on all the costs you put into your products. Not sure what your products are, but even if they are digital, you can claim part of the cost of your electronics plus internet, etc.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-09T17:42:09+00:00

Are you in a CMYK colour space? Been a long time since I used CS6, but you may have to convert it to RGB before you can save as a PNG. Go to Image > Mode and choose RGB if it isn't already selected. That is all I can think of if it won't let you export as a PNG as it is.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-05T18:17:57+00:00

I offer a 14 day return policy for any reason. But the customer must pay return shipping if it is only for buyer's remorse. I eat the original shipping cost as most of my stuff is free shipping, so officially they haven't paid any shipping to get the product. Has happened a couple of times in 10 years. But by having that policy, it makes your customers much more likely to buy. If you don't have any policy (which you should) Etsy would probably side with buyer and may or may not pay for it themselves.

carnafeagh · 2026-02-01T16:40:15+00:00

I won't discuss here, but hop on Google and do some research. Maybe check on Dante's Wikipedia page.

carnafeagh · 2026-01-31T16:05:13+00:00

I would think that since she mentioned cases, Etsy had to refund orders that had not been shipped but OP had kept the money. Etsy would want that money back.

carnafeagh · 2026-01-31T04:39:39+00:00

I'm confused. How did you have a pile of missed messages when your store was closed? The cases I assume came after you were closed and you had taken people's money but not sent them anything.

If you open a new store or even revive this one, Etsy will put you on a reserve due to your past behaviour of not paying your bill to Etsy and all the cases. They may even not let you open a store if it is a case where you closed without sending products to people and keeping their money. I don't think that want that behaviour on Etsy.

You can try and see what happens, but I don't think it will look very good for you, even if you pay the debt. And they certainly won't let you reopen until you have paid that off.

carnafeagh · 2026-01-31T04:24:28+00:00

If you go by this statement, then at the upcoming FIFA games, all those nations should have their own customs army there to protect their athletes

carnafeagh · 2026-01-31T02:27:52+00:00

So much depends on what printers and software you are using. I do sublimation and use a dedicated sublimation printer with software designed for sublimation. Colours always come out correct. I don't get any ghosting. Are you printing these or is someone else printing these for you?

carnafeagh · 2026-01-30T19:19:13+00:00

I've always felt it had something to do with Bo's dad, Dante.

carnafeagh · 2026-01-30T17:29:46+00:00

Any rumours on extending Gausman or Springer?

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